Talk about a brain drain. Several diets have been shown to have brain-boosting effects, from the Mediterranean diet’s gut-brain connection to reduced blood pressure effects from the DASH diet . But one health food staple surprised researchers by being linked to faster cognitive decline, even despite being part of a popular and well-backed healthy diet. A hybrid of the Mediterranean and DASH eating plans, the Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet has been shown