Dementia: Keeping a diary and volunteering may help ‘prevent’ dementia

There’s also some evidence that a heart-healthy diet could reduce your risk of developing dementia.

“Having heart or circulatory disease can raise your risk of dementia, so it makes sense to look after both your heart and your brain,” explains the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

The MIND (Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay) diet was created by researchers at Rush University in Chicago, to help prevent dementia and slow age-related loss of brain function.

It’s a combination of two diets already known to reduce risk of heart and circulatory disease:
The Mediterranean diet (based on wholegrains, fish, pulses, fruits and vegetables and the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet.