Adherence to an anti-inflammatory diet is associated with lower Alzheimer’s disease mortality: A modifiable risk factor in a national cohort

Greater consumption of anti-inflammatory foods was associated with lower all-cause and a trend toward lower AD-specific mortality. The observed protective effects were confined to certain subpopulations (notably men and non-Hispanic Whites). Even a small portion of the diet (10 % of calories) being anti-inflammatory was linked to reduced mortality risk in these groups, suggesting that achievable dietary changes could have an impact. These findings support modifying dietary content is a practical, low-cost intervention that could mitigate neuroinflammation to reduce AD mortality risk.