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Inflammatory potential of diet is associated with cognitive function in an older adult Korean population
Opting for a pro-inflammatory diet may diminish cognitive function in elderly men and women.
This study looked at the impact habitual consumption of pro-inflammatory foods can have on cognitive function in older men and women. With the aid validated food frequency questionnaires, researchers collected and examined data on the dietary habits of 239 Korean men and women above the age of 64 years. The assessment of the cognition of all the participants was frequently done using mini-mental state examination questionnaires.
Researchers discovered that regular ingestion of pro-inflammatory foods resulted in a decline in cognitive function. The findings of this study indicate that embracing a diet heavy on pro-inflammatory foods may worsen cognitive function in elderly men and women.
Research Summary Information
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2018
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Dayeon Shin, Simona C Kwon, Mi Hye Kim, Kyung Won Lee, Soe Yeon Choi, Nitin Shivappa, James R Hébert, Hae-Kyung Chung
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Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA. Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA. Department of Food and Nutrition, Hoseo University, Asan, Chungnam, Republic of Korea. Division of Epidemiology and Health Index, Center for Genome Science, Korea National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea. Department of Nutritional Sciences and Food Management, Ewha Woman's University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and the Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA; Connecting Health Innovations, LLC, Columbia, South Carolina, USA. Department of Food and Nutrition, Hoseo University, Asan, Chungnam, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: hkchung@hoseo.edu.
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