Experts from Newcastle University have found that eating a "Mediterranean-like diet" can lower your dementia risk by up to 23%.
The groundbreaking research, published on Tuesday in the BMC Medicine journal, is one of the biggest studies of its kind. The evidence shows individuals who kept a diet rich in foods like seafood, fruit and nuts, had a much reduced risk of developing the debilitating condition.
The Newcastle University team analysed data from 60,298 individuals from the UK Biobank who had contributed a "dietary assessment" giving information about what they ate. The BioBank is a vast reserve of health samples and data on thousands of people who have consented to helping with vital research.
