I'm surprised they didn't mention the keto diet in the WSJ article.

In this paper, we highlight how an excess of dietary carbohydrates, particularly fructose, alongside a relative deficiency in dietary fats and cholesterol, may lead to the development of Alzheimer's disease

http://www.reddit.com/r/ketoscience/comments/32ew4h/nutritio...

There's also the recent UCLA study where 9/10 patients improved after going on a keto diet http://neurosciencenews.com/alzheimers-memory-loss-reversal-...

Funny, last week I read that being underweight INCREASED the risk of developing Alzheimers if you are middle aged or old [1].

So often these studies should just be ignored, or taken with a huge pinch of salt (apparently that is now ok [2] these days too).

[1] http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?n...

[2] http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/04/ec...

A reading of the literature on in-vivo and in-vitro studies of the effects of flavonoids (the colored components of many fruits and vegetables) on mamamalian biochemistry does suggest that they may have a significant role in maintaining health. I'd like to put it more strongly than that but it's as well to be cautious.

This reminds me of Dr Fuhrman's GBOMBS acronym: https://www.drfuhrman.com/library/gbombs.aspx

Not to be a jerk but literally googling your post answers your question...

The answer is yes, what was your point?

That instead of making up this diet based on educated guessing, feed it to animals and precisely figure out the best way.

The Mediterranean Diet, started to support Olive Oil growers and supported/sponsored by Olive Oil manufacturers.

I would assume the downvote(s) came from people unimpressed that you were negative/attacking without posting supporting reasons.

They probably haven't read The Big Fat Surprise.