Insulin Resistance and Diabetes Boost Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

According to study held in Kyushu University in Japan, people with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes are at higher risk of developing plaques associated with Alzheimer’s.

Researchers studied 135 people with an average age of 67 from Hisayama, Japan and they discovered that there16% of the patients developed neuro-degenerative disease that affects cognitive functions – the disease characterized by sudden memory loss, behavior, and social adaptation — and 65% had plaque deposits in their brain. Of the patients that had plaque deposits, only 72% had a resistance to insulin.

When the human body or the pancreas stops producing insulin, the patient is then unable to continue on with normal bodily functions, and diabetes occurs. Once that happened patients are suggested to take regular insulin shots in order to help them maintain a healthy body.

People with type 1 diabetes and unable to produce insulin probably need to take need to take insulin shots every day. In type 2 diabetes, when the pancreas can’t make enough insulin, patients also need to take to take regular insulin as well.

In 2009, a group of researchers from Northwestern University discovered that insulin works as a defensive shield in the brain, repelling toxic proteins that may attack certain areas. Senior study author William L. Klein of Northwestern’s Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center said, “Therapeutics designed to increase insulin sensitivity in the brain could provide new avenues for treating Alzheimer’s disease.”

The study was published in the American Academy of Neurology.

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