{"id":169867,"date":"2023-08-17T13:23:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T18:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/brains-with-alzheimers-disease-have-subnormal-levels-of-important-dietary-antioxidants"},"modified":"2023-08-17T13:23:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T18:23:47","slug":"brains-with-alzheimers-disease-have-subnormal-levels-of-important-dietary-antioxidants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/brains-with-alzheimers-disease-have-subnormal-levels-of-important-dietary-antioxidants","title":{"rendered":"Brains with Alzheimer\u2019s disease have subnormal levels of important dietary antioxidants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/brains-with-alzheimers-disease-have-subnormal-levels-of-important-dietary-antioxidants3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since this book is about what I consider intellectual subject matter, I think it\u2019s relevant to keep brains in top shape and thought it would be important to share this. You probably know about this sort of thing but I didn\u2019t know the specific nutrients needed and what was lacking in people with Alzheimer\u2019s. Best wishes.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Alzheimer\u2019s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease estimated to affect 6 million Americans and 33 million people worldwide. Large numbers of those affected have not yet been diagnosed.<\/p>\n<p>A new study published in the Journal of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease by a Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine faculty member shows that brain levels of dietary <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/lutein\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">lutein<\/a>, zeaxanthin, lycopene, and vitamin E in those with Alzheimer\u2019s disease are half those in normal brains. Higher dietary levels of lutein and zeaxanthin have been strongly linked to better cognitive functions and lower risk for dementia or Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis study, for the first time, demonstrates deficits in important dietary antioxidants in Alzheimer\u2019s brains. These results are consistent with large population studies that found risk for Alzheimer\u2019s disease was significantly lower in those who ate diets rich in <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/carotenoids\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">carotenoids<\/a>, or had high levels of lutein and zeaxanthin in their blood, or accumulated in their retina as macular pigment,\u201d said C. Kathleen Dorey, professor in the Department of Basic Science Education at the medical school. \u201cNot only that, but we believe eating carotenoid-rich diets will help keep brains in top condition at all ages.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since this book is about what I consider intellectual subject matter, I think it\u2019s relevant to keep brains in top shape and thought it would be important to share this. You probably know about this sort of thing but I didn\u2019t know the specific nutrients needed and what was lacking in people with Alzheimer\u2019s. Best [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":528,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,32,1506,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-education","category-food","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/528"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}