Other diet types were associated with a higher risk of various brain and mental health disorders.
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How Was This Study Conducted?
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A total of 181,990 participants were included, with an average age of 71; 57% were female.
And subtype 4 showed balanced preferences across all food categoriesregarded as a balanced dietary pattern.
What Does This Study Show?
Researchers observed that individuals with specific food preferences and eating patterns displayed distinct patterns of brain MRI traits.
Interestingly, subtype 2vegetarian and vegan eating patternswas associated with worse mental health and brain conditions.
The study authors do note that this subtype exhibited higher genetic susceptibility to mental health disorders.
Subtype 3the high-protein, low-fiber eating patternhad the lowest well-being scores out of the four subtypes.
Essentially, they had bigger brains.
