High protein diet abridges mice brain!
If you are among those persons who consider that a high protein diet generates strong and effective results for the eternity, it’s the time for you to have second thoughts. What makes me admonish you in this manner? Well, the one and only reason is the latest revelation of scientists studying Alzheimer's disease (AD) in mice. As per them, a high protein diet led them to develop smaller brains.
The study was conducted under the aegis of research team from the US, Canada and the UK and it was concentrating on triggers for brain plaque formation and did supervise the effects of four different food regimes on rodents, genetically modified in order to develop a severe form of early-onset Alzheimer's. Well, this is, without doubt, a new approach since earlier studies into AD indicated towards a low-calorie, low-fat diet rich in vegetables, fruit and fish, probably delaying its commencement or slowing its progression.
What did happen in the new study then? In the new study, the mice were fed either a regular diet; a high fat/low carbohydrate diet; a high protein/low carb version or a high carb/low fat option. This was followed by the researchers’ focusing at the brain and body weight of the mice, in addition to plaque build up and differences in the structure of several brain regions that are involved in the memory defect implicit in AD. Contrary to the general belief, mice feeding the high protein/low carb diet were found to have brains five per cent lighter compared to others. What is more, areas of their hippocampus, the foremost component of the brain, were found less developed.
Alzheimer's disease (AD), also known as Alzheimer disease, Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type (SDAT) or simply Alzheimer's, happens to be the most common form of dementia. This incurable, degenerative, and terminal disease was first described by German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer in 1906 and was named after him.
