Will your diet slow age-related changes in your brain? Maybe. More than one thousand participants in the Framingham Heart Offspring study were followed for an average of twelve years. The study, in journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, evaluated the MIND diet—the combined Mediterranean and blood pressure lowering diet. During the study period, those with the best adherence to the MIND diet showed slower shrinkage in brain matter. Researchers say that translates to delaying brain aging by two and one half years. Good news, to be sure, but the study also found those who were more physically active scored even better. It is food for thought. Really.