Rhonda Patrick· PhD
People with higher fasting blood sugar levels within the normal range were more likely to have loss of brain volume. https://t.co/8w5B66IRNR
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People with higher fasting blood sugar levels within the normal range were more likely to have loss of brain volume. https://t.co/8w5B66IRNR
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But it is also associated with loss of brain volume in brain regions involved in memory and cognition even in "healthy” people without diabetes.
People with higher fasting blood sugar levels but still within the normal range were more likely to have a loss of brain volume in the brain regions of the hippocampus and the amygdala compared to those with lower blood sugar levels.
Blood sugar on the high end of normal is linked to brain shrinkage.
for example one study showed that people with fasting blood glucose levels between high normal and slightly pre-diabetic may experience more brain atrophy with age specifically they experienced a greater loss in brain volume in the hippocampus and the amygdala regions of the brain that are involved in learning met and cognition
having glucose levels in the normal range but on the high normal range so high normal glucose was associated in um UK bio data with higher incidents of atrophy in the hippocampus