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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes yes yes.  Please read the Alzheimer's Antidote by Amy Berger.  It's a terrible title and somewhat misleading about the actual content of the book, but it's based on a solid foundation of research about nutritional and lifestyle elements that a person can control in order to either stave off or ameliorate cognitive decline.  A lot of it has to do with insulin resistance, glucose metabolism in the brain.  Also Google "diabetes of the brain" or "Type 3 diabetes"...lots of legitimate research on the idea of dementia as a metabolic disease.

I lost my mom to dementia when she was only 73.  I'm absolutely terrified of it.[/quote]

I will definitely look into this, thank you! Interestingly, Dad was diagnosed with diabetes a couple of years ago despite being in great health, always slightly underweight, with a healthy diet and lots of physical activity for someone his age. Fingers crossed that treating the diabetes might end up having a protective effect on the brain as well. [/quote]

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