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ReviewCurrent nutrition reports2018

The Role of Nutrition in Cognitive Function and Brain Ageing in the Elderly.

Samantha L Gardener, Stephanie R Rainey-Smith

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Review in Current nutrition reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Samantha L GardenerCentre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research & Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia.
Stephanie R Rainey-SmithCentre of Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease Research & Care, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia. s.rainey-smith@ecu.edu.au.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThe purposes of this review were to examine literature published over the last 5 years and to evaluate the role of nutrition in cognitive function and brain ageing, focussing on the Mediterranean diet (MeDi), Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), and Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diets. RECENT

findingsResults suggest that higher adherence to a healthy dietary pattern is associated with preservation of brain structure and function as well as slower cognitive decline, with the MIND diet substantially slowing cognitive decline, over and above the MeDi and DASH diets. Whilst results to-date suggest adherence to a healthy diet, such as the MeDi, DASH, or MIND, is an important modifiable risk factor in the quest to develop strategies aimed at increasing likelihood of healthy brain ageing, further work is required to develop dietary guidelines with the greatest potential benefit for public health; a research topic of increasing importance as the world's population ages.

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AgingDietCognition DisordersElder Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaHealth Services for the AgedHumansAgeingAlzheimer’s diseaseAmyloid betaBrain volumeCognitionCognitive declineDASH dietDietDietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension dietDietary patternsGlucose metabolismMagnetic resonance imagingMeDiMediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay dietMediterranean dietMIND dietMRINutrition

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PMID29974344

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