The MIND Diet
Jenninscotland
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This is an interesting article I read today:
wsj.com/articles/a-diet-might-cut-the-risk-of-developing-alzheimers-1429569168?mod=e2fb
"The MIND diet has 15 dietary components, including 10 “brain-healthy food groups” — green leafy vegetables, other vegetables, nuts, berries, beans, whole grains, fish, poultry, olive oil and wine — and five unhealthy groups that comprise red meats, butter and stick margarine, cheese, pastries and sweets, and fried or fast food.
The MIND diet includes at least three servings of whole grains, a salad and one other vegetable every day — along with a glass of wine. It also involves snacking most days on nuts and eating beans every other day or so, poultry and berries at least twice a week and fish at least once a week. Dieters must limit eating the designated unhealthy foods, especially butter (less than 1 tablespoon a day), cheese, and fried or fast food (less than a serving a week for any of the three), to have a real shot at avoiding the devastating effects of Alzheimer's, according to the study."
Although more studies are needed, the current findings are encouraging. From the recommended foods, I definitely need to find a way to incorporate beans into my diet more regularly. Also, I don't drink wine everyday, but I can easily do that as long as it fits within my calorie goal! I also need to eat less butter apparently!
What about you?
wsj.com/articles/a-diet-might-cut-the-risk-of-developing-alzheimers-1429569168?mod=e2fb
"The MIND diet has 15 dietary components, including 10 “brain-healthy food groups” — green leafy vegetables, other vegetables, nuts, berries, beans, whole grains, fish, poultry, olive oil and wine — and five unhealthy groups that comprise red meats, butter and stick margarine, cheese, pastries and sweets, and fried or fast food.
The MIND diet includes at least three servings of whole grains, a salad and one other vegetable every day — along with a glass of wine. It also involves snacking most days on nuts and eating beans every other day or so, poultry and berries at least twice a week and fish at least once a week. Dieters must limit eating the designated unhealthy foods, especially butter (less than 1 tablespoon a day), cheese, and fried or fast food (less than a serving a week for any of the three), to have a real shot at avoiding the devastating effects of Alzheimer's, according to the study."
Although more studies are needed, the current findings are encouraging. From the recommended foods, I definitely need to find a way to incorporate beans into my diet more regularly. Also, I don't drink wine everyday, but I can easily do that as long as it fits within my calorie goal! I also need to eat less butter apparently!
What about you?
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I recently finished reading Grain Brain and the neurologist who wrote it is convinced that grains/gluten are what's causing so many of our brain issues, like Alzheimer, which goes against what the article is advocating. Round and round we goEdinburghJenn wrote: »This is an interesting article I read today:
wsj.com/articles/a-diet-might-cut-the-risk-of-developing-alzheimers-1429569168?mod=e2fb
"The MIND diet has 15 dietary components, including 10 “brain-healthy food groups” — green leafy vegetables, other vegetables, nuts, berries, beans, whole grains, fish, poultry, olive oil and wine — and five unhealthy groups that comprise red meats, butter and stick margarine, cheese, pastries and sweets, and fried or fast food.
The MIND diet includes at least three servings of whole grains, a salad and one other vegetable every day — along with a glass of wine. It also involves snacking most days on nuts and eating beans every other day or so, poultry and berries at least twice a week and fish at least once a week. Dieters must limit eating the designated unhealthy foods, especially butter (less than 1 tablespoon a day), cheese, and fried or fast food (less than a serving a week for any of the three), to have a real shot at avoiding the devastating effects of Alzheimer's, according to the study."
Although more studies are needed, the current findings are encouraging. From the recommended foods, I definitely need to find a way to incorporate beans into my diet more regularly. Also, I don't drink wine everyday, but I can easily do that as long as it fits within my calorie goal! I also need to eat less butter apparently!
What about you?
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Sarasmaintaining wrote: »
I recently finished reading Grain Brain and the neurologist who wrote it is convinced that grains/gluten are what's causing so many of our brain issues, like Alzheimer, which goes against what the article is advocating. Round and round we goEdinburghJenn wrote: »This is an interesting article I read today:
wsj.com/articles/a-diet-might-cut-the-risk-of-developing-alzheimers-1429569168?mod=e2fb
"The MIND diet has 15 dietary components, including 10 “brain-healthy food groups” — green leafy vegetables, other vegetables, nuts, berries, beans, whole grains, fish, poultry, olive oil and wine — and five unhealthy groups that comprise red meats, butter and stick margarine, cheese, pastries and sweets, and fried or fast food.
The MIND diet includes at least three servings of whole grains, a salad and one other vegetable every day — along with a glass of wine. It also involves snacking most days on nuts and eating beans every other day or so, poultry and berries at least twice a week and fish at least once a week. Dieters must limit eating the designated unhealthy foods, especially butter (less than 1 tablespoon a day), cheese, and fried or fast food (less than a serving a week for any of the three), to have a real shot at avoiding the devastating effects of Alzheimer's, according to the study."
Although more studies are needed, the current findings are encouraging. From the recommended foods, I definitely need to find a way to incorporate beans into my diet more regularly. Also, I don't drink wine everyday, but I can easily do that as long as it fits within my calorie goal! I also need to eat less butter apparently!
What about you?
Grains and gluten, or grains that contain gluten? Did he have data to back up his theories?0 -
EdinburghJenn wrote: »This is an interesting article I read today:
wsj.com/articles/a-diet-might-cut-the-risk-of-developing-alzheimers-1429569168?mod=e2fb
"The MIND diet has 15 dietary components, including 10 “brain-healthy food groups” — green leafy vegetables, other vegetables, nuts, berries, beans, whole grains, fish, poultry, olive oil and wine — and five unhealthy groups that comprise red meats, butter and stick margarine, cheese, pastries and sweets, and fried or fast food.
The MIND diet includes at least three servings of whole grains, a salad and one other vegetable every day — along with a glass of wine. It also involves snacking most days on nuts and eating beans every other day or so, poultry and berries at least twice a week and fish at least once a week. Dieters must limit eating the designated unhealthy foods, especially butter (less than 1 tablespoon a day), cheese, and fried or fast food (less than a serving a week for any of the three), to have a real shot at avoiding the devastating effects of Alzheimer's, according to the study."
Although more studies are needed, the current findings are encouraging. From the recommended foods, I definitely need to find a way to incorporate beans into my diet more regularly. Also, I don't drink wine everyday, but I can easily do that as long as it fits within my calorie goal! I also need to eat less butter apparently!
What about you?
I find it interesting that they campared to the Mediterranean Diet because they don't sound much different to me. I guess the amount of nuts is the difference. I have seen other studies where they used a "Mediterranean Diet plus extra nuts" that showed health benefits.
I hope this is correct because it describes the way I eat more closely than any diet I've seen, including the wine.0 -
MIND your calories and macro/micros.
get it in your MIND that you should exercise.
be MINDful that you can eat a primarily healthy diet, and moderatley indulge in anything0 -
It's too bad that if someone told me to drink a glass of wine I wouldn't want it...which is why DIETS don't work for me. If someone told me all I could have was fried foods it would be last thing I'd want - even though I LOVE THEM.
Get it into your MIND that day to day decisions effect your bottom line. You play, you pay.0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Sarasmaintaining wrote: »
I recently finished reading Grain Brain and the neurologist who wrote it is convinced that grains/gluten are what's causing so many of our brain issues, like Alzheimer, which goes against what the article is advocating. Round and round we goEdinburghJenn wrote: »This is an interesting article I read today:
wsj.com/articles/a-diet-might-cut-the-risk-of-developing-alzheimers-1429569168?mod=e2fb
"The MIND diet has 15 dietary components, including 10 “brain-healthy food groups” — green leafy vegetables, other vegetables, nuts, berries, beans, whole grains, fish, poultry, olive oil and wine — and five unhealthy groups that comprise red meats, butter and stick margarine, cheese, pastries and sweets, and fried or fast food.
The MIND diet includes at least three servings of whole grains, a salad and one other vegetable every day — along with a glass of wine. It also involves snacking most days on nuts and eating beans every other day or so, poultry and berries at least twice a week and fish at least once a week. Dieters must limit eating the designated unhealthy foods, especially butter (less than 1 tablespoon a day), cheese, and fried or fast food (less than a serving a week for any of the three), to have a real shot at avoiding the devastating effects of Alzheimer's, according to the study."
Although more studies are needed, the current findings are encouraging. From the recommended foods, I definitely need to find a way to incorporate beans into my diet more regularly. Also, I don't drink wine everyday, but I can easily do that as long as it fits within my calorie goal! I also need to eat less butter apparently!
What about you?
Grains and gluten, or grains that contain gluten? Did he have data to back up his theories?
He advocates a low carb, grain free, gluten free diet for optimal brain health. The book does list a lot of data/studies etc. but I wasn't convinced by his conclusions. I did like the section on vitamins/supplements and have added a couple to my diet, but that's about all I took away from the book. I wonder if the author will do a rebuttal to this new study-off to google lol.0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »EdinburghJenn wrote: »This is an interesting article I read today:
wsj.com/articles/a-diet-might-cut-the-risk-of-developing-alzheimers-1429569168?mod=e2fb
"The MIND diet has 15 dietary components, including 10 “brain-healthy food groups” — green leafy vegetables, other vegetables, nuts, berries, beans, whole grains, fish, poultry, olive oil and wine — and five unhealthy groups that comprise red meats, butter and stick margarine, cheese, pastries and sweets, and fried or fast food.
The MIND diet includes at least three servings of whole grains, a salad and one other vegetable every day — along with a glass of wine. It also involves snacking most days on nuts and eating beans every other day or so, poultry and berries at least twice a week and fish at least once a week. Dieters must limit eating the designated unhealthy foods, especially butter (less than 1 tablespoon a day), cheese, and fried or fast food (less than a serving a week for any of the three), to have a real shot at avoiding the devastating effects of Alzheimer's, according to the study."
Although more studies are needed, the current findings are encouraging. From the recommended foods, I definitely need to find a way to incorporate beans into my diet more regularly. Also, I don't drink wine everyday, but I can easily do that as long as it fits within my calorie goal! I also need to eat less butter apparently!
What about you?
I find it interesting that they campared to the Mediterranean Diet because they don't sound much different to me. I guess the amount of nuts is the difference. I have seen other studies where they used a "Mediterranean Diet plus extra nuts" that showed health benefits.
I hope this is correct because it describes the way I eat more closely than any diet I've seen, including the wine.
I've been slowly moving towards a Mediterranean style woe as well-the new study is pretty interesting and sounds like we're on the right path 0 -
every day its something new we should be avoiding. it would be impossible to keep up with it all. grains are good grains are bad. dairy is good dairy is bad. fat is good fat is bad. i suppose if we all just ate veggies and a few fruits we would be 'safe'0
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*sorry only if they were organic and grown in our own garden cant forget that part. otherwise were still in trouble0
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jenncornelsen wrote: »every day its something new we should be avoiding. it would be impossible to keep up with it all. grains are good grains are bad. dairy is good dairy is bad. fat is good fat is bad. i suppose if we all just ate veggies and a few fruits we would be 'safe'
noooo, no fruit!!
Lol, on one thread, I had replied to someone, telling them healthy snacks to take to work that don't need to be put in the fridge; of course I mentioned fruit. This foo' comes in and chastises me for telling her to take oranges and bananas, because they have way too much sugar, and we should never eat them again.
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Wow, only one serving (I assume that means 1 oz??) of cheese per week?0
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Wow, only one serving (I assume that means 1 oz??) of cheese per week?
Yeah, that stopped me too-I was ok with everything else lol. I eat a serving of Greek yogurt every day, so I'm curious as to the reasoning behind limiting dairy so much.0 -
Sarasmaintaining wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Wow, only one serving (I assume that means 1 oz??) of cheese per week?
Yeah, that stopped me too-I was ok with everything else lol. I eat a serving of Greek yogurt every day, so I'm curious as to the reasoning behind limiting dairy so much.
Did it say dairy? I only saw cheese mentioned.0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Sarasmaintaining wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Wow, only one serving (I assume that means 1 oz??) of cheese per week?
Yeah, that stopped me too-I was ok with everything else lol. I eat a serving of Greek yogurt every day, so I'm curious as to the reasoning behind limiting dairy so much.
Did it say dairy? I only saw cheese mentioned.
Oh, I read it as dairy but I bet you're right-off to re-read it
eta: you're right-it specifically says cheese 0 -
jenncornelsen wrote: »*sorry only if they were organic and grown in our own garden cant forget that part. otherwise were still in trouble
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »jenncornelsen wrote: »*sorry only if they were organic and grown in our own garden cant forget that part. otherwise were still in trouble
say what?
It was meant to be a joke. As in organic fruit and veg is the only 'safe' foods these days.0 -
jenncornelsen wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »jenncornelsen wrote: »*sorry only if they were organic and grown in our own garden cant forget that part. otherwise were still in trouble
say what?
It was meant to be a joke. As in organic fruit and veg is the only 'safe' foods these days.
According to whom?
Although I did read yesterday about a study linking high pesticide residue to poor sperm production.0 -
hecNeed2Exerc1se wrote: »jenncornelsen wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »jenncornelsen wrote: »*sorry only if they were organic and grown in our own garden cant forget that part. otherwise were still in trouble
say what?
It was meant to be a joke. As in organic fruit and veg is the only 'safe' foods these days.
According to whom?
Although I did read yesterday about a study linking high pesticide residue to poor sperm production.
Sweet, birth control for me and my boyfriend!
Because I refuse to buy a $5 bell pepper. 0 -
hollyrayburn wrote: »hecNeed2Exerc1se wrote: »jenncornelsen wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »jenncornelsen wrote: »*sorry only if they were organic and grown in our own garden cant forget that part. otherwise were still in trouble
say what?
It was meant to be a joke. As in organic fruit and veg is the only 'safe' foods these days.
According to whom?
Although I did read yesterday about a study linking high pesticide residue to poor sperm production.
Sweet, birth control for me and my boyfriend!
Because I refuse to buy a $5 bell pepper.
I just choked on my diet coke reading this lol.0 -
hollyrayburn wrote: »hecNeed2Exerc1se wrote: »jenncornelsen wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »jenncornelsen wrote: »*sorry only if they were organic and grown in our own garden cant forget that part. otherwise were still in trouble
say what?
It was meant to be a joke. As in organic fruit and veg is the only 'safe' foods these days.
According to whom?
Although I did read yesterday about a study linking high pesticide residue to poor sperm production.
Sweet, birth control for me and my boyfriend!
Because I refuse to buy a $5 bell pepper.
Bell peppers cost $5??0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »hollyrayburn wrote: »hecNeed2Exerc1se wrote: »jenncornelsen wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »jenncornelsen wrote: »*sorry only if they were organic and grown in our own garden cant forget that part. otherwise were still in trouble
say what?
It was meant to be a joke. As in organic fruit and veg is the only 'safe' foods these days.
According to whom?
Although I did read yesterday about a study linking high pesticide residue to poor sperm production.
Sweet, birth control for me and my boyfriend!
Because I refuse to buy a $5 bell pepper.
Bell peppers cost $5??
I'm not the one who first said it but organic bell peppers where I live (if you can find them) run around $4 a piece. So $5 isn't that far off.0 -
Sarasmaintaining wrote: »
I recently finished reading Grain Brain and the neurologist who wrote it is convinced that grains/gluten are what's causing so many of our brain issues, like Alzheimer, which goes against what the article is advocating. Round and round we goEdinburghJenn wrote: »This is an interesting article I read today:
wsj.com/articles/a-diet-might-cut-the-risk-of-developing-alzheimers-1429569168?mod=e2fb
"The MIND diet has 15 dietary components, including 10 “brain-healthy food groups” — green leafy vegetables, other vegetables, nuts, berries, beans, whole grains, fish, poultry, olive oil and wine — and five unhealthy groups that comprise red meats, butter and stick margarine, cheese, pastries and sweets, and fried or fast food.
The MIND diet includes at least three servings of whole grains, a salad and one other vegetable every day — along with a glass of wine. It also involves snacking most days on nuts and eating beans every other day or so, poultry and berries at least twice a week and fish at least once a week. Dieters must limit eating the designated unhealthy foods, especially butter (less than 1 tablespoon a day), cheese, and fried or fast food (less than a serving a week for any of the three), to have a real shot at avoiding the devastating effects of Alzheimer's, according to the study."
Although more studies are needed, the current findings are encouraging. From the recommended foods, I definitely need to find a way to incorporate beans into my diet more regularly. Also, I don't drink wine everyday, but I can easily do that as long as it fits within my calorie goal! I also need to eat less butter apparently!
What about you?
Yes - there are lots of contradictions out there! Unfortunately, the sad truth is that scientists still know very little about the complex organ that is our brain. What is encouraging however is the movement to look at nutrition as a prevention mechanism rather than just prescribing medication for everything.
Personally what I take from all of it is to eat as natural as possible, mostly plants and from a good source. Do I do that in practice yet? It's a process is the answer....
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Any diet that advocates wine with no cheese clearly doesn't know what's what.0
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »EdinburghJenn wrote: »This is an interesting article I read today:
wsj.com/articles/a-diet-might-cut-the-risk-of-developing-alzheimers-1429569168?mod=e2fb
"The MIND diet has 15 dietary components, including 10 “brain-healthy food groups” — green leafy vegetables, other vegetables, nuts, berries, beans, whole grains, fish, poultry, olive oil and wine — and five unhealthy groups that comprise red meats, butter and stick margarine, cheese, pastries and sweets, and fried or fast food.
The MIND diet includes at least three servings of whole grains, a salad and one other vegetable every day — along with a glass of wine. It also involves snacking most days on nuts and eating beans every other day or so, poultry and berries at least twice a week and fish at least once a week. Dieters must limit eating the designated unhealthy foods, especially butter (less than 1 tablespoon a day), cheese, and fried or fast food (less than a serving a week for any of the three), to have a real shot at avoiding the devastating effects of Alzheimer's, according to the study."
Although more studies are needed, the current findings are encouraging. From the recommended foods, I definitely need to find a way to incorporate beans into my diet more regularly. Also, I don't drink wine everyday, but I can easily do that as long as it fits within my calorie goal! I also need to eat less butter apparently!
What about you?
I find it interesting that they campared to the Mediterranean Diet because they don't sound much different to me. I guess the amount of nuts is the difference. I have seen other studies where they used a "Mediterranean Diet plus extra nuts" that showed health benefits.
I hope this is correct because it describes the way I eat more closely than any diet I've seen, including the wine.
What they actually did is take components of the Mediterranean Diet and the DASH diet to come up with the MIND diet (at least that's how I read it).
The mediterranean diet is awesome Sounds like you're very much eating a great diet already. My real problem is the butter (I should use more olive oil instead!).
Actually thinking about it, this MIND diet is very close to Dr. Weil's Anti-Inflammatory Food Pyramid (which as a bonus also includes healthy sweets such as dark chocolate - YUM).
drweil.com/drw/u/ART02995/Dr-Weil-Anti-Inflammatory-Food-Pyramid.html
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ceoverturf wrote: »Any diet that advocates wine with no cheese clearly doesn't know what's what.
LOL!
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I think I missed my calling. I need to come up with a new diet and give it a catchy name. I think it will be an alcohol and multivitamin diet where all you can have is alcohol and multivitamins. And a Snickers. And a banana. As long as it is under your calorie goal. 0
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The study, conducted by researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, found strict adherence to any of the three diets lessened the chances of getting Alzheimer’s. But only the MIND diet seemed to help counter the disease even when people followed only some of the diet’s recommendations. The research was observational, not randomized or controlled, and therefore isn’t evidence the MIND diet caused a reduced risk for Alzheimer’s.
So the same researchers who spend 2 years developing the diet, studied it (surely there's no confirmation bias at play there) and found it "seemed to help" counter Alzheimer disease, whatever that means. In a 5 year study of a mere 923 people.
I can't see myself jumping on this bandwagon just yet.
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The study, conducted by researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, found strict adherence to any of the three diets lessened the chances of getting Alzheimer’s. But only the MIND diet seemed to help counter the disease even when people followed only some of the diet’s recommendations. The research was observational, not randomized or controlled, and therefore isn’t evidence the MIND diet caused a reduced risk for Alzheimer’s.
So the same researchers who spend 2 years developing the diet, studied it (surely there's no confirmation bias at play there) and found it "seemed to help" counter Alzheimer disease, whatever that means. In a 5 year study of a mere 923 people.
I can't see myself jumping on this bandwagon just yet.
What do you mean by ""seemed to help" counter Alzheimer disease, whatever that means"? They gave specific % of risk.
Rush nutritional epidemiologist Martha Clare Morris, PhD, and colleagues developed the “Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay” (MIND) diet. The study shows that the MIND diet lowered the risk of AD by as much as 53 percent in participants who adhered to the diet rigorously, and by about 35 percent in those who followed it moderately well.
Also, not all of the researchers were involved in developing the diet.
The study was funded by the National Institute on Aging. All the researchers on this study were from Rush except for Frank M. Sacks MD, professor of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Department of Nutrition, at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Sacks chaired the committee that developed the DASH diet.
But, it's not unusual for a nutrition researcher to test their own theories.0 -
Kimberly_Harper wrote: »I think I missed my calling. I need to come up with a new diet and give it a catchy name. I think it will be an alcohol and multivitamin diet where all you can have is alcohol and multivitamins. And a Snickers. And a banana. As long as it is under your calorie goal.
Not sure if you bothered to read the article or the OP, but calories aren't really a factor since this is not a weight loss diet.0 -
Sarasmaintaining wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »hollyrayburn wrote: »hecNeed2Exerc1se wrote: »jenncornelsen wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »jenncornelsen wrote: »*sorry only if they were organic and grown in our own garden cant forget that part. otherwise were still in trouble
say what?
It was meant to be a joke. As in organic fruit and veg is the only 'safe' foods these days.
According to whom?
Although I did read yesterday about a study linking high pesticide residue to poor sperm production.
Sweet, birth control for me and my boyfriend!
Because I refuse to buy a $5 bell pepper.
Bell peppers cost $5??
I'm not the one who first said it but organic bell peppers where I live (if you can find them) run around $4 a piece. So $5 isn't that far off.
That's crazy. I should start selling mine. 0
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