Consuming olive oil could reduce risk of dying from dementia by a third, study suggests

In the first study of its kind, scientists found olive oil could reduce the risk of dying from dementia by 28 per cent.

Olive oil has long been held up as an example of a “super food” that can help you to live longer when consumed as part of a healthy diet. Now a new study suggests that olive oil could help to reduce the risk of dying from dementia.

The study, conducted by researchers at Harvard University in the United States, comes at a time when many countries are facing rising rates of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, amid ageing populations.

According to the researchers, using olive oil instead of fats such as margarine and commercial mayonnaise could reduce the risk of dying from dementia.