Mediterranean diet for one year promotes gut bacteria linked to ‘healthy aging’

Eating a Mediterranean diet for a year boosts the types of gut bacteria linked to ‘healthy’ ageing, while reducing those associated with harmful inflammation in older people, indicates a five-country study.

Can the Mediterranean diet help to prevent frailty?

An analysis of pooled data from published studies found significantly lower rates of frailty among older people who adhered to a Mediterranean diet.

Dehydration in older people could be detected by routine blood tests

Dehydration in older people could be accurately identified as part of routine blood testing according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA).

Benefits of vitamin B12 supplements for older people questioned

Vitamin B12 supplements offer no benefits for neurological or cognitive function in older people with moderate vitamin B12 deficiency, according to a new study published in the American Journal of…

Healthy diets make brighter brains

In a study of older people with a high risk of cardiovascular disease, healthy diet choices – fruit, vegetables, nuts and fish – were found to protect against cognitive decline.

Link found between dementia and vitamin D deficiency

Researchers have found that not getting the recommended amounts of vitamin D could double the risk of older people developing forms of dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease.

Aging Brains May Benefit More From Mediterranean Than Low Fat Diet

Brain power in older people at risk for vascular dementia seems to improve more from a Mediterranean diet with added mixed nuts or extra virgin olive oil than from a low-fat diet that is typically followed to prevent heart attack and stroke, according to the results of a Spanish trial…

Mediterranean diet seems to boost aging brain power

A Mediterranean diet with added extra virgin olive oil or mixed nuts seems to improve the brain power of older people better than advising them to follow a low-fat diet, according to new research.

Omega-3 Fish Oil Supplements Unlikely To Ward Off Cognitive Decline

A new review of studies that lasted up to 3.5 years suggests taking omega-3 fish oil supplements probably does not help older people ward off cognitive decline, the loss in memory and thinking skills that is a hallmark of dementia…