{"id":3348,"date":"2025-03-09T14:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T19:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/claremontcoloniccenter.com\/?p=3348"},"modified":"2025-03-09T10:03:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T15:03:59","slug":"replacing-butter-for-some-plant-oils-could-significantly-lower-risk-of-mortality-new-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/claremontcoloniccenter.com\/?p=3348","title":{"rendered":"Replacing Butter for Some Plant Oils Could Significantly Lower Risk of Mortality, New Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tIncluding olive oil in your regular diet offers several benefits \u2014 such as protecting heart health or cognitive function.<\/b><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tThe Mediterranean staple might also reduce your risk of dying from dementia by 28% if you eat just a spoonful every day.

\n\nThis new finding is according to research presented Monday in Boston at Nutrition 2023, the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition.

\n\nWhether olive oil is linked with risk of dementia-related death had never been studied until now, according to the authors.\n\n\u201cOur study reinforces dietary guidelines recommending vegetable oils such as olive oil and suggests that these recommendations not only support heart health but potentially brain health, as well,\u201d said Anne-Julie Tessier, a coauthor of the research and postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, in a news release. \u201cOpting for olive oil, a natural product, instead of fats such as margarine and commercial mayonnaise is a safe choice and may reduce the risk of fatal dementia.\u201d

\n\nResearch participants included nearly 60,600 women who had participated in the Nurses\u2019 Health Study from 1990 to 2018, and nearly 32,000 men who had been in the Health Professionals\u2019 Follow-Up Study during the same time period. The former study investigated risk factors for major chronic diseases among women in North America, whereas the latter is looking into the same topics but for men.

\n\nThe authors of the latest research assessed the diet of the participants \u2014 who were age 56 on average at the start of the study \u2014 every four years via a questionnaire. The team also reviewed diet quality using the Alternative Healthy Eating Index, which assigns ratings to foods and nutrients predictive of chronic disease. The higher people score on this index, the better.

\n\nOver a follow-up period of 28 years, regardless of diet quality, eating more than half a tablespoon of olive oil per day was associated with a 28% lower risk of dying from dementia, compared with participants who never or rarely consumed olive oil.

\n\nAdditionally, replacing a daily teaspoon of mayonnaise or margarine with the same amount of olive oil was correlated with an 8% to 14% lower risk of dementia-related death, the authors found.

\n\nHowever, this research is early, so some experts uninvolved with it urge caution.

\n\n\u201cThese findings are simply being reported at a conference and have not undergone peer-review so there has been no examination of the study by independent experts,\u201d said David Curtis, honorary professor at the UCL Genetics Institute at University College London, in a statement. \u201cWe do not know whether the results will end up being published in a journal. If the study does eventually result in a published paper, we do not know whether the published results will be the same as those now being presented.\u201d

\n\nThe 4,749 participants who died from dementia were more likely to have APOE e4 \u2014 the strongest known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer\u2019s disease \u2014 according to analysis of DNA from participants\u2019 blood or mouth cells. But having the gene doesn\u2019t mean a person will certainly develop the disease, and the authors\u2019 findings were still consistent after taking this factor into account, they said.

\n\nRegardless, \u201cit is important to note that this is not causal, as the authors point out, only an association,\u201d said registered dietitian Duane Mellor, a senior teaching fellow at Aston Medical School of Aston University in England. \u201cMore research is needed.\u201d

\nOlive oil and dementia risk<\/b>

\n\nThe potential benefits of olive oil for brain health could be due to antioxidant compounds that can cross the blood-brain barrier, directly affecting the brain, Tessier said.

\n\n\u201cIt is also possible that olive oil has an indirect effect on brain health by benefiting cardiovascular health,\u201d she added.

\n\nThough participants\u2019 overall diet quality didn\u2019t make a difference in the findings, those who consume olive oil may have overall healthier lifestyles.

\n\n\u201cThere are many, many differences between people who consume olive oil and those who do not, and it is never possible to fully account for all possible confounding factors,\u201d Curtis said.\n\nAnother important point to keep in mind is that about half of dementia cases are caused by vascular disease, Curtis added.

\n\n\u201cAnything which improved cardiovascular health, such as not smoking, would be expected to reduce dementia risk,\u201d he said. \u201cIt has been shown that olive oil consumption is associated with better cardiovascular health, so one would expect that it would also be associated with lower dementia risk.\u201d

\n\nOlive oil is a staple of the Mediterranean diet, which has been found helpful for health of the brain, heart, bones and more. Besides cooking with olive oil, you can also use it to make salad dressings or vinaigrettes, mayonnaise, pesto or bread dip. And people should also remember that when it comes to food and brain function, it\u2019s not just about what we eat, but how we eat, Mellor said.

\n\u201cRemaining sociable around mealtimes and eating with others can benefit our mental health in the short term and cognitive function as we age,\u201d he added.


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