{"id":201265,"date":"2024-12-11T10:34:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T16:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/diets-that-reduce-brain-iron-may-delay-cognitive-decline"},"modified":"2024-12-11T10:34:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T16:34:31","slug":"diets-that-reduce-brain-iron-may-delay-cognitive-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/diets-that-reduce-brain-iron-may-delay-cognitive-decline","title":{"rendered":"Diets That Reduce Brain Iron May Delay Cognitive Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/diets-that-reduce-brain-iron-may-delay-cognitive-decline2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary: <\/strong>New research suggests that certain nutrients may lower iron buildup in the brain, a factor linked to cognitive decline in aging. Excess non-heme iron, which accumulates over time, contributes to oxidative stress and can impair memory and executive function.<\/p>\n<p>Over three years, participants with higher intake of antioxidants, vitamins, and iron-chelating nutrients showed less brain iron accumulation and better cognitive performance. These findings highlight the potential of diets like the Mediterranean or DASH to support brain health and combat age-related cognitive decline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: New research suggests that certain nutrients may lower iron buildup in the brain, a factor linked to cognitive decline in aging. Excess non-heme iron, which accumulates over time, contributes to oxidative stress and can impair memory and executive function. Over three years, participants with higher intake of antioxidants, vitamins, and iron-chelating nutrients showed less [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[269,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-extension","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}