The authors of the study contend that insulin and the related hormone, insulin related growth factor-1 (IGF-1), are important factors to reduce the brain protein amyloid-beta, which is an indicator of Alzheimer's disease, as Food Navigator points out.
"You might say that fat is the bomb, and insulin (from carbohydrate) is the fuse, ” says Richard Feinman, editor of Nutrition and Metabolism.
What's curious about the research---which was conducted by Samuel Henderson at US pharma firm Accera---runs counter to previous studies suggesting a negative effect of fat on Alzheimer's disease.
An intriguing study just came out in Nutrition and Metabolism, which shows that a low-carb, high-fat diet helped ease Alzheimer's disease in mice.
The authors of the study contend that insulin and the related hormone, insulin related growth factor-1 (IGF-1), are important factors to reduce the brain protein amyloid-beta, which is an indicator of Alzheimer's disease, as Food Navigator points out.
"You might say that fat is the bomb, and insulin (from carbohydrate) is the fuse, ” says Richard Feinman, editor of Nutrition and Metabolism.
What's curious about the research---which was conducted by Samuel Henderson at US pharma firm Accera---runs counter to previous studies suggesting a negative effect of fat on Alzheimer's disease.
Check out the study's abstract in Nutrition and Metabolism and Food Navigator's story.