Diet May Cut Alzheimers Risk by 38%

Diet May Cut Alzheimers Risk by 38%: Eating a diet high in vegetables, fish, fruit, nuts and poultry, and low in red meat and butter may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease, new research finds. Researchers asked more than 2,100 New York City residents aged 65 and older about their dietary habits. Over the course of about four years, 253 developed Alzheimer's disease. Those whose diets included the most salad dressing, nuts, fish, tomatoes, poultry, cruciferous vegetables, dark and green leafy vegetables, and the least red meat, high-fat dairy, organ meat and butter had a 38 percent lower risk of developing Alzheimer's than those whose diets included fewer fruits, vegetables and poultry and more red meat and high-fat dairy. Archives of Neurology, April 2010