Could Processed Meat Increase Your Dementia Risk?
Higher intake of processed red meat, including bacon, hot dogs, and bologna, is associated with a significantly elevated risk for cognitive decline and dementia, results of a large, long-term study suggested.
Individuals who consumed more than a quarter of a serving of processed meat per day, roughly two whole servings per week, had a 13% higher dementia risk compared with those who consumed less than a 10th of a serving per day, which equates to approximately three whole servings per month. A typical serving of red meat is approximately three ounces.
However, substituting one serving per day of processed red meat with a serving of fish, nuts and legumes, or chicken was associated with a 28%,19%, and 16% lower risk for dementia, respectively.
Excerpted from Medscape
