{"id":56604,"date":"2017-04-28T01:58:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T01:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=56604"},"modified":"2017-04-28T01:58:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T01:58:00","slug":"insulin-resistance-speeds-cognitive-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/insulin-resistance-speeds-cognitive-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Insulin Resistance Speeds up Cognitive Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"ctl00_bcr_FormattedBody\">We are facing a tsunami of Alzheimer\u2019s disease. It\u2019s often said that the underlying causes of Alzheimer\u2019s disease are unknown, but there are numerous theories. For example, research suggesting that an <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2016\/06\/09\/alzheimers-disease-brain-infection.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">infectious component<\/a> is at play is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ctl00_bcr_FormattedBody\">In addition to viruses, bacteria and fungi, an infectious protein called <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2014\/07\/31\/alzheimers-mad-cow-chronic-wasting-disease.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TDP-43<\/a>, which behaves like infectious proteins known as prions \u2014 responsible for the brain destruction that occurs in Mad Cow and Chronic Wasting Diseases \u2014 has been linked to the disease. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ctl00_bcr_FormattedBody\">Research presented at the 2014 Alzheimer&#8217;s Association International Conference revealed Alzheimer&#8217;s patients with TDP-43 were 10 times more likely to have been cognitively impaired at death than those without.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/script\/main\/art.asp?articlekey=179524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ctl00_bcr_FormattedBody\">Due to its similarities with Mad Cow Disease, investigators have raised the possibility that Alzheimer\u2019s disease may be linked to eating meat from animals raised in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercola.com\/infographics\/truth-about-factory-farms.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concentrated animal feeding operations<\/a> (CAFOs).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ctl00_bcr_FormattedBody\">Mounting research also suggests Alzheimer\u2019s disease is intricately connected to <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2016\/06\/29\/vitamin-d-insulin-resistance.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">insulin resistance<\/a>; even mild elevation of blood sugar is associated with an elevated risk for <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2017\/02\/16\/early-dementia-sign.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dementia<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMoa1215740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a><\/sup> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercola.com\/diabetes.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diabetes<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/heart-attack-symptoms.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heart disease<\/a><sup><a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/script\/main\/art.asp?articlekey=177631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<\/a><\/sup> are also known to elevate your risk, and both are rooted in insulin resistance. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"ctl00_bcr_FormattedBody\">We are facing a tsunami of Alzheimer\u2019s disease. 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