Thursday, September 6, 2012

Blood Sugar Levels Linked to Brain Loss

We've already had enough brain loss so make sure your doctor doesn't allow any more of your brain to be lost.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/GeneralNeurology/34588
Higher blood glucose levels were associated with brain atrophy among healthy individuals in their early 60s, even when levels remained within the official normal range, an Australian study demonstrated.
After adjustment for age, sex, body mass index (BMI), hypertension, alcohol use, smoking, and APOE genotype, the associations between glucose and left and right hippocampal volumes were −131 and −148 (P=0.001 for both), with a positive association reflecting less atrophy, according to Nicolas Cherbuin, PhD, of Australian National University in Canberra, and colleagues.

The rest at the link.

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