The Potential of MIND Diet to Improve Brain Health for American Football Players

Year 2024, Volume: 6 Issue: 3, 127 - 138, 31.12.2024

Bartu Eren Güneşliol , Nilüfer Acar Tek

https://doi.org/10.59124/guhes.1518050

Abstract

Since American football is inherently a collision sport, exposure to repeated head impacts leads to increased concerns among players, especially regarding brain health. The risk of neurodegenerative diseases may rise at the later phase of life in case of the long-term continuation of brain damage induced by repetitive head impacts thereby leading to the chronicity of oxidative stress and neuroinflammation along with the blood-brain barrier disruption. Therefore, early preventive strategies are necessary to improve brain health. Nutrition is considered one of these strategies. The Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet model was designed to improve brain health. The MIND diet includes foods rich in bioactive compounds, fiber, polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant characteristics. Therefore, this diet model may protect the brain against the negative effects of brain damage. The potential effects of MIND diet components, including bioactive compounds, fiber, PUFAs, and MUFAs on brain health for American football players are discussed in this review.

Keywords

American football, brain health, MIND diet

MIND Diyetinin Korumalı Futbol Oyuncularının Beyin Sağlığını İyileştirme Potansiyeli

Abstract

Korumalı futbol (Amerikan futbolu) doğası gereği bir çarpışma sporu olduğundan, tekrarlayan kafa darbelerine maruz kalmak oyuncular arasında, özellikle de beyin sağlığı konusunda artan endişelere yol açmaktadır. Bu tür tekrarlayan kafa darbelerinin neden olduğu beyin hasarının uzun süre devam etmesi durumunda, oksidatif stres ve nöroenflamasyonun kronikleşmesi ile kan-beyin bariyerinin bozulması gibi etkiler sonucunda nörodejeneratif hastalıkların riski yaşamın ilerleyen dönemlerinde artabilir. Bu nedenle, beyin sağlığını iyileştirmeye yönelik erken önleyici stratejiler gereklidir. Beslenme, bu stratejilerden biri olarak kabul edilmektedir. Nörodejeneratif Gecikme İçin Akdeniz-DASH Müdahalesi (MIND) diyeti modeli, beyin sağlığını iyileştirmek amacıyla tasarlanmıştır. MIND diyeti, anti-inflamatuar ve antioksidan özelliklere sahip biyoaktif bileşikler, lif, çoklu doymamış yağ asitleri (ÇDYA’lar) ve tekli doymamış yağ asitleri (TDYA’lar) açısından zengin gıdaları içermektedir. Bu nedenle, bu diyet modeli beyni, beyin hasarının olumsuz etkilerine karşı koruyabilir. Bu derlemede, korumalı futbol oyuncuları için biyoaktif bileşikler, lif, ÇDYA'lar ve TDYA'ları içeren MIND diyeti bileşenlerinin beyin sağlığı üzerindeki potansiyel etkileri tartışılmaktadır.

Keywords

beyin sağlığı, korumalı futbol, MIND diyeti

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