Dementia risk increases with inflammatory diet consumption

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Overview

Diets with higher inflammatory potential were associated with an increased risk of incident dementia, find researchers at Columbia University in New York City and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School in Greece. This suggests that people who consume an anti-inflammatory diet that includes more vegetables, fruits, beans, and tea or coffee may be at lower risk of developing dementia later in life.

According to the results from the population-based study, each unit increase in dietary inflammatory index scores was associated with a 21% higher risk of dementia over 3 years. The study appears in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

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Dr. Nandita Mohan

Dr. Nandita Mohan is a practicing pediatric dentist with more than 3 years of clinical work experience. Along with this, she is equally interested in keeping herself up to date about the latest developments in the field of medicine and dentistry which is the driving force for her to be in association with Medical Dialogues. She also has her name attached with many publications; both national and international. She has pursued her BDS from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore and later went to enter her dream specialty (MDS) in the Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry from Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences. Through all the years of experience, her core interest in learning something new has never stopped.
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