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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2026

MIND diet moderates the associations between cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative disease burden and cognition.

Desarae A Dempsey, Frederick W Unverzagt, Huiping Xu, Lyndsi Moser, Sujuan Gao, Andrea Avena-Koenigsberger, Evgeny J Chumin, Karmen K Yoder, Puja Agarwal, Christy C Tangney and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Desarae A DempseyIndiana Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Frederick W UnverzagtIndiana Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Huiping XuIndiana University Center for Aging Research at Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Lyndsi MoserDepartment of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Sujuan GaoIndiana Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Andrea Avena-KoenigsbergerIndiana Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Evgeny J ChuminIndiana Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Karmen K YoderDepartment of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Puja AgarwalRush Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States.
Christy C TangneyDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States.
Daniel O ClarkIndiana University Center for Aging Research at Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Andrew J SaykinIndiana Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Shannon L RisacherIndiana Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: The Mediterranean-Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet is associated with reduced dementia risk, but its role in moderating pathology-cognition relationships in high-risk populations remains unclear. This study examined associations of the MIND diet and Healthy Eating Index (HEI) with cognition and tested whether diet quality modifies the impact of brain pathology on cognitive performance. Methods: Sixty-six older adults (aged 60-82 years; mean education of 12 years, 65% Black, 73% female) completed MRI and the VioScreen food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). Multivariable linear regression models examined associations between diet scores (MIND, HEI-2020) and cognitive outcomes (cognition composite, memory, executive function), adjusting for age, sex, and education level. Interaction analyses cross-sectionally tested whether diet moderated relationships between structural brain pathology-white matter hyperintensity (WMH), hippocampal, and cortical volumes-and cognition, followed by Results: Higher MIND diet scores were independently associated with better memory performance ( Conclusion: The MIND diet may buffer the cognitive consequences of cerebrovascular pathology and cortical atrophy in older adults at elevated dementia risk and promote cognitive resilience over general healthy eating guidelines.

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Alzheimer’s diseasecerebrovascular diseasecognitive resiliencedementiaMediterranean-DASH intervention for neurodegenerative delay (MIND) dietnutritionplant-based diet

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PMCPMC13212213

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