03-24-2009, 01:50 PM
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 Fast Food Diet May Raise Alzheimer's Risk/Jonny Bowden
Guest article by Craig Weatherby An estimated 5.2 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease, and the toll it takes on their families may well exceed the patients' own suffering. The results of a study from Sweden heighten suspicions that diets dominated by junky fast food meals damages brains, in addition to harming heart and overall health. By "fast food meals" we mean ones high in sugars, starches, and bad fat but low in colorful, fiber- and antioxidant-rich plant foods.Sugary, starchy foods tend to promote generation of pro-oxidant, pro-inflammatory free radicals, as do fried and browned foods.The damage done to brain (and other) cells by free radicals and the inflammation they induce raise the risk of Alzheimer's. More...
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