The relationship between eggs and Alzheimer's disease.

Eating eggs, an important source of dietary cholesterol, was not associated with the risk of dementia or Alzheimer's disease.
at the University of Eastern Finland found that moderate intake of eggs and cholesterol helps maintain brain function.
past, advice on eggs has been confusing, with many studies suggesting that eating eggs is associated with many health risks.
some people think eggs can cause heart disease, blocked arteries, high blood pressure or weight gain, while others think eggs are rich in the necessary nutrients and protein.
, however, there is strong evidence that damage to the heart, arteries or blood circulation can seriously affect the risk of dementia.
blood cholesterol levels are also affected because they block arteries.
for most people, daily cholesterol intake has little effect on blood or serum cholesterol, and many countries' new dietary guidelines no longer limit total daily cholesterol intake.
, however, for those with the APOE4 gene, the effect of daily cholesterol intake on serum cholesterol levels is more pronounced, as is the risk factor for cardiovascular disease and memory disorders.
in Finland, about a third of the population carries the APOE4 gene.
Jyrki Virtanen, a professor of cholesterol, said: "There is very little information on the relationship between cholesterol intake and the cognitive risk of decline in egg and APOE4 gene carriers.
, we looked at the relationship between cholesterol and egg intake and dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and cognitive decline in middle-aged and older men in Eastern Finland.
" recent study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (click to read the original text in the lower left corner), analyzed the diets of 2,497 people between the ages of 42 and 60 who were not diagnosed with memory impairment at the start of the study.
were involved in a study of risk factors for ischemia heart disease in the Finnish city of Kouupio between 1984 and 1989.
over the next 22 years, 337 people were diagnosed with memory impairment, 266 developed Alzheimer's disease and 32.5 percent carried the APOE4 gene.
researchers gained insight into the relationship between eggs and Alzheimer's disease.
Virtanen added: "Both cholesterol and egg intake were not associated with the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
example, the modified dementia risk ratio of 100 mg of cholesterol per day was 0.90, and the modified dementia risk ratio of 27 grams of eggs per day was 0.89.
study found that egg intake instead led to better performance on neuropsycological tests, executive function, wire tests, and speech fluency tests in the frontal leaf of the brain.
: "This finding suggests that a high-cholesterol diet or frequent egg intake does not increase the risk of memory impairment, even for those who are genetically more susceptible to dietary cholesterol.
the results were not general, and in the control group with the highest cholesterol intake, the average daily intake of 520 milligrams of cholesterol and one egg did not apply to the study's conclusions.
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