Health Update: Abdominal Fat Damages Your Brain
Hello again:
As you might guess, abdominal fat damages your brain and actually causes it to shrink. How does this happen? And you probably guessed that inflammation has something to with it, and you would be correct.
“New research provides strong evidence of an association between abdominal fat and reduced brain volumes, particularly those involved with cognitive function.
In large study of healthy middle-aged adults, greater visceral and subcutaneous abdominal fat on abdominal MRI predicted brain atrophy on imaging, especially in women.
"The study shows that excess fat is bad for the brain and worse in women, including in Alzheimer's disease risk regions," lead author Cyrus Raji, MD, PhD, with the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, told Medscape Medical News.”
https://www.aginganddisease.org/EN/10.14336/AD.2023.0820...
Bottom Line:
It would appear very wise to reduce your body fat burden and thus lower your total inflammatory burden that is marinating your brain. From all of the material that I read, there is a growing consensus that a predominantly plant-based whole unprocessed food approach along with early Time Restricted Feeding is the best way for most of us to eat. Once again, I strongly recommend the book by Dr. Michael Roizen, MD, titles “What to Eat When” plus his companion cookbook.
If you have any dementia in the family, or if you are starting to experience ‘brain fog’, or if you or anyone you know is starting to notice any type of consistent cognitive decline, then it is absolutely imperative that you start NOW to do something about it. You always need to start with consuming an anti-inflammatory food plan in coordination with your inborn natural circadian rhythms and clocks. Please be pro-active about this. Right now, there are no prescriptions effective for brain health, dementia, and Alzheimer’s…however, the science points to the way out through prevention. Food can be your worst poison or your best medicine…it is your choice. Make the choice to support your biology with what it truly needs.
After all, most of want to use OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) parts when we get our expensive cars repaired…we do not want knockoff parts that are cheap imitations of the real thing. It is the same with food…go for the real thing, avoid the ‘food like thingies’ at the drive through, and consume OEM food and watch your health improve!!
