Insulin: Predictor for Alzheimer's?

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• Apr 13, 2011

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The not so good news of the day...
Insulin: Predictor for Alzheimer's?
http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=26767
"If your insulin glucose improves, then probably your brain health will improve as well, but it’s better to do it early on even if everything is still functioning than waiting until the nerve cells are starting to die because once they do, they don’t get replaced," Dr. McCleary said.

It mentions Type 3 DM which I had not heard of... 8)

 

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• Apr 13, 2011

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Here you are Jim, Type 3.
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=20200

 

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Thanks... the learning never stops... 8)

 

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• Apr 13, 2011

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I don't like the sound of ANY of that.

 

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• Apr 13, 2011

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Another Type you might not have heard of......Type 3c Diabetes. We have a couple of Members with it. There are quite a few different types besides T1 and T2 which everybody knows about.

Here is a link about Type 3c :

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=15046&p=137686#p137591

 

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• Apr 13, 2011

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Alzheimer's is a very complicated condition, and more is being found out about it all the time.

The brain relies on cholesterol to function properly. Quite a number of patients who have died with/of Alzheimer's have been found to have very low levels of brain cholesterol.

Google 'stephanie steneff' for an article that discusses this.

Viv 8)

 

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In that case, could it be that cholesterol lowering drugs can contribute to Alzheimer's? :shock: Is brain chlesterol different to blood cholesterol?

 

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The connection between Alzheimer's disease and cholesterol is even more complex. Scientists have learned much of the damage of Alzheimer's comes from deposits of a sticky protein, called beta-amyloid, in vital areas of the brain. In some studies, high cholesterol levels appear to accelerate the formation of beta-amyloid plaques. People with the genetic trait that increases the level of a particular cholesterol transport protein have a greatly increased risk of late-onset Alzheimer's.

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Source: http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_rel ... holesterol

This link explains it better than me.

http://www.alz.org/brain/08.asp

and in answer to your question about brain cholesterol:

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/ ... 113010.php

 

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http://people.csail.mit.edu/seneff/
Plenty to read here... thanks Viv! 8)

 

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The yin and the yang...? 8)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8445595/Half-hour-walk-cuts-Alzheimers-risk.html
"older women who walked for between 30 and 50 minutes, three or four times a week, increased blood flow to the brain by as much as 15 per cent. "