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Mediterranean Diet and Age-Related Cognitive Decline (PREDIMED)

JAMA Internal Medicine, 2015 · Randomized controlled trial

Over a median of about four years, older adults at high cardiovascular risk on a Mediterranean diet with extra olive oil or nuts held their cognitive scores steady or improved slightly, while the control group, advised to cut dietary fat, declined on all three cognitive composites.

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