Today’s focus? The diet that may help you to outrun dementia.
What if the most powerful medicine for your memory isn’t in a prescription bottle, but on your plate?
A groundbreaking new study of over 93,000 Americans has just revealed that the MIND diet — a combination of the Mediterranean and DASH diets — may reduce the risk of dementia, even when adopted later in life. This isn’t theory. It’s data. And it spans across racial and ethnic lines, from Black and Latino to Japanese and Native Hawaiian populations.
In this piece, I explore how foods like spinach, berries, nuts, olive oil, and fish can act as cognitive protectors, while processed foods, red meat, and excess cheese quietly sabotage the mind. Using a literary lens inspired by Borges and Kafka, Hunter doesn’t just list the science. He brings it to life.
You’ll learn the 10 memory-protecting foods (and the 5 to limit), explore why the MIND diet is more than just a nutritional plan, and why even starting late in life can deliver measurable benefits.
“Your brain is not a marble statue,” I write. “It’s a garden.”
Food, Cognition, and Wellness: The Diet to Outrun Dementia
The essay is for anyone with a loved one facing Alzheimer’s, for those hoping to age with clarity, or simply for readers fascinated by the connections between food, cognition, and long-term wellness.
Read the full story now to discover:
- The precise foods linked to a 25% reduction in dementia risk
- How does diet compare to drugs in preserving memory?
- Why Kafka might’ve predicted our nutritional amnesia
And if it moves you, check out Hunter’s related essays or his new ebook: Extending Life and Healthspan — a deeper dive into the science of aging well.
🔗 Read the full essay on Medium: This One Diet Was Built for Your Brain. Learn more about the diet that enables you to outrun dementia. Let me know what you think of the essay in the comment section on Medium.com. Thank you.
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