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Is Sugar Behind the Wheel of Alzheimer’s?

Is your modern diet clashing with your ancient brain?

People are eating too much sugar, and it’s making them ill. In fact, granulated sweetness may be the driving force behind cognitive issues including Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers have uncovered more reasons to stop eating this sinister sweet stuff. But are we listening?

“80% of people with Alzheimer’s disease have either full-blown diabetes or insulin resistance. The link between insulin resistance and AD is so obvious to some researchers they’ve began calling it diabetes type 3!”

Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia. Since 1990, Alzheimer’s disease has increased by nearly 150%. If the trend continues, by 2050 there will be 152 million people struggling with the condition.

And just in case you think you have no control over this insidious disease, consider this. Only 5% of Alzheimer’s is hereditary. The remaining 95% is a blend of lifestyle, environmental and genetic factors—genetic factors that are in part determined by your lifestyle and environment.

The key to a healthy lifestyle is a nutritious diet that keeps the body and brain in balance. Sugar unbalances this tightrope walk. Give your health a chance by kicking added sugar today.

There’s plenty of proof

There are many strong mechanistic connections, animal trials and human observational associations between Alzheimer’s disease and sugar that are becoming hard to ignore.

Research correlates strongly with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and high blood sugar levels. Sufferers of diabetes type 2 (I’ll call it simply diabetes from here)—a condition characterised by poorly controlled blood sugar—are two to three times more likely to suffer from the most common form of dementia. Diabetes and AD share other characteristics.

Both conditions feature impairments when transporting blood sugar into cells to be converted into energy—a state of insulin resistance. Remember that term, it crops up a lot when discussing chronic diseases, particularly those modern…