Preparing a home cooked meal at least once a week may cut older people’s dementia risk by 30%
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Preparing a home cooked meal at least once a week may cut older people’s risk of dementia by 30%, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. And this risk may be 70% lower in older novice cooks with few culinary skills, the findings indicate.
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