ArticleScientific reports2025
Red meat consumption in higher healthy eating index diets is associated with brain health critical nutritional adequacy, and fecal microbial diversity.
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- Perspective: use of beef in a dietary intervention as an effective strategy for improving cognition in young adult females.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Association of Habitual Diet Quality and Nutrient Intake with Cognitive Performance in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2025Observational
- A Food-First Prescription for Cognitive Longevity.Missouri medicineArticle
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Abstract
We evaluated whether red meat consumption, within diets of both high and low healthy eating index (HEI) quality, was associated with differences in brain health-critical micronutrient adequacy, mental health, diet quality, or fecal microbiota composition. Using data from 3643 adults in the American gut project, participants were stratified into four groups: high-HEI (≥ 80) with red meat (HH-R), high-HEI without red meat (HH-NR), low-HEI (< 80) with red meat (LH-R), and low-HEI without red meat (LH-NR). HH-R had higher protein intake and lower carbohydrate intake than HH-NR, with saturated fat levels within recommended limits. Brain health-critical micronutrient adequacies (selenium, vitamin B12, zinc, calcium, vitamin D3, choline) were significantly higher in HH-R (p < 0.001) than HH-NR. Higher HEI scores, irrespective of red meat consumption, were associated with reduced odds of depression (logOR = -2.22), PTSD (logOR = -3.80), and bipolar disorder (logOR = -5.90). Fecal microbiota diversity and richness were highest in HH-R, with higher Bacteroides caccae (p
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