Eating processed meat is susceptible to Alzheimer's disease

British scientists recently conducted a study on data involving 500,000 people and found that consuming 25 grams of processed meat products (equivalent to a slice of bacon) a day can increase the risk of dementia by 44%.

Related research results were published in the "American Journal of Clinical Nutrition" on March 22.

But their research results also show that eating some unprocessed red meat, such as beef, pork or veal, has a protective effect-eating 50 grams a day can reduce the probability of developing dementia by 19%.

Researchers are exploring whether there is a link between eating meat and suffering from dementia.

“The prevalence of dementia is rising worldwide, and diet may play a role as an adjustable factor.

The research was led by professors Janet Cade and Laura Hardie at the University of Leeds.

These data related to the frequency of participants eating different types of meat, including six choices such as not eating meat food, once a day or even more times.

Among these participants, 2896 people suffered from dementia in the follow-up investigation for the following 8 years.

Due to genetic factors, some people are 3 to 6 times more likely to suffer from dementia than others.

Meat consumption was previously thought to be associated with the risk of dementia, but this is the first large-scale long-term study of participants to examine the link between the type and quantity of specific meats and the risk of dementia.

There are about 50 million people with dementia in the world, and about 10 million new cases are newly diagnosed every year.

"Any effort we make to explore potential risk factors for dementia may help reduce the incidence of this debilitating condition.

Related paper information: org/10.