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Posted on Jan 13, 2005, 4 a.m.
By Bill Freeman
Mice predisposed to develop Alzheimer's are protected by a low-calorie, low-carbohydrate diet, providing more evidence that dietary intervention can help prevent the disease and slow its progression. Reducing caloric intake by 30% eliminated the development of amyloid plaque in the mice, considered a fundamental feature of Alzheimer's disease.
Mice predisposed to develop Alzheimer's are protected by a low-calorie, low-carbohydrate diet, providing more evidence that dietary intervention can help prevent the disease and slow its progression.
Reducing caloric intake by 30% eliminated the development of amyloid plaque in the mice, considered a fundamental feature of Alzheimer's disease.
"While it is far too early for us to make specific recommendations for human diets," says Giulio Maria Pasinetti of Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, "these findings provide the first solid evidence that dietary changes may provide a new approach to treatment and prevention of this devastating disease."
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