Many consume it in their drinks and meals of the day, but a recent study has determined that its excessive use may be linked to the development and acceleration of Alzheimer’s disease, a mental illness that particularly affects older people.
Science had evidence that people with type 2 diabetes were at an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. However, what they couldn’t figure out was why. At least until now, well A study he devoted himself entirely to this field and finally succeeded in identifying the mechanism of our body which causes this phenomenon.
It is the consumption of sugar : the elevations of glucose in our blood are enough to cause the accumulation of an amyloid plaque (composed of toxic proteins) which lodges in our brain and which would be the cause of the development and acceleration of this mental illness .
How did the scientists come to this conclusion?
Behind the research is a group of scientists from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina, USA.
After numerous tests aimed at understanding the relationship between sugar and Alzheimer’s disease, they obtained an important result using a mouse model, which was given sugar water instead of plain water. It’s there that found that elevations in blood sugar increased the production of beta-amyloid (toxic proteins) in their brains.
The discovery determined that consuming too much sugar is enough to proliferate these plaques and greatly increase the risk of developing and accelerating Alzheimer’s disease.
Scientists have claimed that the study leaves great precedents for this mental illness and could even lead to the establishment of new treatments . And it is that they were also able to determine that pharmacological manipulation can have a therapeutic benefit in the reduction of plaques in patients with diabetes and with insulin resistance.
Currently, more than 55 million people worldwide suffer from dementia, the result of various diseases and injuries that affect the brain, the most common triggering disease of which is Alzheimer’s disease. It is also, the seventh leading cause of death and one of the main causes of disability and dependency among the elderly.
Source: Latercera
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