U.S News and World Report has chosen the MIND Diet as the 2nd best overall diet and as the best diet of 2015. The Mind Diet is a hybrid of the DASH and Mediterranean diets, with a focus on healthy foods that prevent Alzheimer’s. The MIND diet, which stands for “Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay,” was developed by Martha Clare Morris, a nutritional epidemiologist at Rush University Medical Center, through a study funded by the National Institute on Aging and published online February 2015. The study found the MIND diet lowered Alzheimer’s risk by about 35 percent for people who followed it moderately well and up to 53 percent for those who adhered to it rigorously.
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Medium chain triglycerides (MCTs) are partially manmade fats. The name refers to the way the carbon atoms are arranged in their chemical structure. MCTs are generally made by processing coconut and palm kernel oils in the laboratory. Usual dietary fats, by comparison, are long-chain triglycerides. MCTs are can be found in dairy fats and palm oils, but the most effective source of MCT is coconut oil. About 65% of coconut oils are made up of MCTs of varying chain lengths.
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Huperzine-A is a nootropic cognitive enhancer that is extracted the herbs of theHuperziceae family called the Chinese club moss. It is known as an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, which means that it stops an enzyme from breaking down acetylcholine resulting in an increase in acetylcholine levels. It belongs to the Cholinergic class of molecules, and may be useful in fighting cognitive decline in the elderly. Although the makers of huperzine A start with a plant, their product is the result of a lot of laboratory manipulation. It is a highly purified drug, unlike herbs that typically contain hundreds of chemical ingredients.
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