Eating Processed Meat Could Increase Dementia Risk Researchers Say

[Julieanne]

University of Leeds
March 21 2021

Scientists from the University's Nutritional Epidemiology Group used data from 500,000 people, discovering that consuming a 25g serving of processed meat a day, the equivalent to one rasher of bacon, is associated with a 44% increased risk of developing the disease.
But their findings also show eating some unprocessed red meat, such as beef, pork or veal, could be protective, as people who consumed 50g a day were 19% less likely to develop dementia. 

Read more: https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0321215434.htm

[Maurya]

This study illustrates some of the issues with other studies, which have failed to differentiate between eating a freshly cooked steak and eating a hot dog. Big difference, but when all "red meat" gets lumped together in a study, the results become muddy and unrealistically inconclusive.