High Cholesterol Linked to Alzheimer's

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Yet another reason to avoid cholesterol, which is only found in

animals (meat, chicken, fish) and animal products (eggs, dairy).

 

 

 

High Cholesterol Linked to Alzheimer's

 

Study Shows High Total Cholesterol in Midlife Could Raise Risk for

Alzheimer's Disease

By Salynn Boyles <http://www.webmd.com/susan-boyles>

WebMD Health News

Reviewed by Elizabeth Klodas, MD, FACC

<http://www.webmd.com/elizabeth-klodas>

 

Aug. 4, 2009 -- Adults with even moderately elevated cholesterol

<http://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-management/default.htm> in their early

to mid-40s appear to have an increased risk for Alzheimer's

<http://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/default.htm> disease and related

dementias decades later, a new study shows.

 

Researchers followed more than 9,800 people for four decades in one of

the largest and longest age-related dementia

<http://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/guide/alzheimers-dementia> trials ever

conducted.

 

They found that those with high or even borderline high total

cholesterol in their 40s had a significantly increased risk for

developing Alzheimer's disease years later.

 

" People tend to think of the brain and the heart

<http://www.webmd.com/heart/picture-of-the-heart> as totally separate,

but they are not, " study co-author Rachel A. Whitmer, PhD of Kaiser

Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, Calif., tells WebMD. " We are

learning that what is good for the heart is also good for the brain --

and that midlife is not too soon to be thinking about risk factors for

dementia. " ...

 

 

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