Diabetic? Your Brain May Be Shrinking!!!!!!!

[wa3zrm]

Diabetes can cause your brain to SHRINK and age it by two years every decade, researchers warn

Type 2 diabetes could cause the brain to age by up to two years every decade a person has the disease, researchers have claimed.
It is the first time diabetes has been linked to a change in the size of the brain.
The study also found that, contrary to common clinical belief, diabetes may not be directly associated with small vessel ischemic disease, where the brain does not receive enough oxygenated blood.
'We found that patients having more severe diabetes had less brain tissue, suggesting brain atrophy,' said lead author R. Nick Bryan, M.D., Ph.D., professor of radiology at the Perleman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
'They did not seem to have more vascular disease due to the direct effect of diabetes.'
According the American Diabetes Association (ADA), nearly 26 million people in the United States have diabetes, and 1.9 million more are diagnosed with the disease each year.
Type 2 is the most common form of diabetes.
In type 2 diabetes, either the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin that is produced.
The ADA estimates that, based on current trends, as many as one in three American adults will have diabetes in the year 2050...

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...

[alopezg1]

reading the daily mail also causes significant brain shrinkage

[Frosted]

My grandfather was type 1 all his life. He didn't drink alcohol and carefully monitored his food. He died in his sleep at 91. There was absolutely nothing wrong with his brain....just some macular degeneration. I'd say that if you were type 1, drank yourself silly and didn't eat properly brain shrinkage would be the least of your worries as a diabetic....thing is I know somebody who has diabetes who doesn't take care of himself. He'll be dead in 5 years.

The Daily Mail is full of crap.

[michellepena]

yes, it is likely more dangerous than diabetics itself cause to your health. the spirit has power which can change the situation of patient.
My grandpa of my friend, he is cancer patient, he was told to prepare himself for the death in 2 months, it was very sad, but he was very strong to fight back that fear. And the result is he still lives now, and very active, because he has healthy lifestyle, strong mind, he believes in himself that he can do anything, he thinks about his family. That's is a symbol of strong motivation of human with one of the most dangerous diseases in the world

[changchen]

I don't believe this kind of article. In my opinion, diabetes just cause the health worse, it can't make your brain shrink. Many people in the world are suffering from diabetes. If the rumor were the truth, I wonder how many cases of shrinking brain would we have? You can't count! So don't trust these types of news cuz It all bull shit. You guys should focus on reducing the amount of sugar intake, try to avoid diabetes. Eat more vegetable, less meat! And do not forget to do exercises regularly.