Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Health Sciences

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Akdeniz Diyetinin Kognitif Fonksiyonlar Üzerine Etkileri
The Effects of Mediterranean Diet on Cognitive Functions
Hayrunisa İÇENa, Simay FERELİa, İzel Aycan BAŞOĞLUa, Fatma Esra GÜNEŞa
aBeslenme ve Diyetetik Bölümü, Marmara Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, İstanbul, TÜRKİYE
Turkiye Klinikleri J Health Sci. 2019;4(2):198-204
doi: 10.5336/healthsci.2018-60552
Article Language: TR
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 Dünya nüfusunun gittikçe yaşlanmasına bağlı olarak demans ve Alzheimer hastalığı gibi kognitif fonksiyonların azalmasıyla ilişkili hastalıkların sıklığı yükselmekte ve bu hastalıklara sahip kişilerin bakımı, ekonomik ve sosyal yükü artırmaktadır. Günümüzde bu hastalıkların oluşmasını geciktirmek veya prognozunu yavaşlatmak için preklinik aşamalarda alınacak tedbirler önem kazanmaktadır. Bu hastalıkların etiyolojisi tam olarak bilinmemekle beraber kabul gören, kesinleşmiş risk faktörleri; yaş, kadın cinsiyet ve aile öyküsüdür. Kognitif fonksiyonlarda azalma çeşitli vasküler risk faktörleriyle ilişkilidir, buradan yola çıkılarak beslenmenin rolünü araştırmaya yönelik birçok çalışma yapılmıştır. Özellikle hastalığın önlenmesinde ya da başlamasının ertelenmesinde diyet önemli bir faktördür. Bu çalışmada, Akdeniz diyetine uyumun kognitif fonksiyonlardaki gerilemeyi geciktirmeye ya da önlemeye yönelik etkilerinin araştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Akdeniz diyetinin kognitif fonksiyonlardaki azalmaya bağlı hastalıklarda ve bunlardan kaynaklanan ölümlerde azalma sağladığı görülmüştür. Akdeniz diyeti özel bir diyet modeli olmayıp, Akdeniz'e kıyısı olan ülkelerin geleneksel beslenme biçimidir. Bu beslenme biçimi yüksek meyve-sebze, tahıl ve kurubaklagil ile düşük doymuş yağ, kırmızı et ve et ürünleri, orta düzeyde balık ve alkol (özellikle şarap), düşük-orta düzeyde süt ürünleri tüketimi ile karakterize, çoklu besin ögesi alımı sağlayan en sağlıklı beslenme modellerindendir. Akdeniz diyeti bileşenlerinin sağlığı koruyucu etkisine dair tutarlı kanıtlar mevcuttur ve bu durum besin ögelerinin interaktif ve sinerjik kombinasyonlarından kaynaklanmaktadır. Bu açıdan sağlık üzerine etkisinin değerlendirilmesi için tek bir besin ögesinin etkisi yerine, besinlerin bir arada tüketildiğindeki etkileri değerlendirilmelidir. Son yıllarda birçok araştırmada, Akdeniz diyetine uyumun kognitif fonksiyonlarda gerilemeyi azalttığı gösterilse de net sonuçların ortaya konulması gerekmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Akdeniz diyeti; kognitif disfonksiyon; demans; alzheimer hastalığı
ABSTRACT
 Due to the aging of the world population, the incidence of diseases related to the decline of cognitive functions, such as dementia and Alzheimer's disease, is rising and the care of people with these diseases increases the economic and social burden. Nowadays, measures to be taken in preclinical stages are gaining importance in order to delay the development of these diseases or to slow down the prognosis. Although the etiology of these diseases is not known, accepted risk factors are; age, female gender and family history. Decreases in cognitive function are related to various vascular risk factors, and many studies have been conducted to investigate the role of nutrition from there. Diet is an important factor, especially when the disease is prevented or delayed. The aim of the present review is to investigate the effects of adaptation to the Mediterranean diet on delaying or preventing regression in cognitive functions. The Mediterranean diet is not a special diet model, but a traditional diet of countries that are coastal to the Mediterranean Sea. This type of diet is characterized by high fruit, vegetables, grain and legumes and low saturated fat, red meat and meat products, moderate fish and alcohol (especially wine), low to moderate dairy consumption, one of the most healthy eating patterns that provide multiple nutrient intake. There is consistent evidence of the health protective effect of the components of the Mediterranean diet and this is due to the interactive and synergistic combinations of nutrients. Although many studies in recent years have shown that adjusting to the Mediterranean diet reduces the risk of regression in cognitive functions, it is necessary to establish clear results.

Keywords: Mediterranean diet; cognitive dysfunction; dementia; alzheimer's disease
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Hereby "Terms of Use" come into force when announced in the "SITE" by "Turkiye Klinikleri". The users are regarded to agree to hereby contract terms by using the "SITE". "Turkiye Klinikleri" may change the contract terms and the changes will be come into force by specifying the version number and the date of change on time it is published in the "SITE".

 

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Privacy Policy

We recommend you to read the terms of use below before you visit our website. In case you agree these terms, following our rules will be to your favor. Please read our Terms of Use thoroughly.

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com website belongs to Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. and is designed in order to inform physicians in the field of health

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot reach to user’s identity, address, service providers or other information. The users may send this information to the website through forms if they would like to. However, www.turkiyeklinikleri.com may collect your hardware and software information. The information consists of your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access time, and related websites. www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot sell the provided user information (your name, e-mail address, home and work address, phone number) to the third parties, publish it publicly, or keep it in the website. Gathered information has a directing feature to be a source for the website’s visitor profile, reporting and promotion of the services.

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com uses the taken information:

-To enhance, improve and maintain the quality of the website

-To generate visitor’s profile and statistical data

-To determine the tendency of the visitors on using our website

-To send print publications/correspondences

-To send press releases or notifications through e-mail

-To generate a list for an event or competition

By using www.turkiyeklinikleri.com you are considered to agree that;

-Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. cannot be hold responsible for any user’s illegal and immoral behavior,

-Terms of use may change from time to time,

-It is not responsible for other websites’ contents it cannot control or the harms they may cause although it uses the connection they provided.

Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. may block the website to users in the following events:

-Information with wrong, incomplete, deceiving or immoral expressions is recorded to the website,

-Proclamation, advertisement, announcement, libelous expressions are used against natural person or legal identity,

-During various attacks to the website,

-Disruption of the website because of a virus.

Written, visual and audible materials of the website, including the code and the software are under protection by legal legislation.

Without the written consent of Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. the information on the website cannot be downloaded, changed, reproduced, copied, republished, posted or distributed.

All rights of the software and the design of the website belong to Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc.

Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. will be pleased to hear your comments about our terms of use. Please share the subjects you think may enrich our website or if there is any problem regarding our website.

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