Brain shrinkage and high blood sugar connection (diet, weight loss, insulin)
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When I saw this thread, I thought that I had read something about it before, so I did a little checking and found this thread that also discussed it. I must not have brain problems because this thread is dated 2007 and I remembered reading it. Now if I can just remember how to copy the URL.
Currently, there is a rapid growth in the literature pointing toward insulin deficiency and insulin resistance as mediators of AD-type neurodegeneration, but this surge of new information is riddled with conflicting and unresolved concepts regarding the potential contributions of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), metabolic syndrome, and obesity to AD pathogenesis.
I work closely with local wound care center. One thing that sort of tunes along with this thread is that strange lack of sense of reality and danger embedded into diabetics. They - at some stage of course - simply "don't get it and don't care". Dr. C...l, attending at the clinic, called it very precisely - diabetic euphoria.
This is a reason to consider a low carb diet beyond a simple weight loss issue. That's why I think the calorie = calorie crowd are missing the boat, they ignore how the various food groups, protein, fat and carbs, effect our bodies. Even if I wasn't trying to lose weight, I'd be concerned about eating too many carbs, especially refined carbs, because it drives insulin production, and insulin does a lot of bad things in our bodies.
Interesting stuff. Slowly but surely, a growing number of people are embracing low car/paleo not just for weight loss but for general health reasons. There will always be those who try to shout it down, unfortunately. When people grow up believing the low fat dogma, it's really hard to shake that loose.
Interesting stuff. Slowly but surely, a growing number of people are embracing low car/paleo not just for weight loss but for general health reasons. There will always be those who try to shout it down, unfortunately. When people grow up believing the low fat dogma, it's really hard to shake that loose.
Yes, low carb is catching on with many. Too bad many feel crummy on low carb for the first few weeks....end up quitting.
Dang carbs are so tasty and addictive....like heroin.
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