How the MIND Diet May Protect Against Dementia

A recent study published in "Alzheimer’s & Dementia" utilizes transcriptomic data to examine the protective effects of the Mediterranean-DASH intervention for neurodegenerative delay (MIND) diet in reducing the risk of dementia and slowing cognitive decline. The current study identified a transcriptomic profile of 50 genes that correlated with the MIND diet, which was significantly associated with lower dementia risk and slower cognitive decline. Some limitations of the current study include the use of bulk RNA-seq data from DLPFC, which includes multiple cell types.