{"id":680436,"date":"2026-05-19T21:06:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/680436\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T21:06:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:06:40","slug":"healthier-plant-based-diet-tied-to-lower-risk-of-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/680436\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthier plant-based diet tied to lower risk of dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Overhead view of healthy organic foods; the artfully arranged display includes tofu, carrots, broccoli, whole-grain pasta, chia seeds, quinoa, berries, legumes, olive oil, avocado, corn, cucumber, onion, lettuce, tomato, garlic, bell pepper, radish, and more.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gettyimages-1488883191.jpg\" style=\"height:400px; width:600px\" class=\"ucr-content-image\" data-cr-imageid=\"e5664450-ac7d-4bd3-921c-742cb062f6dc\"\/>\n        <\/p>\n<p>Plant-based diets have already been linked to lower risk of diseases like diabetes and high blood pressure. Increasing evidence suggests a benefit for preventing dementia as well &#8211; especially when the diet prioritizes whole grains, fruits, vegetables, vegetable oils, nuts, and legumes &#8211; according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neurology.org\/doi\/10.1212\/WNL.0000000000214916\" style=\"text-decoration:underline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">study<\/a> published May 12, 2026, in Neurology.<\/p>\n<p>The study involved 92,849 people (average age 59, 55% women) who completed detailed food questionnaires in the 1990s. About half of them reported similar diet information 10 years later. Researchers classified them according to three diet categories: an overall plant-based diet, which includes more plant foods than animal products like meat and eggs; a healthful plant-based diet; and a less healthful plant-based diet because it also included more refined grains, fruit juices, potatoes, and added sugars.<\/p>\n<p>After noting how many participants developed Alzheimer&#8217;s disease or other forms of dementia over the following decade, the researchers found that people who ate healthier plant-based diets had a 32% lower risk of cognitive impairment and a 15% lower risk of dementia compared to those who ate a plant-based diet that also included more unhealthy foods and beverages.<\/p>\n<p>            Image: \u00a9 fcafotodigital\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plant-based diets have already been linked to lower risk of diseases like diabetes and high blood pressure. Increasing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[49,48,4107,4110,4105,4106,4109,4111,84,4099,4101,4104,4103,4102,4108,4100,395],"class_list":["post-680436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-harvard-health","tag-harvard-health-letter","tag-harvard-health-publications","tag-harvard-health-publishing","tag-harvard-heart-letter","tag-harvard-women","tag-health","tag-health-information","tag-health-news","tag-health-newsletter","tag-health-newsletters","tag-health-report","tag-health-harvard-edu","tag-medical-information","tag-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}