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   The Diet Which Postpones Brain Aging   
      
      
    November 9, 2014   
      
   Study finds diet that gives brain fuel to repair age-related damage.   
      
      
      
   A high-fat diet can postpone brain aging in mice, a new study has found, but   
   the results may also help fight Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.   
      
   Researchers have discovered that a high-fat diet -- from fatty acids contained   
   in coconut oil, or similar -- gives brain cells extra fuel to burn, which   
   helps its repair mechanism work more efficiently.   
      
   The Danish-led research targeted Cockayne syndrome, a rare genetic condition   
   which causes a defect in the cell repair mechanisms (Scheibye-Knudsen et al.,   
   2014).   
      
   Children with the syndrome age prematurely and often die at just 10 to   
   12-years-old.   
      
   Professor Vilhelm Bohr, who led the study, said:   
      
   "The study is good news for children with Cockayne syndrome, because we do not   
   currently have an effective treatment.   
      
   Our study suggests that a high-fat diet can postpone aging processes.   
      
   A diet high in fat also seems to postpone the aging of the brain.   
      
   The findings therefore potentially imply that patients with Alzheimer's and   
   Parkinson's disease in the long term may benefit from the new knowledge."   
      
      
      
   The findings may be beneficial to everyone since, with age, we all develop   
   brain defects which lead to a reduction in mental capacity, as well as the   
   increasing risk of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.   
      
   In this study, mice with the defect in the DNA repair system were fed on a   
   high-fat diet containing medium-chain fatty acids.   
      
   This diet postponed typical age-related problems like hearing loss and   
   difficulties maintaining a healthy weight.   
      
   Dr. Morten Scheibye-Knudsen, the study's first author, said:   
      
   "In cells from children with Cockayne syndrome, we have previously   
   demonstrated that aging is a result of the cell repair mechanism being   
   constantly active.   
      
   It eats into the resources and causes the cell to age very quickly.   
      
   We therefore hope that a diet with a high content of coconut oil or similar   
   fats will have a beneficial effect, because the brain cells are given extra   
   fuel and thus the strength to repair the damage."   
      
   Image credit: Liz Jones   
      
   http://www.spring.org.uk/2014/11/the-diet-which-postpones-brain-aging.php   
      
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