While red meat is a rich source of protein, iron and other nutrients, a recent study linked it to an increased risk of dementia — but some doctors are casting doubt on the claim. Researchers ...

Regularly eating processed red meat has long been linked to heart disease and cancer — now, researchers say it could also raise your risk of dementia. We asked nutrition experts how consumers ...

The Red Meat-Dementia Connection. The Neurology study, led by Dr. Dong Wang of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, ...

If people substituted processed red meat protein for that found in nuts, tofu or beans, they could reduce their dementia risk by 19%, the study found. The rate of cognitive ageing was also reduced.

The 14% higher risk of dementia was linked to people who ate at least a quarter of a single 3-oz. serving of processed red meat daily—equivalent to two slices of bacon, one and a half slices of ...

Processed red meat raises dementia risk. To study how processed red meat influenced dementia risk, the team of scientists examined over 130,000 people who had participated in the Nurses’ Health ...

Higher intake of processed red meat, including bacon, hot dogs, and sausages, is associated with an elevated dementia risk, preliminary research shows. Study participants who consumed 0.25 or more ...

To study how processed red meat influenced dementia risk, the team of scientists examined over 130,000 people who had participated in the Nurses’ Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-Up ...

More information: Long-Term Intake of Red Meat in Relation to Risk of Dementia and Cognitive Function in US Adults, Neurology (2025). DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000210286.

A food beloved by Brits could not only raise your risk of dying younger but make you vulnerable to a whole host of deadly conditions, according to research. Eating this food regularly could increase ...

If people substituted processed red meat protein for that found in nuts, tofu or beans, they could reduce their dementia risk by 19%, the study found. The rate of cognitive aging was also reduced.

Eating processed red meat (such as sausages, bacon, hotdogs and salami) was linked to a 16 percent higher risk of dementia and a faster rate of cognitive aging.