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ArticleNutrients2024

The Association between Individual Food Groups, Limbic System White Matter Tracts, and Episodic Memory: Initial Data from the Aiginition Longitudinal Biomarker Investigation of Neurodegeneration (ALBION) Study.

Foteini Christidi, Archontoula Drouka, Dora Brikou, Eirini Mamalaki, Eva Ntanasi, Efstratios Karavasilis, Georgios Velonakis, Georgia Angelopoulou, Angeliki Tsapanou, Yian Gu and 2 more

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Foteini ChristidiFirst Department of Neurology, Aiginition Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Archontoula DroukaDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, 17671 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7578-1863
Dora BrikouDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, 17671 Athens, Greece.
Eirini MamalakiDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, 17671 Athens, Greece.
Eva NtanasiFirst Department of Neurology, Aiginition Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Efstratios KaravasilisResearch Unit of Radiology and Medical Imaging, 2nd Department of Radiology, Attikon General University Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Georgios VelonakisResearch Unit of Radiology and Medical Imaging, 2nd Department of Radiology, Attikon General University Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11528 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0050-284X
Georgia AngelopoulouFirst Department of Neurology, Aiginition Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Angeliki TsapanouFirst Department of Neurology, Aiginition Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11528 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0471-5786
Yian GuTaub Institute for Research in Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, The Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4297-1548
Mary YannakouliaDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, 17671 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2171-7337
Nikolaos ScarmeasFirst Department of Neurology, Aiginition Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11528 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-6453-8908

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Abstract

(1) Background: Many studies link food intake with clinical cognitive outcomes, but evidence for brain biomarkers, such as memory-related limbic white matter (WM) tracts, is limited. We examined the association between food groups, limbic WM tracts integrity, and memory performance in community-dwelling individuals. (2) Methods: We included 117 non-demented individuals (ALBION study). Verbal and visual episodic memory tests were administered, and a composite z-score was calculated. Diffusion tensor imaging tractography was applied for limbic WM tracts (fornix-FX, cingulum bundle-CB, uncinate fasciculus-UF, hippocampal perforant pathway zone-hPPZ). Food intake was evaluated through four 24-h recalls. We applied linear regression models adjusted for demographics and energy intake. (3) Results: We found significant associations between (a) higher low-to-moderate alcohol intake and higher FX fractional anisotropy (FA), (b) higher full-fat dairy intake and lower hPPZ FA, and (c) higher red meat and cold cuts intake and lower hPPZ FA. None of the food groups was associated with memory performance. (4) Conclusions: Despite non-significant associations between food groups and memory, possibly due to participants' cognitive profile and/or compensatory mechanisms, the study documented a possible beneficial role of low-to-moderate alcohol and a harmful role of full-fat dairy and red meat and cold cuts on limbic WM tracts.

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Diffusion Tensor ImagingLimbic SystemMemory, EpisodicWhite MatterAgedBiomarkersCognitionDietEatingFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsBiomarkersbiomarkerscognitioncold cutsfood groupsfull-fat dairylimbic systemlow-to-moderate alcoholmemory functionred meatwhite matter tractography

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