"Mice link fast food to Alzheimer's disease."
In the Reuters publication in London,
England, there was a report on studies by a Swedish researcher who
determined that mice fed "junk" food for nine months showed signs of
developing abnormal brain tangles which are supposedly associated with
Alzheimer's disease. This diet reported was rich in fat, sugar, and
cholesterol and the findings in the brain of those animals involved,
showed change not unlike that found in the Alzheimer brain.
Genetic factors are important within this discovery and this diet
routine.
This research study devoted much concern to a gene variant in humans
called apoE4 which is found in almost 20% of us. It has already been
considered a risk for Alzheimer's. Its primary role is the carrying
around the body by blood stream -cholesterol. With this
chemical, "Arc" may be involved in memory storage.
Results gave some indication of how Alzheimer's can be prevented but
more investigative studies are needed before such a theory is passed
on to the public for essential prevention.
