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t’s a myth that you can’t do anything to slow down the brain’s ageing process. While nothing can replace a happy and healthy lifestyle that embraces balance more than excess, there are other ways to nourish your memory and mind. There’s a particularly brainfriendly approach to eating that combines the principles of two other well-researched diets – the Mediterranean diet and the DASH
(Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet. This combined approach is called the MIND diet. Just like these popular ways of eating, the MIND’s main focus is vegetables and wholefoods, yet it has a distinct point of difference. The MIND way of eating also singles out specific brain-healthy food groups and the science supports that it can help slow down the ill-effects on brain health that age can bring.
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