--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/scitech/SciTechRepublish_787269.htm > > Researchers link fatty diet with Alzheimer's disease > > A diet high in unsaturated, unhydrogenated fats such > as vegetable > products and some oils may help lower the risk of > Alzheimer's disease but > antioxidant vitamins have no such protective effect, > according to two > separate studies published this week. <snip> > People who consumed the most saturated fat - the > kind of fat that comes > from meat, poultry, dairy products and palm or > coconut oils - had 2.3 > times the risk of developing Alzheimer's compared > with those who consumed > the lowest amount of saturated fats...
Next time you pick up any pre-packaged/processed food, check the ingredient list for anything beginning with "hydrogenated." These are saturated trans-fats (as opposed to cis-); currently these are thought to be at least as bad if not worse than 'natural' saturated fats. <snip> > In a second study published in the same journal, > researchers at Columbia > University in New York concluded that carotenes and > vitamins C and E > obtained from diet or through supplements are not > associated with a > decreased risk of Alzheimer's. > > The question arises because antioxidants - vitamins > and other nutrients > found in food - appear to reduce cellular damage > caused by free radicals. <snip> Some researchers speculate that it is the combination of various phytochemicals that are protective, rather than 1 or a few as taken as supplements. IIRC, there was a fairly recent north European study that found supplemental Vit C and E (and possibly beta-carotene too) not only didn't help prevent lung cancer in smokers, but may have made the incidence slightly worse. Veggies And Natural* Poisons Only, Thanks! Maru ;) (* butter, sugar, salt, cream etc...) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
