About this episode

This episode breaks down the MIND diet, exploring its impact on brain health and the scoring system with a registered dietician.

Researchers found people who ate these 9 foods consistently had brains that aged 7.5 years slower. Not a supplement stack, not a protocol, not a hack. A pattern of real food that keeps showing up across decades and across the world. It's called the MIND diet, and it's what we're breaking down in this episode. We explore the scoring system behind the MIND diet with a registered dietician who came to brain health through her own mother's Alzheimer's diagnosis, and who has spent 20 years helping real women in real kitchens make these changes stick. In this episode, you'll learn: What the MIND diet actually is: a hybrid of the Mediterranean and DASH diets built at Rush University to target brain health specifically, and why the acronym uses the word "delay," not "reversal" The 10 brain-healthy foods and 5 foods to limit, and why the scoring system rewards you for progress, not perfection: full adherence lowered Alzheimer's risk by 53%, and even moderate adherence cut it by 35% Why leafy greens are the single most consistent finding in the field and the one change worth making first How berries, beans, nuts, olive oil, and omega-3s each contribute to the pattern, and why frozen and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Drs. Ayesha Sherzai, Drs. Dean Sherzai

Guest: registered dietician

Topics covered

• MIND diet
• brain health
• nutrition
• Alzheimer's prevention
• dietary patterns

Keywords

• MIND diet
• brain health
• Alzheimer's
• nutrition
• dietary patterns
• Mediterranean diet
• DASH diet

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rush University

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