A new study has found that specific nutrients similar to those found in the Mediterranean diet may play a crucial role in slowing down brain aging.
Using blood biomarker analysis, brain imaging, and cognitive assessments, the study Trusted Source published in Nature Publishing Group Aging concluded that a diet rich in fatty acids, antioxidants, carotenoids, vitamin E, and choline could promote healthy brain aging and cognitive function.
Participants with slower brain aging had a distinct nutrient profile — a combination of fatty acids (vaccenic, gondoic, alpha linolenic, eicosapentaenoic, eicosadienoic, and lignoceric acids); antioxidants and carotenoids including cis-lutein, trans-lutein, and zeaxanthin; two forms of vitamin E and choline.
