Mediterraandieet tegen Alzheimer.*
Zij die een mediterraandieet volgen hebben wel 68% minder kans op het krijgen van de ziekte van Alzheimer. Dit blijkt uit een studie onder 2.000 mensen. Het is vooral de bescherming tegen oxidatieschade door een mediterraandieet die de hersenen beschermt.
Eerder als is vastgesteld dat een mediterraandieet beschermende werkt tegen hart- en vaatziektes, hoge bloeddruk, overgewicht en verschillende soorten kanker.
Wat is nu een mediterraandieet?
Olijfolie als belangrijkste bron van onverzadigd vet.
Veel groenten, fruit, brood, granen, aardappelen, bonen, noten en zaden.
Matig eten van zuivelproducten, vis, kip en kalkoen.
Weinig eten van rood vlees.
Weinig eten van verzadigd vet.
Het weinig tot matig drinken van wijn.
Mediterranean
Diet Lowers Alzheimer's Risk
If
you follow a Mediterranean diet your chances of developing Alzheimer's disease
could be 68% lower than people who don't, say researchers from Columbia
University Medical Center, New York.
You can read about this study in the journal Archives of Neurology,
October issue.
The researchers say that it is either the Mediterranean diet's protection from
oxidative stress and/or the reduction it brings about in brain inflammation that
protects, rather than any benefits on blood vessels.
The researchers looked at information on 2,000 people, of which 194 had
Alzheimer's disease - their average age was 76 years. Depending on how close
each person's diet had been to a Mediterranean one, they were given a score,
from 0 to 9 (9 being closest).
The scientists found that the people who scored 7-9 had a 68% lower risk of
developing Alzheimer's disease, when compared to the people who scored 0-3.
Those scoring 4-6 had a 53% lower risk, compared to those scoring 0-3.
Lead researcher, Dr. Nikolaos Scarmeas, said "It seems that this diet is
protective. Taking into account that this diet is protective for other
conditions such as coronary heart disease, heart attack, high blood pressure,
obesity and a series of cancers, it seems to make sense to follow this diet
anyway, and the diet may also protect from Alzheimer's disease."
What is a Mediterranean Diet?
-- Olive oil is a major source of monounsaturated fat
-- Consumption of plenty of fruits, vegetables, bread, cereals, potatoes, beans,
seeds and nuts
-- Consumption of moderate to low amounts of dairy products, fish, poultry
-- Consumption of small amounts of red meat
-- Consumption of small amounts of saturated fat
-- Consumption of low to moderate amounts of wine
"Mediterranean Diet, Alzheimer Disease, and Vascular Mediation"
Nikolaos Scarmeas, MD; Yaakov Stern, PhD; Richard Mayeux, MD; Jose A. Luchsinger,
MD
Arch Neurol. 2006;63
doi:10.1001/archneur.63.12.noc60109
Click
here to see article online
(Okt.
2006)