Another pitfall of a low-fat diet
Now I don’t agree with everything Dr. Atkins advocates, but damn you gotta’ love a man that just says FU to the established medical “authority”. Dr. Atkins had been saying for years that one major consequence of the current low fat obsession is that people on a low-fat diet are majorly deficient in Omega-3 fatty acids because they are afraid to eat fat! So not only is the low-fat, high-carb diet responsible for obesity and type II diabetes, but you could easily extrapolate from this data that a high carb diet is increasing the incidence of Alzheimers in America today. I love this line, “diet may play a role in the mind-robbing disease.” MAY play a role??? Of course it does! The same way that a lifetime abuse of carbohydrates will give you type II diabetes. Very sad. People think they are doing the right thing. They think eating low-fat is healthy….. and look what it’s doing to them.
Eating fish may fight Alzheimer’s
Study suggests that just one helping a week is beneficial.
By PHUONG LE
The Associated Press
CHICAGO – Older people who eat fish at least once a week may cut their risk of Alzheimer’s by more than half, a study suggests.
The study adds to the evidence that diet may play a role in the mind-robbing disease, which affects 4 million Americans.
Researchers found that people 65 and older who ate fish - including tuna sandwiches, fish sticks and shellfish - once a week had a 60 percent lower risk of Alzheimer’s than those who never or rarely ate fish. Amounts eaten weren’t specified.
“This is very promising, but it’s very early, and really we need to have a lot more studies,” said lead researcher Dr. Martha Clare Morris of Chicago’s Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center.
The study involved 815 Chicago residents 65 and older. Follow-up tests nearly four years later found that 131 participants had developed Alzheimer’s.
The researchers found a link even after adjusting for age, sex, ethnicity and risk factors like heart disease.
The study, published Monday in the Archives of Neurology, was funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Fish is rich in an omega-3 fatty acid that is believed to be important for brain development, Morris said. Studies have shown that animals fed the fatty acids had better learning abilities and memory.
