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- Explain to interested patients that this observational study could not prove a causal relationship between any particular diet and Alzheimer's disease risk.
A diet rich in fruits and vegetables as well as omega-3 fatty acids may reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, researchers found.
Analysis of data from more than 2,000 dementia-free adults ages 65 and older revealed that persons who consumed a Mediterranean-type diet regularly were 38% less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease over about a four-year follow-up (HR 0.62, 95% CI 0.43 to 0.89), according to Nikolaos Scarmeas, MD, of Columbia University in New York City, and colleagues.
The findings were published online in Archives of Neurology./.../
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