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   Study links carbohydrate calorie-rich diets to greater risk for brain   
   shrinkage, dementia and AD   
   Posted in: Medical Research News | Medical Condition News   
      
   Published on February 24, 2014 at 1:41 AM   
      
   Even small increases in blood sugar caused by a diet high in carbohydrates can   
   be detrimental to brain health. Recent reports in medical literature link   
   carbohydrate calorie-rich diets to a greater risk for brain shrinkage,   
   dementia and Alzheimer's    
   disease, impaired cognition, and other disorders. David Perlmutter, MD,   
   best-selling author of Grain Brain, explores this important topic in a   
   provocative interview in Alternative and Complementary Therapies from Mary Ann   
   Liebert, Inc., publishers. The    
   article is available free on the Alternative and Complementary Therapies   
   website.   
      
   Dr. Perlmutter, a board-certified neurologist and fellow of the American   
   College of Nutrition, has just been appointed Editor-in-Chief of a new   
   peer-reviewed journal, Brain and Gut, that will debut in summer 2014. The   
   journal will publish leading-edge    
   research dedicated to exploring a whole systems approach to health and disease   
   from the intimate relationship between the brain and the digestive systems.   
      
      
   In the interview "Rethinking Dietary Approaches for Brain Health," Dr.   
   Perlmutter says, "We live with this notion that a calorie is a calorie, but at   
   least in terms of brain health, and I believe for the rest of the body as   
   well, there are very big    
   differences between our sources of calories in terms of the impact on our   
   health. Carbohydrate calories, which elevate blood glucose, are dramatically   
   more detrimental to human physiology, and specifically to human health, than   
   are calories derived from    
   healthful sources of fat."   
      
   Dr. Perlmutter will explore how brain health and cognitive function are linked   
   to nutrition in his presentation, "The Care and Feeding of Your Brain," to be   
   delivered at the 2014 Integrative Healthcare Symposium taking place now in New   
   York City.   
      
   Source: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News   
      
   http://www.news-medical.net/news/20140224/Study-links-carbohydra   
   e-calorie-rich-diets-to-greater-risk-for-brain-shrinkage-dementia-and-AD.aspx   
      
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