Research
Mixed
DASH and Mediterranean diets reduce systemic inflammation (e.g., hs-CRP, cytokines), which indirectly attenuates neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration.
Focus on reducing systemic inflammation by following anti-inflammatory dietary patterns like DASH or Mediterranean. This helps protect the brain by lowering inflammatory markers like CRP and cytokines.
GoodSupportsHIGH confidence
Anti-inflammatory diets may also attenuate neuroinflammation via indirect immune pathways from the gut microbiome and systemic circulation.
Why this rating
Stronger evidence for systemic inflammation reduction (meta-analysis of RCTs) than for direct cognitive outcomes.
Source
Diet and Inflammation in Cognitive Ageing and Alzheimer’s Disease
Andrea McGrattan et al. · Current Nutrition Reports · 2019
DOI 10.1007/s13668-019-0271-4
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Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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