We hosted 500 practitioners at our Menopause Advanced Training course at the beginning of October and covered cognitive health and nutrition as part of that program. 

 

We looked at the impact of the MIND diet on future cognitive function and whether or not we can influence cognitive decline in patients by changing their nutrition. One particular study, although small, pointed out the possible unintended consequences of caloric restriction without educating our patients about nutrition for their brain. 

 

The study by Arjmand (2022) was the deep dive focus of the podcast today and gave some food for thought about how we educate our patients who are dieting about cognitive health. You’ll be surprised at what happened to the group that wasn’t given education on nutrition for brain health and will give you some clinical ideas for how to talk to your patients about MIND diet principles. 

 

If you’re hoping to join The Confident Clinician you can join our wait list at www.confidentclinicianclub.com to get notice when our membership opens in November. 

 

References discussed in this episode: 

Arjmand, G., Abbas-Zadeh, M. & Eftekhari, M. H. Effect of MIND diet intervention on cognitive performance and brain structure in healthy obese women: a randomized controlled trial. Sci Rep-uk 12, 2871 (2022).

Morris, M. C. et al. MIND diet slows cognitive decline with aging. Alzheimer’s Dementia 11, 1015–1022 (2015).