Sticking to a Mediterranean diet rich in fruit, vegetables and olive oil could help to slow the shrinking of the brain in old age, academics have found.
While numerous studies have shown that cardiovascular health is closely linked to the fate of the brain, there has been relatively little good quality evidence on the role that particular eating habits might play over time.
Researchers led by a team at the University of Edinburgh signed up 562 Scots aged 70 and asked them how often they ate 168 types of food.
Scientists have long been interested in the way that people who eat like southern Europeans — consuming plenty of plant-based foods while cutting down on meat and refined sugar — seem to have significantly better
