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A Mayo Clinic study has shown that 50 percent of a group of elderly patients with mild cognitive
impairment who also have a significantly smaller hippocampus portion of the brain are likely to
develop Alzheimer's disease as compared to nine percent of patients with a normal size hippocampus
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Sustained High Blood Sugar Levels May Damage Brain's Key Memory Center
(03/10/03) An inability to quickly bring down high levels of sugar in the blood is associated with
poor memory and may help explain some of the memory loss that occurs as we age, according
to a new study. The Study raises the possibility that exercise and weight loss, which
help control blood sugar levels, may be able to reverse some of the memory loss that
accompanies aging. The study is the first to show an association between the size of the
hippocampus, a key brain structure for learning and memory, and the ability to control
blood sugar levels in the body, according to the researchers.
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"For every person with Alzheimer's disease, there are some 8 people with memory problems sufficient
to affect the quality of their lives who don't go on to develop dementia," says Dr. Convit. "Our
work seeks to understand what other medical factors influence memory in aging." In fact, says Dr.
Convit, there are now more than 20 reports in the medical literature demonstrating that diabetics
experience memory and learning problems that cannot be explained away by the presence of other
conditions such as cardiovascular disease, which are often associated with diabetes. Diabetics have
very high levels of glucose in the blood because the sugar cannot enter their tissues, where it is
broken down to do useful work.
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What other damage are we doing to ourselves with a high carb diet?
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