NEW DELHI: About a teaspoon of olive oil a day is linked with lowering the risk of death due to dementia by roughly 30 per cent, particularly in women, according to a new research.
Replacing five grams a day intake of mayonnaise and margarine (‘vanaspati’) with olive oil in equal amounts was found to be associated with a 14 per cent and eight per cent lower risk of death due to dementia, respectively.
An international team of researchers, including those at Harvard University, US, observed over 92,000 adults in the US for 28 years to study the effects of olive oil intake on the risk of dementia-related death. Dementia refers to an impaired ability to remember, think and make decisions, and thus, impacts daily activities and quality of life.
