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Following some research into red meat and dementia risk, the British Medical Journal said that some dietary changes “may” lower your likelihood of developing the condition.

Data from the UK Biobank , for instance, suggested that drinking coffee and tea , choosing soy milk instead of the dairy kind, and sticking to a Mediterranean diet may be linked to decreased dementia risk.

And now, a paper published in Nutrients has some promising news for cheese lovers: in a recent Japanese study, the food appeared to be linked to less dementia incidence.

Why might cheese affect dementia risk?

In this study, researchers looked at data from 7,914 people aged 65 or over.

They asked participants about their cheese intake (they were asked whether they ate cheese o

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