Comments on: Is Your Diet Giving You Alzheimer's Disease?

By: DR

DR — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:09:34 +0000

All carbs raise insulin levels. There is nothing inherently wrong with that. It’s how our bodies work.

The problem begins when we eat a diet high in overall carb load and/or eat foods with very high glycemic loads that cause big spikes of insulin to be released over and over and over.

We want small, discrete secretions of insulin, not a never-ending flood of insulin

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:28:02 +0000

“High Insulin levels are produced when we eat a diet high in carbohydrates”

Doesn’t this also mean that a vegetarian diet causes high insuline. Since a vegetarian diet is high in carbohydrates. Or is this just the bad carbs like refined carbs…or all carbs?

By: Tranque

Tranque — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:29:04 +0000

Not so sure of this. My great grandmother is in stage six of seven of the disease, and does not have a history of diabetes. She also ate very well for a woman of southern culture, and remains very thin and healthy aside from her Alzheimer’s.

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Is Your Diet Making You Stoopid? « Healthhabits — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:05:13 +0000

[...] is a known risk factor for late-life neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. Although the deficits detected in the current sample were not clinically significant, they appear [...]

By: Blake

Blake — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:32:12 +0000

I’ll take the healthy brain.

By: DR

DR — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:30:35 +0000

Doc Parker,
I read that study as well. It certainly is interesting stuff.

You probably know better than I would, but I keep seeing inflammation being linking to a lot of chronic diseases.

I wonder how many of these conditions would lay dormant or disappear altogether if they didn’t have the fire of inflammation to aid their growth.

Thanks for the comment. It’s good to have an M.D.s perspective on these topics.

By: DR

DR — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:24:16 +0000

Hi Susan,

I remember hearing about the link to aluminum when I was a kid. My mom threw out all of our aluminum pots and pans.

I am going to do some hunting through the journals. I will report back if and when I fin something of interest.

Thanks for dropping by.

By: DR

DR — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:19:29 +0000

Obviously not a simple subject.

There are so many aspects of our health that are out of our control.

When I see that a diet of Big Gulps and Doritos can lead to something as terrifying as Alzheimers, I hope that people would come to their senses and choose their meals based on health rather than convenience.

By: rambodoc

rambodoc — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:05:54 +0000

Great post! However, as steve noted, there are too many confounding factors in AD. Time will tell, or it will remain an enigma. Red wine, cigarettes, playing chess, etc. have all been linked to prevention (and the cause, in case of smoking), but none conclusively.

By: susan

susan — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:09:07 +0000

Interesting ideas. I’d be interested to see where/if aluminum fits in this, as many say that aluminum in our bodies is a common cause of Alzheimer’s. Does this cause the buildup of ADDLs too?