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Two new studies have identified a link between diet and Alzheimer's disease-in particular, the intake of dietary fat and antioxidants.

Researchers from Chicago's Rush Institute for Healthy Aging found that saturated fat and transunsaturated fat are both linked with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease. Participants who ate the most saturated fat had slightly more than twice the risk of Alzheimer's compared with those who had the lowest intake of those fats. Conversely, omega-6 ...

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