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25g Processed Meat Daily Raises Dementia Risk 44%

By Drooid · Oct 2, 2026, 5:08 PM UTC · How we work

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U.S. researchers led by Owen Carmichael report that each extra 25 g of processed meat daily raises dementia risk.
A 25 g serving increases all-cause dementia risk by 44 % and Alzheimer’s risk by 52 %.
UK Biobank modeling shows replacing 10 % of ultra-processed food calories with unprocessed foods cuts dementia risk by 19 %.
Findings are observational and cannot confirm that processed meat directly causes dementia.

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U.S. researchers led by Owen Carmichael report that each extra 25 g of processed meat daily raises dementia risk.
A 25 g serving increases all-cause dementia risk by 44 % and Alzheimer’s risk by 52 %.
UK Biobank modeling shows replacing 10 % of ultra-processed food calories with unprocessed foods cuts dementia risk by 19 %.
Findings are observational and cannot confirm that processed meat directly causes dementia.