Thursday, April 7, 2011

Alzheimer's Disease and Association with Food

I was off work today and after watching the local news.  The Doctor Oz Show came on just before I was going to turn of the TV.  Today's topic was alzheimer's disease.  I ended up watching the entire show. 

One of his guest's, Dr. Suzanne De La Monte from Rhode Island Hospital, discovered that alzheimer's disease might be tied more closely to the foods we eat than previously thought. 

On today's program, four main categories of food were discussed:
  • smoked meats 
  • processed cheese: 
  • white foods
  • beer
Based on the recent research, eating a diet with a lot of foods that contain nitrosomines affects the liver which begins producing some fats that affect the brain.  Here's the video link if you'd like to watch it:  An Alzheimer's Breakthrough.   It boils down to eating healthier foods to help us become more healthy.

It sounds like more good reasons to start growing a backyard garden and to limit the quantities of processed foods that we eat. :)

Read more about nitrosomine.

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