Mediterranean diet and cognitive decline. A lesson from the whole-diet approach: What challenges lie ahead?

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 283-286

  Solfrizzi, Vincenzo ^a   Panza, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Mediterranean diet; meta analysis; mild cognitive impairment; systematic review

Indexed keywords

MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; META-ANALYSIS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; HUMANS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84893918837     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-130831     Document Type: Review

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