The researchers found that, compared to people who did not have diabetes, those who had developed the condition at midlife had brains that were an average of 2.9% smaller, with hippocampi (a region of the brain that plays a crucial role in memory) an average of 4% smaller. When your hippocampus begins to shrink, you begin to lose your long-term memory and your ability to remember recent events, said lead study author Rosebud O. Roberts, MB, ChB. People who had developed diabetes during middle age were also twice as likely to have thinking or memory problems and were 85% more likely to have had a ministroke. - Diane Fennell Monitor your blood sugar carefully! Dont eat sweets! Dont eat starches! Take your medicine! Listen to your mother! Oh, wait. I guess I got carried away with that last one.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:25:00 +0000
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