Alzheimers Risk Diet

Low-fat, low-glycemic diet may lower risk for Alzheimer's.
HealthDay (6/13, Gardner) reported, "The low-fat, low-glycemic diet often promoted for general health and well-being may lower the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease if adopted early in life," according to a study published online June 13 in the Archives of Neurology. For the study, "twenty healthy adults and 29 with mild memory problems that could be predictive of Alzheimer's followed either a high-fat, high simple-carbohydrate diet ('HIGH' diet) or a diet lower in fat and simple carbohydrates ('LOW' diet)."
"Healthy people who ate high-fat, high-glycemic-index diets for one month saw increases in spinal fluid levels of beta-amyloid, a fibrous protein that clogs the brains of people who have Alzheimer's disease," WebMD (6/13, Goodman) reported. "Eating a low-fat, low-glycemic-index diet, on the other hand, lowered levels of beta-amyloid in healthy adults and improved other markers of inflammation and damage in both groups." And, "for both groups, the low-fat, low-glycemic-index diet also improved delayed visual memory, which is the ability to remember and recognize complex patterns."