I have family suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
I’ll select real life over a fantasy movie.
Have you seen any studies that look at the relationship of fat to the brain, or more specifically, the effect of a low fat diet to the aging of the brain.
There is readily available information that the brain needs fat to grow. I did some basic research when my son was an infant and everyone including his pediatrician thought he should go on a low fat diet because he was a very fat baby.
The research said that the brain grows faster than any other organ in an infant/toddler and the brain loves fat. I didnt change his diet and he dropped all the weight as soon as he became mobile.
In adults, the white matter of the brain continues to grow. I was wondering if you go on a low fat diet, are you starving the brain? Making it susceptible/vulnerable to attacks by these enzymes?
More questions than answers on this subject. I have looked but cannot find any studies that address fat and the brain in older adults or Alzheimer patients. I was wondering if you have?
My beloved father had it. I pray to God daily for a cure, that no one ever has to see their loved one slip away as he did.
I will add you to my prayers.
There are also several studies showing a link to Alzheimers and dementia with the long term use of statins to lower cholesterol. Apparently the brain needs cholesterol to stay healthy. I don't have a link to that at the moment but a google search should turn it up.
It also runs in my family. Does rheumatoid arthritis also accompany the disease? It does in mine.