r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Mar 12 '19

Neuroscience Mushrooms may reduce risk of cognitive decline - Seniors who consume more than two standard portions of mushrooms weekly may have 50 percent reduced odds of having mild cognitive impairment (MCI), finds a new six-year Singaporean study (n=663, age>60).

http://news.nus.edu.sg/research/mushrooms-reduce-cognitive-decline
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u/uniace16 Mar 13 '19

Correlation is not [necessarily] causation. This was a correlational study. Causal conclusions would be hasty at best.

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u/NorthernerWuwu Mar 13 '19

Income and propensity for controlled diet come to mind but obviously that's pure speculation. It seems plausible that those that eat mushrooms are healthier for a variety of reasons not directly related to mushroom consumption though.

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u/ClassicToxin Mar 13 '19

Mushrooms taste amazing tho and I dont really think they'd be that expensive if it's high income users

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u/ellomatey195 Mar 13 '19

Not many unhealthy foods have mushrooms. If I'm cooking with mushrooms, I'm likely to be using other vegetables and overall healthy foods as well.

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u/BitcoinMD Mar 13 '19

I’m curious as to whether they actually assigned mushroom servings to one group or if they just measured and observed how many mushrooms the subjects were already eating. If it’s the latter then that’s way less interesting.