High-Sugar Diet Impairs Brain Clearance
A high-sugar diet causes insulin resistance in the brain, reducing neuronal debris removal. How badly can this increase neurodegeneration risk?
A high-sugar diet causes insulin resistance in the brain, reducing neuronal debris removal. How badly can this increase neurodegeneration risk?
Mayo Clinic, America’s top research center, asked, “Is Alzheimer’s triggered by a form of brain diabetes?” An insulin nasal spray may help.
Drinking to fight dementia? Which drinks are good and which are bad?
Harvard & Cleveland Clinic researchers offer scientific advice.
Sugar, the brain, and Alzheimer’s – just how tight is their connection? Check out this update from Tulane University’s targeted study.
In an Alzheimer’s study, insulin delivered high up in the nasal cavity achieved lasting results in improving memory. Find out why Dr. W. Banks calls this “one of those studies where everything is coming together.”
MEMORY PROBLEMS are an early sign of Alzheimer’s & are linked to sugar (glucose) deprivation in brain cells. In diabetes, a well-known Alzheimer’s risk factor, cells are sugar-deprived. How likely does this make the Alzheimer’s-sugar-diabetes triangle?
TEDx HEALTH VIDEO: Alzheimer’s & brain insulin are so strongly connected, it’s earned Alzheimer’s the nickname, “Type-3 Diabetes.” Watch this eye-opening, entertaining video to understand
HELPFUL MEDICATIONS: Diabetes can increase Alzheimer’s risk. Learn how drug treatments for diabetes bring that risk back down.
DIET VIDEO + ARTICLE Healthy? Normal blood sugar? No diabetes? Even so, find out how the more sugar you eat, the less memory you get.
SUGAR raises diabetes AND dementia risk. Will research into the hormone “amylin” reveal the reason why?
People with dementia may be even more vulnerable to fraud and scams than previously thought, according to an NIA study. See the story of one victim with a happy ending. Read the research.
BOOK OF THE WEEK – VIDEO: “I’m Still Here” shows Dr. John Zeisel’s highly effective non-drug Alzheimer’s treatments . Therapy starts with the Arts, expanding to a spectrum of activities. See it break through the barriers of Alzheimer’s.
DIAGNOSIS VIDEO + ARTICLE:
Country music legend Kris Kristofferson Alzheimer’s misdiagnosis ruined his career. Turned out he had Lyme disease. Learn about his remarkable recovery and the signs to look for.
An intriguing study of 120 grandmothers might surprise you. Doctors know socially engaged people have better cognition and less dementia. But can a person get too much of a good thing? What’s the right balance?
If you couldn’t see your mashed potatoes, you probably wouldn’t eat them. That’s why what “The Red Plate Study” found was astonishing! Alzheimer’s patients eating from red plates consumed 25 percent more food than those eating from white plates. Find out why.
Enjoy this great duet between a musician with dementia and his son. A triumph of spirit over Alzheimer’s! Sing-a-long if you like!
It looks like a sneeze cannot give anyone Alzheimer’s. While Alzheimer’s abnormal disease proteins do spread from cell-to-cell, they are not “infectious”. Check out the facts.
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