Health Update: Even a High Normal Blood Sugar Shrinks Your Brain
Hello again friends:
Blood sugar problems continue to plague our country and the world. It is very important to know that high blood sugar levels, even in the upper levels of normal, will cause brain inflammation, destruction, shrinkage, and loss of function.
“People whose blood sugar is on the high end of the normal range may be at greater risk of brain shrinkage that occurs with aging and diseases such as dementia, according to new research published in the September 4, 2012, print issue of
Neurology®,
the medical journal of the
American Academy of Neurology. “Numerous studies have shown a link between type 2 diabetes and brain shrinkage and dementia, but we haven’t known much about whether people with blood sugar on the high end of normal experience these same effects,” said study author Nicolas Cherbuin, PhD, with Australian National University in Canberra.”
“These findings suggest that even for people who do not have diabetes, blood sugar levels could have an impact on brain health,” Cherbuin said. “More research is needed, but these findings may lead us to re-evaluate the concept of normal blood sugar levels and the definition of diabetes.”
https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/home/PressRelease/1100
Bottom Line:
I have gone over this same info before; however, it continues to remain super relevant. Long standing high normal blood sugar causes declines in brain function in stages. Stage one is brain fog, and that moves on to subjective cognitive impairment (you know something is wrong but no one else sees it yet), then to objective cognitive impairment (others now notice your symptoms), and then to dementia. Indeed, there is a type of Alzheimer’s called Type 3 diabetes of the brain!! If you have any sign of brain fog or just want to avoid it, stop the sugar!
To avoid this, just stop eating bad carbs and processed foods, avoid any added sugars and soft drinks or juices, and especially ANYTHING added fructose. Please stop eating sugary stuff and do that yesterday! This is especially true for anyone with concussion or any symptoms of brain inflammation including depression and anxiety!!!
