The Effects of the MIND Diet on Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Neurodegenerative Risk Biomarkers

Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet has been established by Morris et al. (2015) to improve brain health, and reduce the risk or slow progression of neurodegenerative diseases. In this diet model, which is similar to the Mediterranean diet, the diet score changes according to the frequency of consumption of some foods. The more consumption of foods such as green leafy vegetables, other vegetables, berries, nuts, whole grains, fish (not fried), beans, poultry (not fried), and the limited consumption of butter/margarine, cheese, red meat and products, fast fried foods, and pastries \& sweets ensure more score. Also, regular consumption of wine (1 glass/d) and using olive oil as primary oil in meals increases the score. Berries, fish, and hardaliye (instead of wine) will be supplied to players as well as recommendations for consumption frequencies of food components in MIND diet to increase total score.