Hormone in Women Linked to Dementia, Study Finds

ABC News ^ | January 2, 2012 | Carrie Gann

[decimon]

Researchers have found a possible connection between a hormone found in body fat and the risk of dementia, adding to the growing evidence on the potential link between the condition and diabetes.

A new study found that women with high levels of a hormone called adiponectin were at an increased risk of developing dementia. Scientists say the findings reflect the complicated and still unclear relationships between metabolism, hormones and the brain degeneration that occurs in dementia.

The researchers studied frozen blood samples from 840 of the participants from the large Framingham Heart Study, taken after the patients had been monitored for 13 years. In the 159 people who developed dementia, researchers found high levels of adiponectin.

Adiponectin helps the body use insulin to deliver fuels like glucose to different cells, such as the neurons in the brain. Study author Dr. Ernst Schaefer, a professor of medicine and nutrition at Tufts University, said he and his colleagues were surprised to find that women with high levels of the hormone had an increased risk of dementia.

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The researchers also found high levels of the hormone in the men with dementia, but Schaefer said there were not enough men in the study to establish a link as strong as the one in women.

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[editor-surveyor]

There still was a “To” link in all of your posts. :o)

[mamelukesabre]

Interesting

I wonder if eliminating carbs and sugars to avoid the insulin issue would have any benefit on dementia?

[mamelukesabre]

THat’s what I was talking about.

[mamelukesabre]

testing

[editor-surveyor]

>> “I wonder if eliminating carbs and sugars to avoid the insulin issue would have any benefit on dementia?” <<

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While carbs and sugar are not particularly desirable, they are a side issue. The cause of insulin insensitivity is consumption of polyunsaturated vegatable oils. Thay have been thrust at us as healthy, but the reverse is true. We need mostly saturated fats to properly form our cell membranes so that they will allow permeability, and proper metabolism.

To better understand the issue go here:
http://www.cancertutor.com/Diabetes/Diabetes_Type_II.htm