Rhonda Patrick· PhD
People with untreated type 2 diabetes developed Alzheimer's disease 1.6x faster and had more tau protein in cerebrospinal fluid compared to people without diabetes.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
People with untreated type 2 diabetes developed Alzheimer's disease 1.6x faster and had more tau protein in cerebrospinal fluid compared to people without diabetes.
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because if you look at people, type 2 diabetics, being type 2 diabetic, you have a two-fold roughly increased chance of getting Alzheimer's.