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Diabetes Connected with Alzheimer

June 22, 2016 By John Cooper Leave a Comment

Senior patient suffering from alzheimer's being loved by a woman.

Alzheimer’s and diabetes are connected.

The growing problem of Alzheimer’s disease took its toll on American citizens over the last decade. Based on the latest research, it seems that type 2 diabetes might be linked to Alzheimer’s.

A team of scientists from the Aberdeen University discovered that the brain affected by dementia is unable to help the body handle glucose normally.

Until now, scientists believed that diabetes is caused only by an unhealthy diet or a malfunction in the pancreas. It seems like Alzheimer’s can be a leading cause as well.

Thanks to this breakthrough, researchers speculate that the medical treatment used to treat one disease might also tackle the other one. According to Professor Mirela Delibegovic and Professor Bettina Platt, lead researchers of the study, the target of the research was to establish why type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease are so often found together in senior patients.

The secret lies in the fact these patients had high levels of a gene, known as BACE1, which leads to the development of sticky toxic plaques in the brain that cause not just Alzheimer’s disease but also type 2 diabetes.

According to Platt, about 80 percent of Alzheimer’s patients suffer from diabetes or at least a type of disturbed glucose metabolism. Until this study was released, experts thought that overweight people develop type 2 diabetes and only then, they become more vulnerable to dementia as well.

Nevertheless, it appears that the process is exactly the opposite. Fortunately, scientists have doubled their efforts, and they started to test new types of treatments that aim to tackle both diabetes and Alzheimer’s.

According to Dr. Emily Burns, from Diabetes UK, it is true that type 2 diabetes makes a person more likely to develop dementia, but it is still not known yet why diabetes makes people more vulnerable to a brain disease.

Further research is needed in order to understand this mystery and to come up with a solid plan to deal with this problem. The statistics showed that 850,000 UK citizens suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and by 2050 the number will increase to two million.

It means that one in three people who will be born in 2016 will eventually suffer from dementia. Worse, this brain condition is the leading health problem for people over 55 years old. However, there is a drug, known as liraglutide, which might be effective in treating both type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.

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Filed Under: Health Tagged With: alzheimer, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, diabetes and alzheimer's, Diabetes Connected With Alzheimer, type 2 diabetes

Ultra-Processed Foods Responsible for Half of Calories in Americans’ Diets

March 10, 2016 By Dean Lamori Leave a Comment

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Ultra-processed foods are convenient, but they have a downside the industry is not eager to talk about.

A recent study published in the BMJ found that the average American gets more than half of their calories from notoriously unhealthy foods known as ultra-processed foods. The findings may finally explain the obesity and diabetes ‘epidemic’ plaguing the U.S.

Researchers based their study on the data provided by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The research team analyzed eating patterns and calorie intake of 9,317 Americans involved in the survey between 2009 and 2010.

Study authors explained that ‘ultra-processed’ foods are foods in which manufacturers pour added sugar, extra salt, unhealthy fats, oils and food additives that otherwise would not be added in home cooked meals.

The additives include preservers, sweeteners, emulsifiers and other chemicals that artificially enhance the food’s natural taste, color, and texture. The most popular ultra-processed foods are prepackaged sweets, packaged snacks, instant meals, frozen meals, backed foods, cured meat, sugary drinks, and foods with an exaggeratedly long shelf life.

Researchers caution that the added sugar in these foods can lead to severe health problems including type 2 diabetes, stroke, cancer and obesity. Moreover, high-sugar content in prepackaged and fast-food items is often associated with a low nutritional value. This explains why the Western world has an overfed population which is equally malnourished.

According to the US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, added-sugar should be responsible for just 10 percent of daily calorie intake. Fortunately, due to a FDA’s recent decision manufacturers must display on the labels the sugar content in calories per serving.

The latest study revealed that ultra-processed foods are behind 57.9 percent of the total daily calorie intake of an average American. Plus, the study also found that nearly 90 percent of the energy intake is generated by added sugars.

Study authors also reported that the amount of added sugar in ultra-processed foods is eight times higher than in unprocessed foods and five times higher than in processed foods such as home cooked dishes.

According to the research, 1 in 5 calories Americans currently consume originates from ultra processed foods. Twenty percent of the study participants that reported being heavy consumers of ultra processed foods had 80 percent of energy coming from added sugars.

Researchers concluded that staying away from ultra-processed foods could be the best solution to reduce added sugars from Americans’ diets. But in order to achieve this goal, health agencies should issue more clear guidelines. Study authors noted that the 10 percent figure is rather vague for most Americans.

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Filed Under: Health Tagged With: calorie intake, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, ultra-processed foods, US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

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