{"id":4052,"date":"2025-11-02T15:12:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T13:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/?p=4052"},"modified":"2025-11-02T15:12:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T13:12:27","slug":"food-increases-dementia-risk-89-according-new-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/?p=4052","title":{"rendered":"The Food That Increases Your Dementia Risk By 89%, According To New Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to <\/span><\/span>Dr. David Perlmutter, one of the leading natural medicine neurologists in the United States, there\u2019s a certain food group Americans tend to eat in bulk that might increase dementia risk. He wrote his New York Times<\/em> best-selling book Grain Brain<\/em> on the topic, packed full with the research to back it up. If the title of the book wasn\u2019t a big enough hint, we\u2019re talking about carbs.<\/p>\n

Diet High In Carbohydrates Is Linked To Increased Dementia Risk<\/h3>\n

Research published in <\/span><\/span>Neurology<\/em> showed that chronically higher blood sugar levels have a negative effect on cognition. Researchers believe this is \u201cpossibly mediated by structural changes in learning-relevant brain areas.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The study showed that these negative effects also occurred in people without type 2 diabetes. The results suggest that keeping your blood sugar levels lower than normal is still important when it comes to brain health. Even if you don\u2019t have a glucose intolerance, <\/span><\/span>impaired insulin secretion or insulin resistance, higher blood sugar levels may prove detrimental to your brain.<\/p>\n

Researchers found that people who consumed higher amounts of carbs in their diets had an astounding 89% increased risk for dementia, while people who ate a diet high in fat showed a 44% decreased risk. <\/span><\/span>Dr. Perlmutter explained, \u201cWe live with this notion that a calorie is a calorie, but at least in terms of brain health, and I believe for the rest of the body as well, there are very big differences between our sources of calories in terms of the impact on our health.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He continued, \u201cCarbohydrate calories, which elevate blood glucose, are dramatically more detrimental to human physiology, and specifically to human health, than are calories derived from healthful sources of fat. The diet that I recommend\u2014high in fat and low in carbohydrates\u2014has simply been what we have eaten for a million years, so it has a bit of a track record.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no cure for Alzheimer\u2019s disease, which makes prevention even more important. This research suggests that you can lower your risk of dementia by:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Increasing healthy fat consumption<\/li>\n
  • Reducing non-vegetable carbohydrate consumption, including sugars and grains<\/li>\n
  • Increasing your omega-3 fat intake and reducing omega-6 fat intake<\/li>\n
  • Exercising<\/li>\n
  • Reducing overall calorie consumption<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    <\/span>Watch the video below for more information:<\/h3>\n