More Lean Muscle Might Reduce Alzheimer Disease Risk.

Although lean mass - or the difference between total mass and fat mass - was tied to better scores on cognitive tasks, adjusting for cognitive performance did not change the protective effect of lean mass on Alzheimer disease risk. Medical News in Brief High levels of lean muscle were linked with a reduction in Alzheimer disease risk, according to data from 450 243 UK Biobank participants analyzed using a method known as mendelian randomization that is used to study causal relationships between risk factors and diseases. [Extracted from the article]

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