A new medical study revealed that losing weight can reduce the rate of brain aging, stressing the importance of a healthy diet, because of its impact on brain health.
The study was conducted by researchers in Israel, and published in the “ELIFE” magazine, and aims to find out the effect of weight loss on brain health, during an 18-month experiment, on people who underwent a healthy diet, mainly based on vegetables and fruits, and reduced processed foods. After that period, the participant’s brain age was measured.
More than 100 obese people participated in the study, and over 18 months, underwent a program aimed at improving levels of diet and physical activity. Participants were given brain scans at the beginning and end of the program.
The results concluded that losing weight by 1 percent led to a younger brain age by 9 months, while the researchers found that “reducing processed foods, sweets, and drinks was associated with a younger brain age”.