What is known by some (but no consensus)
- Increased sugar increases risk of Diabetes (2X)
- Increased sugars/ carbs increases risk of cognitive problems by 1.8 X
- Vitamin D Reduces the risk of Diabetes and Alzheimer's
- Vitamin D Treats Diabetes and Alzheimer's
- 80% of Alzheimer's have Diabetes
- Can have sugar problem in brain without having diabetes
Table of contents
- The Atlantic Jan 2018 = source of the title of this page
- Sugar increases risk of Diabetes: T1, T2, and T3 (Alzheimer’s) Mercola Feb 2018
- VitaminDWiki
- 80% of Alzheimer’s have insulin resistance or full-blown type 2 diabetes.
- High Blood Sugar Linked To Alzheimer Disease — How Can You Lower Your Risk?
- Overlaps between T2D and Alz - 2015
- Shared links between T2D and Alz - 2016
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease - April 2017
- Comorbidity Analysis - treatment for T2D may increase Alz - 2017
- The brain uses a lot of glucose - brain problems when there are sugar problems - April 2015
- Alzheimer's may be due to Insulin reisitance in the brain or body (Diabetes, prediabetes) - May 2017
- 23 Clinical trials for Alzheimers and Insulin - Jan 2018
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Is Alzheimer’s Type 3 diabetes? -Nov 2017
- Nutrition Advance has a page Alzheimer's and diet - March 2017
- VitaminDWiki pages with SUGAR in title (8 as of June 2022)
The Atlantic Jan 2018 = source of the title of this page
“A high-carb diet, and the attendant high blood sugar, are associated with cognitive decline.”
- “People who have type 2 diabetes are about twice as likely to get Alzheimer’s, and people who have diabetes and are treated with insulin are also more likely to get Alzheimer’s, suggesting elevated insulin plays a role in Alzheimer’s.”
- “The group that ate the most carbs had an 80 percent higher chance of developing mild cognitive impairment” – 2012 study
- Alernate possible pathways between sugar and Alzheimer’s
Diabetes can also weaken the blood vessels, which increases the likelihood that you’ll have ministrokes in the brain, causing various forms of dementia.
A high intake of simple sugars can make cells, including those in the brain, insulin resistant, which could cause the brain cells to die.
, , eating too much in general can cause obesity. The extra fat in obese people releases cytokines, or inflammatory proteins that can also contribute to cognitive deterioration
Sugar increases risk of Diabetes: T1, T2, and T3 (Alzheimer’s) Mercola Feb 2018
Link Between Sugar and Alzheimer's Strengthens
- “… research suggests high-carb diets can increase your risk of dementia by 89 percent”
- “Alzheimer’s disease is intricately connected to insulin resistance; even mild elevation of blood sugar is associated with an elevated risk for dementia”
- “… this connection between high-sugar diets and Alzheimer’s was again highlighted in a longitudinal study published in the journal Diabetologia in January 2018.11 Nearly 5,190 individuals were followed over a decade, and the results showed that the higher an individual’s blood sugar, the faster their rate of cognitive decline.”
- “The connection between sugar and Alzheimer’s was first broached in 2005, when the disease was tentatively dubbed "Type 3 diabetes.””
VitaminDWiki
Items in both categories Cognition and Diabetes are listed here:
- Dementia 1.7X higher risk if diabetic and low vitamin D - Jan 2022
- Resveratrol fights Parkinson, Alzheimers, Diabetes, Cardiovascular, ALS, Stroke, etc.– Nov 2018
- Diabetes increases risk of poor cognition by 2X, 12 weeks of Vitamin D not help (but 18 weeks did) – RCT Oct 2019
- The Startling Link Between Sugar and Alzheimer's
- Poor memory (among diabetics) if have low vitamin D – Aug 2015
- ALL of the top 10 health problems of women are associated with low vitamin D
- Diabetics with low vitamin D had more cognitive impairment– Aug 2013
- Role of vitamin D in insulin resistance – Sept 2012
- Diabetes reduces vitamin D levels which reduces cognition – June 2012
- Link between diabetes and Alzheimers is probably low vitamin D
Overview Alzheimer's-Cognition and Vitamin D has the following summary
- FACT: Cognitive decline is 19X more likely if low vitamin D
- FACT: Dementia is associated with low vitamin D levels.
- FACT: Alzheimer’s Dementia 2.3X more likely in elderly if low vitamin D – Dec 2022
- FACT: Dementia is associated with low vitamin D - many studies
- FACT: Alzheimer's Disease is 4X less likely if high vitamin D
- FACT: Every single risk factor listed for Alzheimer's Disease is also a risk factor for low vitamin D levels
- FACT: Elderly cognition gets worse as the elderly vitamin D levels get even lower (while in senior homes)
- OBSERVATION: Reports of increased vitamin D levels result in improved cognition
- OBSERVATION: Alzheimer’s patients 3X more likely to have a malfunctioning vitamin D receptor gene – 2012
- OBSERVATION: Alzheimer's Disease has been seen to halt when vitamin D was added.
- OBSERVATION: Alzheimer’s is associated with all 7 of the genes which restrict vitamin D
- OBSERVATION: 39 vitamin D and Alz. or Cognition intervention trials as of Sept 2018
- OBSERVATION: 2 Meta-analysis in 2012 agreed that Alzheimer's Disease. associated with low vitamin D
- OBSERVATION: 50X increase in Alzheimer's while decrease in vitamin D
- OBSERVATION: Vitamin D reduces Alzheimer’s disease in 11 ways
- OBSERVATION: Alzheimer’s cognition improved by 4,000 IU of vitamin D
- OBSERVATION: Plaque removed in mice by equiv. of 14,000 IU daily
- OBSERVATION: DDT (which decreases Vit D) increases risk of Alzheimer's by up to 3.8X
- OBSERVATION: 2% of people have 2 copies of the poor gene reference: Alz Org
- OBSERVATION: Genes do not change rapidly enough to account for the huge increase in incidence
- OBSERVATION: End of Alzheimer's videos, transcripts and many studies protocol has been very successful
- It adjusts Vitamin D, B-12, Iron, Omega-3, food, etc, and can now be done at home.
- FACT: Vitamin D is extremely low cost and has very very few side effects
- CONCLUSION: Everyone concerned about cognitive decline or Alzheimer's Disease should take vitamin D
- PREDICTION MET: By 2024 Omega-3 and high dose Vitamin D will be found to reverse Alzheimer's in humans
There are 13+ Alzheimer’s meta-analyses in VitaminDWiki
There are 97+ Alzheimer’s studies in VitaminDWiki
Dementia is associated with low vitamin D - many studies 50+ studies
16+ studies in both categories Cognitive and Omega-3
Overview Diabetes and vitamin D contains the following summary
- Diabetes is 5X more frequent far from the equator
- Children getting 2,000 IU of vitamin D are 8X less likely to get Type 1 diabetes
- Obese people get less sun / Vitamin D - and also vitamin D gets lost in fat
- Sedentary people get less sun / Vitamin D
- Worldwide Diabetes increase has been concurrent with vitamin D decrease and air conditioning
- Elderly get 4X less vitamin D from the same amount of sun
Elderly also spend less time outdoors and have more clothes on - All items in category Diabetes and Vitamin D
551 items: both Type 1 and Type 2 Vitamin D appears to both prevent and treat diabetes
- Appears that >2,000 IU will Prevent
- Appears that >4,000 IU will Treat , but not cure
- 90% less T2 Diabetes in the group having lots of Vitamin D
- Appears that Magnesium helps both Prevention and Treatment
- Many diabetics would be better treated if Gut-Friendly Vitamin D were used
Number of articles in both categories of Diabetes and:
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24 ; Intervention 56 ; Meta-analysis 40 ; Obesity 36 ; Pregnancy 44 ; T1 (child) 39 ; Omega-3 11 ; Vitamin D Receptor 24 ; Genetics 13 ; Magnesium 29 Click here to see details Some Diabetes studies
- Take Vitamin D to prevent prediabetes from progressing into diabetes – American Diabetic Association – 2024
- Diabetes and Vitamin D meta-analyses - many studies 39+ as of Nov 2024
- 99.7% of people who got Diabetes had been regularly consuming food emulsifiers - May 2024
- Type 2 Diabetes treated by Vitamin D (often 50,000 IU weekly) – meta-analysis July 2023
- Diabetic inflammation synergistically decreased by Vitamin D and exercise – RCT June 2022
- Incidence of Type-2 Diabetes increased 3X in 30 years (by the way, Vitamin D helps) – July 2022
- Vitamin d treats Type II Diabetes in many ways (14 article review) - Sept 2021
- T2 Diabetes 30 percent more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis of 47 studies – July 2021
50 ng of Vitamin D fights Diabetes
- Saudi study defines normal Vitamin D level to be 50 to 70 ng (diabetes, etc.) - June 2020
- Diabetes 5X less likely if more than 50 ng of Vitamin D – April 2018
T1 Diabetes
- T1 Diabetes 3X lower risk if high vitamin D (over 40 ng) – Meta-analysis Nov 2020
- Type 1 Diabetes is prevented and treated by Vitamin D – review of 16 studies – Sept 2019
- Type 1 Diabetes prevention with Vitamin D and Omega-3 – Symposium April 2019
Pre-Diabetes
- 4X reduction in prediabetes progressing to T2D if more than 50 ng of vitamin D – RCT March 2023
- Prediabetes reduced by weekly 60,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT Jan 2021
- Prediabetes 1.5 X more likely to go away if take Vitamin D – meta-analysis July 2020
Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Magnesium - many studies
Diabetes category starts with the following
551 items In Diabetes category 34+ Prediabetes studies 64+ Type 1 Diabetes studies see also Overview Diabetes and vitamin D Overview Metabolic Syndrome and vitamin D
Autoimmune category listing has200 items along with related searches 80% of Alzheimer’s have insulin resistance or full-blown type 2 diabetes.
Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease Is Easier Than You Think Sept 2016
High Blood Sugar Linked To Alzheimer Disease — How Can You Lower Your Risk?
Overlaps between T2D and Alz - 2015
Shared Neuropathological Characteristics of Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease: Impacts on Cognitive Decline
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Shared links between T2D and Alz - 2016
Shared links between type 2 diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer's disease: A review
Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews, Volume 10, Issue 2, Supplement 1, April–June 2016, Pages S144-S149
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsx.2016.01.021
Epidemiological studies have proved that, there are pathophysiological connections between Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Diabetic patients have higher incidences of cognitive impairment and hence they are more at the risk of developing AD. Some of the recent evidences have majorly stated the effects of insulin resistance in the disturbance of various biological processes and signaling pathways. Both hyperglycemia and hypoglycemic conditions contributes in dysfunctioning of cognitive abilities and functions. The present review summarizes the evidences which establish the possible links between the two pathologies on the account of molecular, biochemical and at histopathological level. The information regarding their interactions was collected from different databases and journals. The gathered information will clearly establish the link among the two pathologies and will be helpful in future for the development of drugs for Type 3 Diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease - April 2017
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Comorbidity Analysis - treatment for T2D may increase Alz - 2017
Comorbidity Analysis between Alzheimer's Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) Based on Shared Pathways and the Role of T2DM Drugs.
J Alzheimers Dis. 2017;60(2):721-731. doi: 10.3233/JAD-170440.
Karki R1,2, Kodamullil AT1,2, Hofmann-Apitius M1,2.
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BACKGROUND:
Various studies suggest a comorbid association between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) indicating that there could be shared underlying pathophysiological mechanisms.OBJECTIVE:
This study aims to systematically model relevant knowledge at the molecular level to find a mechanistic rationale explaining the existing comorbid association between AD and T2DM.METHOD:
We have used a knowledge-based modeling approach to build two network models for AD and T2DM using Biological Expression Language (BEL), which is capable of capturing and representing causal and correlative relationships at both molecular and clinical levels from various knowledge resources.RESULTS:
Using comparative analysis, we have identified several putative "shared pathways". We demonstrate, at a mechanistic level, how the insulin signaling pathway is related to other significant AD pathways such as the neurotrophin signaling pathway, PI3K/AKT signaling, MTOR signaling, and MAPK signaling and how these pathways do cross-talk with each other both in AD and T2DM. In addition, we present a mechanistic hypothesis that explains both favorable and adverse effects of the anti-diabetic drug metformin in AD.CONCLUSION:
The two computable models introduced here provide a powerful framework to identify plausible mechanistic links shared between AD and T2DM and thereby identify targeted pathways for new therapeutics. Our approach can also be used to provide mechanistic answers to the question of why some T2DM treatments seem to increase the risk of AD.PMID: 28922161 PMCID: PMC5611890 DOI: 10.3233/JAD-170440
The brain uses a lot of glucose - brain problems when there are sugar problems - April 2015
Sugar and Alzheimer's disease: a bittersweet truth
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Alzheimer's may be due to Insulin reisitance in the brain or body (Diabetes, prediabetes) - May 2017
- "Researchers have known for several years about diabetes and the higher risk of vascular dementia, the second most common kind. In ways, it seems only logical: Vascular dementia is caused by damaged blood vessels in the brain, just as diabetes hardens blood vessels elsewhere."
- "On this much, many scientists agree: The rate of Alzheimer’s disease could be cut by close to half if diabetes could be abolished. "
- "People who haven’t necessarily developed diabetes might still develop insulin resistance in the brain"
- "A 2015 pilot study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease found that doses of nasal insulin —bypassing the blood/brain barrier—significantly improved memory in people with early Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment. A larger, five-year clinical trial is now underway."
23 Clinical trials for Alzheimers and Insulin - Jan 2018
Clinical trials for Alzheimers and Insulin
Many of the trials are for nasal insulin
Mayo Clinic Minute: Is Alzheimer’s Type 3 diabetes? -Nov 2017
https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-minute-is-alzheimers-type-3-diabetes/
Nutrition Advance has a page Alzheimer's and diet - March 2017
Type 3 Diabetes: The Alarming Link Between Alzheimer’s and Diet
VitaminDWiki pages with SUGAR in title (8 as of June 2022)
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