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   Mediterranean diets that ward off diabetes could help beat dementia   
      
      
   Mediterranean diet could help beat dementia finds UCL study   
      
   Those with diabetes or psychiatric symptoms on top of mild cognitive   
   impairment are much more likely to develop dementia   
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   By FRANCESCA WASHTELL   
   Sunday 22 February 2015   
   People who have diabetes and psychiatric symptoms in addition to mild   
   cognitive impairment are significantly more likely to develop dementia, new   
   research shows.   
   Mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a state between normal ageing and dementia,   
   affects 19 per cent of people aged 65 and over.   
   Around 46 per cent of people with MCI go on to develop dementia within three   
   years, compared with 3 per cent of the general population.   
      
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   The study, led by researchers at UCL and published in the American Journal of   
   Psychiatry, reviewed data from 62 separate studies following a total of 15,950   
   people diagnosed with MCI.   
   It found those with diabetes were 65 per cent more likely and those with   
   psychiatric symptoms, such as depression, were twice as likely to develop   
   dementia.   
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    "Lifestyle changes to improve diet and mood might help people with MCI to   
   avoid dementia, and bring many other health benefits," said lead author Dr   
   Claudia Cooper.   
   "This doesn't necessarily mean that addressing diabetes, psychiatric symptoms   
   and diet will reduce an individual's risk, but our review provides the best   
   evidence to date about what might help."   
   It is well established that a Mediterranean diet rich in fruit, vegetables,   
   oily fish, poultry and olive oil can help protect against Type 2 diabetes.   
   It is recommended by the Alzheimer's Society charity to help prevent dementia,   
   along with staying socially and physically active.   
   With a higher proportion of unsaturated to saturated fats and largely   
   unprocessed foods it can help people with diabetes control their blood sugar   
   levels.   
      
      
   http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/mediterranean-diet-cou   
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