MIND Diet

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Recently I came across an article on MIND diet published in Fastcompany (2017), the diet said to be for mind. In the article, Anisa Purbasari Horton relates her own personal story and writes that how her productivity increased by eating good brain foods just for a week.

The MIND diet (Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay) was created by researchers at Rush University Medical Center and the Harvard School Of Public Health.

The MIND diet encourages high consumption of 10 “brain-healthy” food groups such as green leafy vegetables, other vegetables, nuts, berries, and fish. It limited (note: not banned) consumption of unhealthy food groups like red meats, butter and stick margarine, cheese, sweets, and processed foods. […] older adults who adhered strictly to the MIND diet faced a 53% lower risk of Alzheimer’s, and those who followed it moderately saw their risk lower by 35%.

– From Fast Company

After trying a week with healthy foods with breakfast (eggs, spinach, and salmon–with black coffee), lunch (chicken breast salad with kale, spinach, edamame, and sautéed broccoli, with a handful of almonds), and dinner (lentil curry with vegetables and brown rice), Anisa writes “It only took me about two days to get past the sugar and dairy cravings, and on day one of the diet I fell asleep much quicker and naturally woke up earlier”.

I also noticed that I snacked less, even though my food portions weren’t that much bigger. As a result, food occupied less space in my brain, and I was able to focus for longer stretches of time.

– Anisa Horton on Fast Company

That said, I definitely felt a positive change in my body. My energy levels increased, and I was able to push through my half marathon training runs without looking at my fitness tracker every five minutes to see if I’d logged enough miles for the evening.

– Anisa Horton on Fast Company
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