Want to protect your brain function? Follow the Mediterranean diet

Eating plenty of vegetables and fish protects your brain function from declining quickly with age. — AFP

A new American analysis has found that following the well-known Mediterranean diet appears to be linked with higher cognitive, or brain, function.

Led by researchers at the US National Eye Institute, part of the US National Institutes of Health, the analysis looked at data on 7,756 participants taking part in two major studies investigating eye disease: the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (Areds) and Areds2.