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?
I have an in-law with no AD in his gene pool, that we know of. Once he turned sixty, he was terrified of getting heart disease, so in order to keep his cholesterol way down, he went on the highest possible dose of Simvastatin. By sixty-nine he was diagnosed with AD, and continues to deteriorate rapidly.
I have access to a college internet library and will do some research for you. Reason this caught my attention is that because of hormones (PMS), hypothyroid, and low blood sugar I used to have epilepsy. Found out 1/3 of epileptics do well with a high fat diet.
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Also dementia runs in family with correlated rheumatoid arthritis (autoimmune disease).