Hosking DE, et al. - In an Australian longitudinal cohort study, researchers explored the connection between the Mediterranean-DASH diet Intervention for Neurological Delay (MIND) diet and 12-year incidence of cognitive impairment. Study participants included 1,220 individuals from the Personality and Total Health (PATH) Throughout Life cohort. Via baseline food frequency questionnaire responses, they calculated MIND diet and two alternate Mediterranean diet scores. They found that the MIND diet, but not the Mediterranean diet, was associated with reduced odds of 12-year cognitive impairment in adjusted logistic regression models. Preliminary evidence suggested that the MIND diet's protective effects may be geographically generalizable, and further study is warranted to determine the relative effects of the MIND and Mediterranean diet against cognitive deterioration.