Meals were made at home from natural ingredients including plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, and we were not continually exposed to a barrage of unhealthy chemicals and pollutants in our homes and the environment. Our diet did not include all the refined, processed and fried foods. Alzheimer's was a very rare condition prior to 1950. Normally the brain is able to break down the amyloid plaques so they can be removed properly, but this function becomes limited as inflammation affects the normal plaque clearance process in the brain.
The disease is characterized by the accumulation of a protein known as beta amyloid which blocks communications between the neuron's synapses. We can add Alzheimer's Disease to the list, as the brain is susceptible to the ravages of inflammatory chemicals which are released into the blood as a result of poor diet and environmental assault. Alzheimer's Disease Caused by Brain Inflammation The Standard American Diet is known to promote a low grade inflammation throughout the body, and is linked with heart disease, stroke and cancer. While there is a genetic component to the disease, it is largely the result of lifestyle, poor diet and environmental factors which cause systemic inflammation in the body.
Fifty years ago, Alzheimer's Disease was virtually unknown to medical science, yet today we see a skyrocketing incidence of this devastating affliction. Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia and affects our ability to form memories, communicate and perform the most common daily tasks. Alzheimer's Disease cases have been rapidly increasing over the last half century, and are currently the seventh leading cause of death in America.
The disease is characterized by the accumulation of a protein known as beta amyloid which blocks communications between the neuron's synapses. We can add Alzheimer's Disease to the list, as the brain is susceptible to the ravages of inflammatory chemicals which are released into the blood as a result of poor diet and environmental assault. Alzheimer's Disease Caused by Brain Inflammation The Standard American Diet is known to promote a low grade inflammation throughout the body, and is linked with heart disease, stroke and cancer. While there is a genetic component to the disease, it is largely the result of lifestyle, poor diet and environmental factors which cause systemic inflammation in the body.
Fifty years ago, Alzheimer's Disease was virtually unknown to medical science, yet today we see a skyrocketing incidence of this devastating affliction. Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia and affects our ability to form memories, communicate and perform the most common daily tasks. Alzheimer's Disease cases have been rapidly increasing over the last half century, and are currently the seventh leading cause of death in America.
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