{"id":99153,"date":"2019-11-29T15:03:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T23:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/study-shows-extra-virgin-olive-oil-staves-off-multiple-forms-of-dementia-in-mice"},"modified":"2019-11-29T15:03:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T23:03:23","slug":"study-shows-extra-virgin-olive-oil-staves-off-multiple-forms-of-dementia-in-mice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/study-shows-extra-virgin-olive-oil-staves-off-multiple-forms-of-dementia-in-mice","title":{"rendered":"Study shows extra virgin olive oil staves off multiple forms of dementia in mice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/study-shows-extra-virgin-olive-oil-staves-off-multiple-forms-of-dementia-in-mice2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boosting brain function is key to staving off the effects of aging. And if there was one thing every person should consider doing right now to keep their brain young, it is to add extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) to their diet, according to research by scientists at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM). EVOO is a superfood, rich in cell-protecting antioxidants and known for its multiple health benefits, including helping put the brakes on diseases linked to aging, most notably cardiovascular disease. Previous LKSOM research on mice also showed that EVOO preserves memory and protects the brain against Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p>In a new study in mice published online in the journal <i>Aging Cell<\/i>, LKSOM scientists show that yet another group of aging-related diseases can be added to that list\u2014tauopathies, which are characterized by the gradual buildup of an abnormal form of a protein called tau in the <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/brain\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">brain<\/a>. This process leads to a decline in mental function, or dementia. The findings are the first to suggest that EVOO can defend against a specific type of mental decline linked to tauopathy known as frontotemporal dementia.<\/p>\n<p>Alzheimer\u2019s disease is itself one form of dementia. It primarily affects the hippocampus\u2014the memory storage center in the brain. Frontotemporal dementia affects the areas of the brain near the forehead and ears. Symptoms typically emerge between ages 40 and 65 and include changes in personality and behavior, difficulties with language and writing, and eventual deterioration of memory and ability to learn from prior experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boosting brain function is key to staving off the effects of aging. And if there was one thing every person should consider doing right now to keep their brain young, it is to add extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) to their diet, according to research by scientists at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99153","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\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}