Diet Quality Score designed for the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study, is characterized by fruit and vegetables, legumes, fish, low-fat dairy. Alcohol; foods that are fried, salty or sweet; high-fat dairy; and sugar drinks are limited.A total of 2,621 25-year-old participants from thestudy were involved. The participants told researchers what they ate at the start of the research, and again seven and 25 years after the launch.
The team separated participants into groups according to how closely they followed each diet, scoring them as low, medium, or high adherents.diets were less likely to experience cognitive decline in middle age, the researchers found.Those in the high Mediterranean diet category ate 4.2 servings of fruit and 4.4 vegetables, compared with 2.3 and 2.8 in the low. Participants in the highcategory ate 3.7 servings of fruit and 4.4 vegetables, while the low group ate 2.7 and 4.
Compared with those with low scorers, those who placed highest on the Mediterranean diet were 46 percent less likely to have poor thinking skills. While 9 percent of the 868 high adherents had poor thinking skills, 29 percent of the 798 low adherents did.scorers were 52 percent less likely to have poor thinking skills than the 805 individuals in the low group. Only 6 percent of the high scorers had poor thinking skills, versus 32 percent of the low group.