Unlocking Brain Health: How a Simple Vegetable Oil Intake Could Reduce Dementia Mortality

Unlocking Brain Health: How a Simple Vegetable Oil Intake Could Reduce Dementia Mortality

I ncluding olive oil in your regular diet offers several benefits — such as protecting heart health or cognitive function . The Mediterranean staple might also reduce your risk of dying from dementia by 28% if you eat just a spoonful every day. This new finding is according to research presented Monday in Boston at Nutrition 2023, the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition. Whether olive oil is linked with risk of dementia-related death had never been studied until now, according to the authors. “Our study reinforces dietary guidelines recommending vegetable oils such as olive oil and suggests that these recommendations not only support heart health but potentially brain health, as well,” said Anne-Julie Tessier, a coauthor of the research and postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, in a news release. “Opting for olive oil, a natural product, instead of fats such as margarine and commercial mayonnaise is a safe choice and may reduce the risk of fat…