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Risk of Dementia

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Summary of Risk of Dementia

Scientific Information on Risk of Dementia

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The Human Effect Matrix looks at human studies to tell you what supplements affect Risk of Dementia.

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Grade Level of Evidence
Robust research conducted with repeated double-blind clinical trials
Multiple studies where at least two are double-blind and placebo controlled
Single double-blind study or multiple cohort studies
Uncontrolled or observational studies only
Level of Evidence
? The amount of high quality evidence. The more evidence, the more we can trust the results.
Supplement Magnitude of effect
? The direction and size of the supplement's impact on each outcome. Some supplements can have an increasing effect, others have a decreasing effect, and others have no effect.
Consistency of research results
? Scientific research does not always agree. HIGH or VERY HIGH means that most of the scientific research agrees.
Notes
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Ginkgo biloba
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Similar to the inability of ginkgo biloba to influence Alzhiemer's disease occurrence, ginkgo does not appear to reduce the risk of developing dementia.

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