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Healthy Diets Boost Midlife Brain Resilience, Study Reveals

12/12/2025

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A study published in Current Developments in Nutrition finds that higher quality diets, especially those rich in healthy plant-based foods, may enhance cognitive reserve in midlife.
Cognitive reserve is the brain's ability to withstand aging and disease.
Researchers analyzed data from the 1946 British Birth Cohort, including 2,514 participants.
Childhood cognitive ability proved the strongest predictor.
Diet quality explained a notable portion of variance.

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A study published in Current Developments in Nutrition finds that higher quality diets, especially those rich in healthy plant-based foods, may enhance cognitive reserve in midlife.
Cognitive reserve is the brain's ability to withstand aging and disease.
Researchers analyzed data from the 1946 British Birth Cohort, including 2,514 participants.
Childhood cognitive ability proved the strongest predictor.
Diet quality explained a notable portion of variance.