More About Cognition and Alzheimer's & Diet

Two articles of interest.

Fran Lowry, writing in Medscape Medical News, reports  Erin McGlade, Ph.D.'s  findings that women (40-60 years old) taking  250 mg. a day of citicoline, a nutritional substance experienced better cognition and possibly mitigation of the decline in thinking that we consider an age-associated finding. Dr. McGlade is associated with the University. of Utah Brain Institute in Salt Lake City.

In another Medscape Medical News report,  writer Megan Brooks reported on findings by Suzanne Craft, Ph.D. of the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA. These findings point to a possible protective effect of the Mediterranean diet, not only on the cardiovascular system, but also on some biologic markers for Alzheimer's Disease.

There is increasing evidence for the important role of diet in brain and cardiovascular function. My readers might want to Google "Mediterranean Diet" and then use that information to guide their food intake. Preventing disease through a good-tasting healthy diet is more efficient and less expensive than dealing with vials of pills from your pharmacy plan. And, there's no copay or (literally) doughnut hole.