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| University of Maryland Research: Nicotine May Play Key Role in Promising Alzheimer's Therapy (Photo credit: University of Maryland Press Releases) |
THE human brain evolved to seek out foods high in fat
and sugar. But a preference that started out as a survival mechanism
has, in our age of plenty, become a self-destructive compulsion.
It is well known that bad diets can
trigger obesity and diabetes. There is growing evidence that they
trigger Alzheimer's disease too, and some researchers now see it as just
another form of diabetes (see "Food for thought: Eat your way to dementia").
If correct, this has enormous, and
grave, implications. The world already faces an epidemic of diabetes.
The prospect of a parallel epidemic of Alzheimer's is truly frightening,
in terms of human suffering and monetary cost. Read More>>>>>>>>>>>
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