Is your diet "brain healthy?"

According to new research, there's a diet that could decrease the brain diseases that put seniors at risk for developing Alzheimer's disease.  It's called the MIND diet and is said to lower the risk of developing Alzheimer's by as much as 53% depending on how closely the diet is adhered to.  Here are some of the food items that are, and are not,"brain healthy" according to the MIND diet:

What's brain-healthy, what's not?The MIND diet has 15 dietary components, including 10 “brain-healthy food groups:”

• Green leafy vegetables
• Other vegetables
• Nuts
• Berries
• Beans
• Whole grains
• Fish
• Poultry
• Olive oil
• Wine 

The five unhealthy groups are:  

• Red meats
• Butter and stick margarine
• Cheese
• Pastries and sweets
• Fried or fast food

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