New theory: Certain carbohydrates can cause Alzheimer’s disease

A group of US researchers believes that carbohydrates and fructose may play a role in Alzheimer’s disease.

This is according to a study published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

The research builds on previous research that showed fructose may have helped our ancestors find food.

Fructose affects the brain by reducing part of the brain’s activity and Impaired memory and ability to learn.

This may not sound very positive, but for our ancestors it meant we could resist distractions to focus on finding food and staying alive.

Very useful, but not for modern people.

inflammatory condition

However, the survival mechanism is now superfluous and now makes us eat more fatty, sweet and salty foods than is good for us.

In the worst cases, researchers say, this leads to inflammation in the brain and the development of Alzheimer’s disease.

Scientists suspect that fructose and a by-product of fructose, uric acid — a by-product of the body’s cells’ natural breakdown process, which is enhanced after fructose is consumed — may be causing the buildup of proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease. .

The scientists’ findings are not based on new lab research, but rather gleaned from previous studies in the field.