Re: Bad News for Junk Food Loving Mice

On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:24:31 -0600, High Miles <2Blues17@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Research on mice links fast food to Alzheimer's

Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:44pm EST

LONDON (Reuters) - Mice fed junk food for nine months showed signs of
developing the abnormal brain tangles strongly associated with Alzheimer's
disease, a Swedish researcher said on Friday.

The findings, which come from a series of published papers by a researcher
at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet, show how a diet rich in fat, sugar and
cholesterol could increase the risk of the most common type of dementia.
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"We now suspect that a high intake of fat and cholesterol in combination
with genetic factors ... can adversely affect several brain substances,
which can be a contributory factor in the development of Alzheimer's."

Para 2 - fat, sugar and cholesterol are a problem. Para 4 - only fat
and cholesterol. Has she got data that threw sugar (e.g. burger buns)
out of her focus, or is she another one blinded by the low-fat mantra?

Nicky.
T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
D&E, 100ug thyroxine
Last A1c 5.4% BMI 25
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