地中海饮食最健康的神经科学分析 前言 在人类进化的几百万年里面,也许就是最近一百年,人类逐渐的摆脱了忍饥挨饿的时代,而进入了营养过剩的时代。营养过剩使得人类的代谢无法适应高能量的连续冲击,终于出现了各种代谢疾病,如高血压、糖尿病、高胆固醇血症、高甘油三酯血症、动脉粥样硬化等。随着现代医学模式的转变,人们越发意识到了,很多疾病不是因为外界的毒素或者物质所导致,而是因为我们人类不停的吃喝享受才导致的。如今专家们提出了慢性病的概念,慢性病大多数是代谢性疾病,而慢性病的干预第一位就是生活方式的干预。毋庸置疑,吃是干预的重中之重。传说中,地中海饮食是医学界比较推崇的饮食方式。为何?据说地中海饮食在满足各种营养需求的同时,还能够保证人们不发生营养过剩,最重要的是其中还有许多有助于身体和精神健康的成分。 今天,从神经科学的角度,我们来看一下地中海饮食到底有什么神奇的功效呢? 地中海饮食与大脑健康 地中海饮食有助于预防大脑认知功能的衰退; Cognitive health and Mediterranean diet: just diet or lifestyle pattern? Mediterranean diet and cognitive function in older adults. Mediterranean diet and cognitive health: an update of available knowledge. 地中海饮食可以维护大脑的结构连接以避免衰老所带来的损害。 Mediterranean diet and preserved brain structural connectivity in older subjects. 地中海饮食可以有助于老年人维持大脑的容量。 Mediterranean diet habits in older individuals: associations with cognitive functioning and brainvolumes. 地中海饮食增加脑源性神经营养因子的水平; The effect of the Mediterranean diet on plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels: the PREDIMED-NAVARRA randomized trial. 地中海饮食可以维持老年人大脑的皮层厚度; Mediterranean Diet and Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Assessed Brain Atrophy in Cognitively Normal Individuals at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease. 地中海饮食有助于对抗大脑炎症反应; Anti-inflammatory effects of extracts from some traditional Mediterranean diet plants. 地中海饮食可能使小学生获得更高的学业成绩; Diet quality and academic achievement: a prospective study among primary school children. 地中海饮食与脑疾病 地中海饮食可以预防动脉粥样硬化和脑卒中; Mediterranean Diet in patients with acute ischemic stroke: Relationships between Mediterranean Diet score, diagnostic subtype, and stroke severity index. Relation of the traditional Mediterranean diet to cerebrovascular disease in a Mediterranean population. 地中海饮食有助于预防抑郁症; Mediterranean diet, stroke, cognitive impairment, and depression: A meta-analysis. 地中海饮食有助于预防认知功能障碍; Mediterranean diet, stroke, cognitive impairment, and depression: A meta-analysis. Polyphenol-rich foods in the Mediterranean diet are associated with better cognitive function in elderly subjects at high cardiovascular risk. MIND diet slows cognitive decline with aging. 地中海饮食有助于预防大脑萎缩; Mediterranean diet and brain structure in a multiethnic elderly cohort. Mediterranean diet is associated with reduced brain shrinkage in older people, study finds. Mediterranean Diet and Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Assessed Brain Atrophy in Cognitively Normal Individuals at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease. 地中海饮食可以预防痴呆疾病; Mediterranean diet in predementia and dementia syndromes. Mediterranean diet and risk for Alzheimer's disease. 地中海饮食有助于预防多发性硬化; Multiple sclerosis and cancers in Croatia--a possible protective role of the Mediterranean diet. 地中海饮食可以减少脑白质高信号,提示其可以预防脑血管损害; Mediterranean diet and white matter hyperintensity volume in the Northern Manhattan Study. 地中 海饮食可以减少AD患者的死亡率; Mediterranean diet and Alzheimer disease mortality. 橄榄油可能会减少AD大脑中得毒性蛋白沉积; Extra-virgin olive oil attenuates amyloid-β and tau pathologies in the brains of TgSwDI mice. The polyphenol oleuropein aglycone protects TgCRND8 mice against Aß plaque pathology.