Swapping sausages or bacon for beans or tofu could cut a person’s risk of dementia by nearly a quarter, a study has found. The research looked at the links between processed red meat consumption and the risk of developing dementia. Scientists from Harvard University analysed a long-term study involving more than 130,000 people, tracking the health of nurses and other health professionals working in the United States.
They were tracked for up to 43 years and entered information on their dietary habits every two to four years. These questionnaires asked how often they ate processed red meat, such as bacon, hot dogs, sausages, salami and other processed sandwich meat..
