STUDY 1
A study in the US finds modest increase in blood sugar levels meant an 18%
increased risk of dementia. Those with diabetes had a 40 per cent increased
risk.
Crane, P et al. New England Journal of Medicine (2013)
STUDY 2
Twice as many people with high insulinInsulin is a hormone made by the pancreas. It is responsible for making the body’s cells absorb glucose (sugar) from the blood…. levels developed dementia. People with the highest insulin had the worst memory.
J. A. Luchsinger, et al., Neurology, 2004
STUDY 3
An Italian study shows the link between increasing insulin and worsening mental function.
A. M. Abbatecola, et al. Journal of American Geriatric Society, 2004
STUDY 4
A six-year Swedish study showed that those with diabetes were 1.5 times more likely to develop dementia.
W. L. Xu, et al., Neurology, 2004
STUDY 5
In California University researchers reported that postmenopausal
women with HbA1C levels above 7 per were four times more likely to develop
dementia.
Yaffe, K, et al., Archives of Neurology, 2009
STUDY 6
A study in Puerto Rica shows that those in the top fifth of sugar consumption had double the risk of poor cognitive function.
Ye X et al., British Journal of Nutrition, 2011
STUDY 7
A US study shows the GL of the diet most accurately predicted who would start to experience a decline in memory.
Seetharaman S et al., J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2015
STUDY 8
Irish study finds the GL of a person’s diet, not GI or quantity of carbs, that most predicted decline in cognition.
Power S et al., European Journal of Nutrition, 2015
STUDY 9
The GL of one’s diet is more predictive of pathological
changes associated with Alzheimer’s.
Taylor M et al., Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 Dec
STUDY 10
Brain shrinkage occurs even in high but ‘normal’ and
certainly common glucose levels.
Mortby, M et al. Cherbuin. PLoS One (2013)
STUDY 11
Cognitive decline in overweight children is associated with a high GL diet.
Lakhan, S. E. & A. Kirchgessner. Nutr J (2013)
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