Chocolate against Alzheimer’s! Am I dreaming?

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Well it is more complicated than that. Here is what the study says:

Researchers discovered that consumption of cocoa polyphenols reduces the formation of harmful proteins, including beta-amyloid and abnormal tau aggregates. Such proteins are known to accumulate in the brain and cause damage. The accumulation results in loss of synapses and hence makes the connections between nerve cells dysfunctional.

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Alzheimer’s and diabetes

Alzheimer; News from the web:

We have reported more often about the relation between Diabetes and Alzheimer’s (use our search box in the top right to find other articles) but in today’s link another urgent warning about this relationship with the focus on preventing diabetes.

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An experimental Alzheimer’s drug

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Alzheimer’s trial

  • The trial: 200 people globally with a family history of Alzheimer’s
  • The drug: Targets amyloids that build up and create plaques in the brain, it binds to them and is flushed from the brain preventing brain damage
  • Who it can help: Initially potentially people with a genetic predisposition but hopefully people with Alzheimer’s generally, Parkinson’s disease and other kinds of dementia
    For more information: www.brainpet.org

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