Canola oil & dementia
2017-12-12 23:16:59.755116+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
The data presented in the current paper demonstrate that chronic administration of a diet enriched with canola oil results in significant deficits of working memory and synaptic pathology, but has no effect on the Aβ deposits and tau phosphorylation levels in a transgenic Alzheimer’s mouse model that develops Aβ deposits and tau neurofibrillary tangles.
So the canola oil mice got stupid and fat.
The authors suggest that maybe we should study canola oil further before we recommend it as a substitute for olive oil...
doi:10.1038/s41598-017-17373-3
Temple University press release
By way of Larry Burton, via Atlanta Journal Constitution: Canola oil linked to dementia, study says.