{"id":173100,"date":"2023-09-29T11:23:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T16:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/dementia-daily-dose-of-olive-oil-linked-to-better-brain-health"},"modified":"2023-09-29T11:23:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T16:23:28","slug":"dementia-daily-dose-of-olive-oil-linked-to-better-brain-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/dementia-daily-dose-of-olive-oil-linked-to-better-brain-health","title":{"rendered":"Dementia: Daily dose of olive oil linked to better brain health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/dementia-daily-dose-of-olive-oil-linked-to-better-brain-health.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Opting for olive oil could reduce your risk of fatal dementia, according to a new study.<\/p>\n<p>Participants who included half a tablespoon of olive oil in their daily diet were 28% less likely to die of dementia.<\/p>\n<p>The study authors found that replacing a single teaspoon of margarine or mayonnaise with olive oil reduced the risk of fatal dementia by 8\u201314%.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers have observed an association between daily consumption of olive oil \u2014 instead of margarine or mayonnaise \u2014 and a reduced risk of dying from dementia.<\/p>\n<p>According to the World Health Organization (WHO)Trusted Source, there are over 55 million people living with dementia globally. There are an estimated 10 million new cases yearly, and dementia is also the seventh leading cause of death among older adults.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>New research shows that a half tablespoon of olive oil per day may be beneficial for brain health. The study found that replacing a single teaspoon of margarine or mayonnaise with olive oil reduced the risk of fatal dementia by 8\u201314%.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/dementia-daily-dose-of-olive-oil-linked-to-better-brain-health\">Continue reading \u201cDementia: Daily dose of olive oil linked to better brain health\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opting for olive oil could reduce your risk of fatal dementia, according to a new study. Participants who included half a tablespoon of olive oil in their daily diet were 28% less likely to die of dementia. The study authors found that replacing a single teaspoon of margarine or mayonnaise with olive oil reduced the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":701,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1495,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/701"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}