Eating cheese may reduce risk of developing dementia

Eating cheese at least once a week could be linked to a lower risk of developing dementia, according to a recent study from Japan, Euronews writes.

Researchers analysed data from around 8,000 adults aged 65 and over, comparing people who regularly ate cheese with those who rarely or never did. Their goal was to see how cheese consumption might influence cognitive health in older adults.

The results suggest that regular cheese eaters were 24 per cent less likely to develop dementia over a three-year period compared with non-cheese eaters.

By the end of the study, 3.4 per cent of cheese consumers had been diagnosed with dementia, compared with 4.45 per cent of those who did not eat cheese.

While the overall difference is small – just 1.06 per cent – it represents roughly 10 fewer cases of dementia per 1,000 participants.