Obesity and Brain Function

Obesity encourages inflammation of the body which in turn encourages the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease. Caregivers should know that many of the same lifestyle recommendations made to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease then, also apply to reducing risk for Alzheimer’s.

 

Lifestyle Therapies

relative to Brain Aging and Medicinal Applications for

Alzheimer’s Disease

Obesity and Brain Function

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Information obtained from…

Dr. Perlmutter’s Blog

http://renegadeneurologist.com/obesity-and-brain-function/

Obesity and Brain Function

June 18, 2010

By David Perlmutter

MD,FACN, ABIHM

Research scientists have long suspected that a relationship existed between obesity and a decline in brain power. New studies now confirm the contention that being overweight is detrimental to the brain. Researchers at the University of California in an article published in the Archives of Neurology demonstrated a strong correlation between central obesity (that is, being fat around the middle) and shrinkage of a part of the brain ( the hippocampus) fundamental for memory (as measured on MRI scans).
(abstract available online at: http://archneur.ama-assn.org).

In fact, other researchers have shown that excess body fat is strongly related to the actual brain changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease. (http://www.neurology.org).

Why this relationship? Several reasons… Why this relationship? Several reasons…

First, excess body fat increases the production of the chemical mediators of inflammation and damaging free radicals, both fundamental to Alzheimer’s (and Parkinson’s I might add)

Second, body fat stores environmental toxins.

Third, obesity is associated with increased risk of other problems bad for the brain like hypertension and diabetes.

So slim down and save your brain. Remember (and hopefully you can)…

Alzheimer’s is preventable.

 

 

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