Chicago researchers studying whether your diet can prevent dementia
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) / Associated Press
Chicago researchers studying whether your diet can prevent dementia
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) / Associated Press

A Chicago-based researcher has dedicated her career to understanding the relationship between diet and brain health, and this year her team at Rush University conducted the first clinical trial to find out if the foods you eat can prevent Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.

Reset speaks with the researcher about what she learned about the MIND diet.

GUEST: Puja Agarwal, nutritional epidemiologist, assistant professor of internal medicine, Rush University

Chicago researchers studying whether your diet can prevent dementia
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) / Associated Press
Chicago researchers studying whether your diet can prevent dementia
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) / Associated Press

A Chicago-based researcher has dedicated her career to understanding the relationship between diet and brain health, and this year her team at Rush University conducted the first clinical trial to find out if the foods you eat can prevent Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.

Reset speaks with the researcher about what she learned about the MIND diet.

GUEST: Puja Agarwal, nutritional epidemiologist, assistant professor of internal medicine, Rush University