High-fat Diet Could Promote Development Of Alzheimer's Disease

Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 21:14 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have shown that the main neurological markers for Alzheimer's disease are exacerbated in the brains of mice fed a diet rich in animal fat and poor in omega-3s. Details of the study -- which suggests that diets typical of most industrialized countries promote the development of Alzheimer's -- are outlined in the journal Neurobiology of Aging.

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