Combating Alzheimer’s Disease could Start with your Diet

Following the mind diet may lower your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers are calling the mind diet a combination of the Mediterranean diet and the dash diet-which stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. The hybrid diet is high in fruits and vegetables and lean meats. A decade long study followed one thousand people and found their risk for Alzheimer’s decreased by 53 percent by following the diet. In other health news, counties across the U.S. are getting their health report cards from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. They compiled health data such as smoking, adult obesity, physical inactivity and food environment to rank each county. The report finds the unhealthiest county in the state of Texas is Starr County. Among the other top five worst health counties are Maverick, Hidalgo, Brooks and Willacy County.