Higher intake of high-fat cheese is associated with lower risk of dementia 🧀🧠

A festive finding!

High- and Low-Fat Dairy Consumption and Long-Term Risk of Dementia

Study Details

This new prospective study analysed data from a 25 year period and over 27,000 individuals to assess the relationship between 🔍

🥛 Dairy Intake ➡️ Dementia Risk 🧠

Here are the key findings ⬇️

Key Findings

Consumption of high-fat (>20% fat) cheese (≥50 g/day) was associated with…

reduced risk of all-cause dementia ✅

…compared to lower intakes (<15 g/day).

Compared with no consumption, individuals consuming ≥20 g/day of high-fat cream (>30% fat)…

…had a 16% lower risk of all-cause dementia ✅

High-fat cream consumption was also inversely associated with the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease and Vascular Dementia 🥣

There were no associations with all cause dementia for…

❎ Low-fat cheese

❎ Low-fat cream

❎ Milk (high-fat and low-fat)

❎ Fermented milk (high-fat and low-fat)

❎ Butter

Conclusion

Fat content and other nutrients (e.g. vitamin K2) may influence this positive finding for high-fat dairy products 🔬

This is an associational study though so concrete takeaways are limited‼️

Albeit a nice study to read at this time of year 🧀🎄

Reference

https://www.neurology.org/doi/full/10.1212/WNL.0000000000214343

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