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Acta Portuguesa de Nutrição
versión On-line ISSN 2183-5985
Resumen
CARDOSO, Sofia Alves y PAIVA, Isabel. Diet and Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Dementia. Acta Port Nutr [online]. 2017, n.11, pp.30-34. ISSN 2183-5985.
Currently, dementia is a global epidemic with great impact at social, economic and health levels. Thus, it is urgent to improve knowledge about prevention and treatment. Various macro- and micronutrients, specific foods and food patterns have been studied as potential risk and protection factors and treatment agents. Besides potential modulation of vascular risk factors, nutritional factors may have a direct action in pathogenesis. Albeit there is still no consistent and definitive evidence from randomized controlled studies about the role of nutritional factors in dementia, studies suggest nutritional strategies may be cost-effective, safe and easy to implement. Therefore, the role of nutrition and diet needs to be further investigated to clarify their role and to draw preventive and therapeutic recommendations.
Palabras clave : Diet; Dementia; Vascular Dementia; Alzheimer’s Disease; Nutrition; Prevention; Treatment.