Daily fast food brings senile dementia closer

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If you are in the habit of eating a burger and fries every day, then this may by 28% accelerate the decline of intelligence. This was the conclusion reached by scientists from the University of São Paulo in Brazil during the observation of 10,000 people for 10 years.

Consumption of fast food on a daily basis or at least two sausages daily increases the risk of encountering Alzheimer's disease, as determined by Brazilian scientists They followed 10,000 people for 10 years and found that those who got a quarter of their daily allowance of calories from processed foods, including nuggets and soda, had a 28% accelerated rate of cognitive decline compared to those who ate the least. empty calories With age, various indicators of our intelligence, unfortunately, decrease, and this is natural, but in some of us the speed of this process is higher due to one or another factors.

In this regard, the authors of the study urge people to prepare food on your own and stick to unprocessed foods like grains, vegetables and fish. For example, 58% of the average American eats a processed food diet, while in Canada it is at least 48%. The increased content of sugar, salt and fat in processed food leads to a faster deterioration of intelligence indicators.

This is because “empty” calories cause inflammatory processes. 10,000 people participated in the study. The average age of the study participants was 51 years, they lived in 6 Brazilian cities. Each received approximately 785 calories per day from processed foods. Three-quarters got more than 20% of their daily calorie intake from junk food, with some people getting as much as 75%.