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One long-running study has associated a common diet with faster development of chronic diseases like dementia and heart disease. The research, published in Nature Aging, followed more than 2,400 older adults over a 15-year period. Their average age was 71.5 at the start of the study period. The researchers looked at the effect that several diets have on the development of chronic diseases…