In a 2022 randomized clinical trial, participants who followed a calorie-restricted MIND diet for three months scored higher in working memory, verbal recognition memory, and attention than participants in a calorie-restricted control group.
Notes on verification
Confirmed directly by the peer-reviewed primary source (Scientific Reports, 2022) with matching effect sizes and p-values; corroborated by PubMed, PMC, and ClinicalTrials.gov listings. Small sample size (37 completers, obese women only) limits generalizability, and a larger 2023 NEJM trial found no significant long-term cognitive effect, so results should be framed as study-specific rather than universal. [tier=gold indep_score=1.0 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- The MIND Diet: A Detailed Guide for Beginners (seed:health_and_medicine)
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-04258-9 (corroboration)
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35190536/ (corroboration)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8861002/ (corroboration)
- https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04383704 (corroboration)