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Alzheimer disease risk factors controlled with diet

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, September 25th, 2006

Diabetes, obesity, and coronary artery disease are risk factors for Alzheimer disease that can be improved with diet.

"High fat diets and sedentary lifestyles are becoming major concerns for Western countries. They have led to a growing incidence of obesity, dyslipidemia, high blood pressure, and a condition known as the insulin-resistance syndrome or metabolic syndrome. These health conditions are well known to develop along with, or be precursors to atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes," scientists writing in the journal Molecular Psychiatry report in their review.

I.J. Martins and colleagues at Edith Cowan University...

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