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Amyloid plaque accretion reminds me of cholesterol accretion, and there is a recent school of thought whereby: - Heart disease is actually caused by metabolic
by theprotocol 7y ago
Amyloid plaque accretion reminds me of cholesterol accretion, and there is a recent school of thought whereby:
- Heart disease is actually caused by metabolic syndrome (read: same cause as diabetes)
- Alzheimers is analogous to diabetes (some are calling it Type 3)
I'm not convinced of the above, but it's interesting.
- jayalpha 7y agoI found both theories promising. Your post reminded me of this pub: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3709085/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3709085/
- theprotocol 7y agoI find the more studies I read, the higher the stakes seem, because the theories I've read are highly contradictory yet their proponents seem very polarized and very sure of themselves. Some theories that have been prematurely accepted by some groups are going to be very, very wrong. The easiest example of this sort of highly polarized dynamic is in the realm of diets.