Mediterranean diet and cognitive health: Initial results from the Hellenic Longitudinal Investigation of Ageing and Diet.
Costas A AnastasiouMary YannakouliaMary H KosmidisEfthimios DardiotisGiorgos M HadjigeorgiouParaskevi SakkaXanthi ArampatziAnastasia BougeaIoannis LabropoulosNikolaos ScarmeasPublished in: PloS one (2017)
Our results suggest that adherence to the MeDi is associated with better cognitive performance and lower dementia rates in Greek elders. Thus, the MeDi in its a priori constructed prototype form may have cognitive benefits in traditional Mediterranean populations.