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A new study from Australia’s Monash University has discovered that a diet high in ultra-processed foods (UPFs) may increase the risk of developing dementia. The study, published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring , analyzed the diets and cognitive health of more than 2,100 Australian dementia-free adults aged 40 to 70 between November 2016 and December 2023. Researchers found that a daily increase of as little as 10 per cent in a person’s intake of ultra-processed foods is linked to a drop in attention span, even when the overall diet was...