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Jun 2021
11m 55s

The Mind Diet with Sophie Medlin

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Sophie Medlin, Head of Nutritional Research at Heights and founder of City Dietitians, has decades of knowledge around all things nutrition. Today, Medlin focuses on the MIND Diet, a combination of diets that can reduce the risk of Alzheimer's, dementia and neurodegenerative conditions.

Medlin shares what the MIND diet is, its pros and cons, and who it can help. We discuss how the MIND Diet is measured, DASH and Mediterranean diets, and its brain health benefits.

We talk about:

  • What is the MIND Diet
  • The Mediterranean Diet
  • The DASH Diet
  • How the MIND Diet's success is measured
  • Pros and cons of the MIND diet
  • Takeaways for anyone looking to explore the MIND Diet
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