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Dementia cases in the U.S. are expected to double by 2060, and poor diet is considered a risk factor. A new study suggests that people who eat more processed red meat have a 13% higher risk of ...

The results are clear: those who consumed higher amounts of processed red meat had a 13% increased risk of developing dementia compared to those who ate very little. The researchers defined processed ...

A diet rich in processed red meat is linked to an increased risk of dementia, according to new research presented Wednesday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Philadelphia.

Consuming just two servings of processed red meat per week is associated with a 13% increased risk for dementia, a large, long-term study shows.

Eating processed red meat (such as sausages, bacon, hotdogs and salami) was linked to a 16 percent higher risk of dementia and a faster rate of cognitive aging.

The new study concluded that replacing a serving of processed red meat with a serving of nuts or legumes, which include beans, peas, and lentils, per day might lower the risk of dementia by 19 ...

Processed red meat increases dementia risk by 13%. For the study, Wang and colleagues enlisted a group of 133,771 people who had an average age of 49.

The main finding: People who said they ate a quarter-serving or more of any form of processed red meat per day had a 14% higher risk of developing dementia than those who ate less than 1/10 of a ...

The 14% higher risk of dementia was linked to people who ate at least a quarter of a single 3-oz. serving of processed red meat daily—equivalent to two slices of bacon, one and a half slices of ...

If people substituted processed red meat protein for that found in nuts, tofu or beans, they could reduce their dementia risk by 19%, the study found. The rate of cognitive ageing was also reduced.