DR. OZ: Alzheimer's: Diabetes of the Brainhttp://www.doctoroz.com/videos/alzheimers-diabetes-brain
Interesting points:
- Insulin is not only made in the pancreas, but also in the brain!
- As we know, the brain needs and metabolizes lots of glucose to function, and insulin helps it uptake that glucose into its cells. But in Alzheimer's, insulin function is impaired (insulin resistance)
- Since 1980, deaths of people with both diabetes and Alzheimer's have increased dramatically
- Visceral obesity is bad!!! LOL
- Processed foods are bad!!!
Not sure, but it seems like new treatments for diabetes have kept diabetics alive longer, and so now we see an increase in Alzheimer's in diabetic patients (especially elderly people). So would this link between diabetes and Alzheimer's be considered a coincidence???
I found this to be pretty intersting so I went and looked on pubmed for papers linking the two and from a quick search I found one that was just published last year. Although I find it odd that they have a mini biographical section on page 2 of the review.
ReplyDeleteTakeda, Shuko, Naoyuki Sato, Hiromi Rakugi, and Ryuichi Morishita. "Molecular Mechanisms Linking Diabetes Mellitus and Alzheimer Disease: Beta-amyloid Peptide, Insulin Signaling, and Neronal Function." Moleular Biosystems (2010): 1-6. Print.