Archive · 16 Sep 2025
Green-Mediterranean Diet May Slow Brain Aging, Study Finds
Eating healthy can help your brain stay young!
Researchers studied people on different diets.
Some ate a green-Mediterranean diet, which includes green tea and a plant called Mankai, along with other healthy foods.
The study found that people on this diet had certain proteins in their blood that suggested their brains were aging slower.
This diet might protect the brain because of anti-inflammatory properties from green tea and Mankai.
This shows that simple changes in what you eat, like drinking green tea, can potentially keep your brain healthier for longer.
A study suggests the green-Mediterranean diet may slow brain aging.
The diet includes green tea and Mankai in addition to a standard Mediterranean diet.
Researchers studied around 300 participants over 18 months.
The green-Mediterranean diet was linked to lower levels of proteins associated with faster brain aging.
The findings highlight the importance of everyday habits like diet on brain health.
- Who
- Researchers from Ben-Gurion University, Harvard, and University of Leipzig
- What
- Found that the green-Mediterranean diet may slow down brain aging.
- When
- Published on August 23rd
- Where
- The study was conducted by researchers from various institutions.
- Why
- To explore the connection between diet and brain health.
- Diet Type
- Green-Mediterranean
- Key Components
- Green tea, Mankai (duckweed), vegetables, olive oil, nuts, whole grains, fish, chicken
- Study Publication
- Clinical Nutrition
- Study Participants
- Around 300
- Study Duration
- 18 months
- Lead Institutions
- Ben-Gurion University, Harvard, University of Leipzig