Shrinking Brains !

[Fujifilm]

Reported in the Sun today, 8)

Scientists suspect the high-protein low-carbohydrate diets leave brains more vulnerable to Alzheimer's.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...1965/Atkins-diet-makes-your-brain-shrink.html

 

[hanadr]

If it's in "the Sun" it must be true????? :shock:

 

[Edwardia]

Supposedly, Diabetes leaves us more vulnerable to Alzeimers anyway.

 

[graham64]

But then again Carbs could be responsible for Alzheimers :?



what do you want to do Marty?
I don't know, what do you want to do?
I don't know. I have Alzheimers.
Ahhhh, all those carbs!
What's a carb?
oh, stale bread. Grains.
Huh. That's all I eat!
That's precisely my POINT!

http://www.luckinlove.com/carbrain.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketogenic_diet

Graham

 

[Soundgen]

I ve just started reading a book called the The H Factor Diet which was recommended to me by a diabetic friend http://www.amazon.co.uk/Factor-Diet...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256218237&sr=1-1 if you want to buy a copy for 1p + P&P ! , It talks about Homocysteine which it claims is the root cause of many diseases including Alzheimer's , heart attacks and strokes , prevention is by reducing Homocysteine by diet and vitamin supplements , apparently diabetics can have very high homocysteine levels ,

 

[catherinecherub]

Here is link to the original article,

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168211.php

The conclusion is that more trials would be needed if ever to make specific recommendations about dietary risks for Alzheimer's disease.

 

[suzi]

This happened last week at work, i work partime in a playgroup and everyone was having one of those days. I was asked to right a sign selling various homemade jams, in aid of Alzheimers, well for the life of us nobody could think how to spell it, after several attempts, i went in search of a dictionary. I came back to find my collegues in hysterics, the actual word they where looking for was Parkinsons!! You had to be there
Suzi x

 

[graham64]

This is the original study; note the 60% protein, this makes it irrevalent to low carbers on this forum.

For 14 weeks (from the age of 4 weeks until 18 weeks) they fed the male and female mice on one of four diets: (1) a regular (reference) diet; (2) a high fat/low carbohydrate diet (60 per cent fat, 30 per cent protein, 10 per cent carbs, by calorie value); (3) a high protein/low carbohydrate diet (60 per cent protein, 30 per cent fat, 10 per cent carbohydrate by calorie value); or (4) a high carbohydrate/low fat diet (60 per cent carbohydrate, 30 per cent protein, 10 per cent fat, by calorie value)..

http://www.molecularneurodegeneration.c ... 0/abstract

This following study covers the both animal and human clinical trials.

Both approaches have demonstrated efficacy in animal models of neurodegenerative disorders and in human clinical trials, including AD trials. Much of the benefit of KB can be attributed to their ability to increase mitochondrial efficiency and supplement the brain's normal reliance on glucose. Research into the therapeutic potential of KB and ketosis represents a promising new area of AD research..

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1862 ... &linkpos=5

Graham

 

[sugarless sue]

note the 60% protein, this makes it irrevalent to low carbers on this forum.

Why does it make it irrelevant ?