Ingredients from the Mediterranean region provide a broad range of health advantages, ranging from vegetables and legumes to seafood and fresh herbs. People routinely regard the Mediterranean diet as the best diet overall.
Researchers have now found new health correlations between consuming more than half a teaspoon of olive oil daily and a lower risk of dementia-related mortality.
According to a new study that was published on Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health followed the dietary decisions of 92,383 health care professionals over the course of 28 years. They discovered that those individuals who increased the amount of olive oil of any kind consumed in their diet had a lower risk of passing away from dementia.
Participants reduced the risk of death from illness by substituting olive oil for a quarter of a teaspoon of mayonnaise or a teaspoon of margarine and by considering other lifestyle factors like quitting smoking.
The researchers found a 28% decreased risk of dementia-related mortality when people used more olive oil, at least seven grams per day.
As stated by the American Heart Association, the use of virgin olive oil in particular has the potential to assist the body in "removing excess cholesterol from arteries and keeping blood vessels open."
When the researchers looked at substitutes, they found that replacing five grams of margarine and mayonnaise with olive oil on a daily basis reduced the risk of dementia mortality by eight percent and fourteen percent, respectively. There was no discernible decrease in the risk associated with this danger when using other vegetable oil alternatives.
Because the participants in the study did not have heart disease at the beginning of the research, it is possible that the findings do not accurately represent the populations that are most likely to be at the greatest risk for dementia and mortality associated with dementia.
The researchers' self-reported participant questionnaires might not accurately reflect the actual eating habits of the community under investigation. This is due to the fact that this study was observational, which does not demonstrate direct cause and effect.
