Olive oil and Alzheimer's disease(part 1)

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Olive oil could hold key to defeating Alzheimer's," reported the Daily Express. The newspaper reported that a compound found in the oil has been shown to slow down changes in the brain that lead to Alzheimer's disease. According to the paper, researchers believe that the antioxidant that gives the oil its 'peppery bite' will become a key ingredient in new drugs.

This laboratory study investigated the effects of an olive oil extract (oleocanthal) on chemicals thought to be involved in Alzheimer’s disease. It found that nerve cells exposed to oleocanthal were better protected from the effects of these potential neurotoxins.

However, this study does not indicate that increasing olive oil consumption will protect from Alzheimer’s disease. The olive oil extract and other similar molecules may have a role to play in future development of drugs for Alzheimer’s disease, but these will require considerable further research and development. It will be some time before the direct relevance of these findings to preventing Alzheimer’s are clear, but this is the first step in the process.

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