If you consume drinks that contain artificial sweeteners in preference to those that contain sugar, you have an increased risk of having a stroke or developing dementia. Compared to people who do not drink artificially sweetened drinks, the risk for the most common type of stroke is 2.96 times higher, and for all types of…
Recent research in humans shows that intermittent fasting results in greater diversity of the gut microbiota. Furthermore, intermittent fasting resulted in weight loss, reduced inflammation and enhanced immune response. In particular, intermittent fasting decreased sugar and increased dietary fibre. Unfortunately, human studies on the potential benefits of intermittent fasting for dementia have yet to be…
Air pollution has traditionally been viewed as a threat to lung and heart health. Increasingly, however, research suggests that it may also affect the brain. Several large epidemiological studies have found that people living close to major roads have a modestly increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Although the increase in risk for any one…
