Eat sugar, get dementia

Everyone loves sugar, but this landmark study should make you think twice before you continue to eat your spiked high-glycemic foods. Here is a list of low glycemic foods , aim to use foods with a Glycemic index less than 50 :
 http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/Glycemic_index_and_glycemic_load_for_100_foods.htm



Eat Sugar: Get Dementia

Dr Michael Colgan 15 September 2013

A landmark study has just been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, measuring blood sugar levels of 1835 people with no dementia at the start of the research. These men and women had no diabetes either. (Diabetes is one of the biggest risk factors for dementia and thus was excluded from the group.)

Blood sugar levels were monitored for 7 years. During that period 450 of the participants developed dementia. Compared with glucose levels at the top end of the normal range (100 mg per deciliter), higher glucose levels (115 mg per deciliter) were strongly linked to development of dementia.(1)

Major offenders in spiking blood sugar are high-glycemic foods. These include all candy bars, lollies, energy bars, and sodas high in refined sugars. They also include all refined carbohydrates, such as breads, cereals, and rice cakes that are instantly converted to sugar in the bloodstream. You can get a quick glycemic list from Harvard Medical School. (2) Aim to use foods with a Glycemic Index less than 50.

This study extends earlier research showing that even one high-glycemic meal reduces memory and learning that day in otherwise normal schoolchildren and in university students.(3,4) Many breakfast cereals have the same effect in hiking blood sugar as giving your children a candy bar and soda for breakfast. But it will be another 50 years before vested interests are forced to remove them from the food chain. Dump the high glycemic garbage. Your children will do better at school, and you’ll help them avoid eating habits that put adults in the funny farm.

1. Crane P, et al. N Engl J Med 2013; 369:540-548August 8, 2013DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1215740.
2.http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/Glycemic_index_and_glycemic_load_for_100_foods.htm
3. Benton D, Maconie A, Williams C. The influence of the glycaemic load of breakfast on the behaviour of children in school. Physiol Behav. 2007;92:717–24.
4. Nabb S, Benton D. The influence on cognition of the interaction between the macro-nutrient content of breakfast and glucose tolerance. Physiol Behav. 2006;87:16–23. [PubMed]