Foods like pizza, hamburgers and cold cuts are associated with the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers of the Australian study alert young people to the importance of adopting a healthy and balanced diet now.
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For the first time, a study establishes a link between processed foods, particularly cold cuts and meat-based foods, and Alzheimer’s disease. Published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Diseasethe Australian research used data from theAustralian Imaging Biomarker and Lifestyle Study of Agingwho has been following a group of people for almost 20 years and observing the development or not of the disease.Alzheimer. Researchers examined the diets of 438 Australians (108 of whom had the disease) to find this association.
Result: patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease tended to regularly eat foods such as meat pies, sausages, ham, pizza and burgers. In addition, they also consumed fewer fruits and vegetables such as oranges, strawberriesstrawberriesTHE lawyerslawyersTHE pepperspeppersTHE cucumberscucumbersTHE carrotscarrotscabbages and spinachspinachthat is, raw, unprocessed foods.
Act on modifiable risk factors from an early age
Lead study author Tahera Ahmed said in a press release that she hoped that these results would encourage young people to adopt a healthier diet in order to protect their brains for later. “ The development of Alzheimer’s disease in the brain begins in middle age and its effects can be attributed to an uncontrolled lifestyle from an early age “, she added. The study supports the interest in acting on the modifiable risk factors of Alzheimer’s diseasesuch as food and the sleep. It has already been shown in the past that healthy diets as the Mediterranean diet and the ketogenic diet could protect against dementia.
