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Dementia & Diet

Two of the most common forms of dementia have been associated with diet. A study from ten years ago, in the JAMA Neurology published online on January 25, 2016, reported that indeed diet does impact the risk of dementia. During the study, "researchers recorded participants' total caloric intake and food preferences at a breakfast buffet - the breakfast was preceded by an overnight fast and was a half-hour long.

Researchers also administered questionnaires to gauge participants' appetite and eating habits. After analyzing the amount of good consumed and the types of food consumed at breakfast, researchers found that the frontal temporal dementia group consumed more than double the amount of total mean calories than a healthy participant. On the other hand, the semantic dementia group refused to eat the food at the buffet or ate very little." Both dementia groups strongly preferred sugary foods.

So for better brain health, follow God's eating program and avoid a high intake of sugar! "Sugar is not good for the stomach. It causes fermentation, and this clouds the brain and brings peevishness into the disposition." (CD 327)