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Topics: Health, Dementia, Food and Drink, Science
Niamh Shackleton
Topics: Health, Dementia, Food and Drink, Science
Experts have found that you could drastically lower your risk of getting Alzheimer's disease by adding one food item into your weekly diet.
Alzheimer's is a devastating disease that's thought to affect more than seven million Americans. Sadly this number is only expected to go up and it's been forecast that almost 13 million people in the US will have Alzheimer's by 2050, says Alzheimer's Association.
With this harrowing figure in mind, a lot of people are wanting to know hat they can do to reduce their chances of redeveloping the heart-breaking illness.
One thing that's been found to benefit the brain is walking. A study published in November found that people who walked more experienced a slower cognitive decline and a slower build-up of deposits on the brain that contribute to Alzheimer's.
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Those who walk just 3,000 to 5,000 steps a day can see benefits to their brain health.
Another simple thing you can do to reduce your risk of getting Alzheimer's is by adding this one food item to your shopping list and eating it just once a week.
The food? Eggs.
A 2025 study looked at the data of 1,024 older adults with an average age of 81.4 years. The participants had yearly check ups and completed food frequency questionnaires. They were tracked for almost seven years.
During this time, just over a quarter of them developed Alzheimer's, says Medical News Today.
After analyzing the food frequency questionnaires it was concluded that those who ate at least one egg a week had a 47 percent reduced risk of developing Alzheimer’s during follow-up compared with those eating one egg per month or fewer.
For a second part of the study, researchers looked at the brains of nearly 600 people after death.
Those who said they ate one or more eggs each week were more likely to have less Alzheimer’s-associated protein build-up.
Speaking to Medical News Today, Christopher U. Missling, PhD, president and CEO of Anavex Life Sciences, who was not involved in the study, explained the health benefits of eggs.
"About 39–40 percent of the protective effect was explained by higher dietary choline intake," he said.
"Egg yolks also contain omega-3 fatty acids, which have known neuroprotective properties. The combination of choline and omega-3s may be particularly beneficial for brain health."
Long story short folks, it's time to start upping your egg intake — even if that's just zero to one a week.