(Photo by Anna Shvets via Pexels) Eating a as a youngster and in middle age helps people remain mentally sharp in later life, according to new research. The study that used data collected from more than 3,000 British people followed for nearly seven decades reveals "strong" links between the quality of a person’s diet and their thinking ability over a lifetime. The findings add to a growing body of evidence that a healthy diet could help ward off dementia and age-related cognitive decline.
While most previous research on the subject has concentrated on the eating habits of people in their 60s and 70s, the new study is the first to track diet and cognitive ability throughout life - from the age of four to 70 - and suggests the links may start much earlier than previously recognized. Dr. Kelly Cara, of , said: “These initial findings generally support current public health guidance that it is important to establish healthy dietary patterns early in life in order to support and maintain health throughout life.
“Our findings also provide new evidence suggesting that improvements to dietary patterns up to midlife may influence cognitive performance and help mitigate, or lessen, cognitive decline in later years.” Jony Ariadi Cognitive performance, or thinking ability, can keep improving well into middle age but usually begins to decline after the age of 65. More severe conditions such as Alzheimer's disease can also develop alongside age-related declines.
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