Common cooking ingredient could reduce dementia mortality risk, study suggests

Infusing more olive oil into your diet could pay big dividends in cognitive health, a new study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health suggests. Experts offered their insights.

They found that people who consumed over 7 grams a day of olive oil had a 28% lower risk of dementia-related death compared to those who rarely or never consumed it. "It would be wonderful if a particular food could delay or prevent Alzheimer’s disease, but we do not have scientific evidence that these claims are true." Melissa Rudy is health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to melissa.rudy@fox.com.

This was the case regardless of the quality of the person’s diet.