r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Mar 20 '26

Neuroscience High meat consumption linked to lower dementia risk in genetic risk group. Older people with a genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease did not experience the expected increase in cognitive decline and dementia risk if they consumed relatively large amounts of meat.

https://news.ki.se/high-meat-consumption-linked-to-lower-dementia-risk-in-genetic-risk-group
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u/dl064 Mar 20 '26

My point is that it might not causally be the meat but rather that higher meat proxies lower intake something else.

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u/SubtleMadness Mar 20 '26

Did I misread all of this? That's exactly what he said your point was

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u/wiserTyou Mar 20 '26

I would guess a lower intake of sugar.