Lectures and seminars Seminar: High meat consumption linked to lower dementia risk in genetic risk group
KI Lifestyle4Health seminar
Speakers: Jakob Norgren
About the speaker
Jakob Norgren is a postdoctoral researcher in Sara Garcia-Ptacek’s group at Karolinska Institutet/NVS, Division of Clinical Geriatrics.
He received his PhD in 2023 with a thesis titled The Impact of Macronutritional Composition and Ketosis on Cognitive Health: From Normal Aging to Alzheimer’s Disease.
Seminar description
Jakob will present his recent publication in JAMA Network Open, Meat Consumption and Cognitive Health by APOE Genotype, and discuss the evolutionary perspective underlying the hypothesis that APOE4 carriers may have specific dietary needs.
Meat Consumption and Cognitive Health by APOE Genotype.
Norgren J, Carballo-Casla A, Grande G, Börjesson-Hanson A, Xu H, Eriksdotter M, Laukka EJ, Garcia-Ptacek S
JAMA Netw Open 2026 Mar;9(3):e266489
Read more about Jakob and colleagues' work here
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