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Insulin: Predictor for Alzheimer's?

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Cowboyjim

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