Comments on: Cutting Calories Drastically Could Boost Senior Citizens’ Memory

By: improve your memory

improve your memory — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:20:23 +0000

I would be most worried about the group told to consume “healthy fats” on the honor system.

By: Jumblepudding

Jumblepudding — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:34:43 +0000

I would be most worried about the group told to consume “healthy fats” on the honor system. From experience I know it’s very difficult to remember to take those supplements, and the negative side effects, such as “fish burp” from fish oil capsules doesn’t help.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:05:17 +0000

While the article does state that one group kept the same caloric intake but increased their mono/poly unsaturated fat intake, it doesn’t specify what the other macro-nutrient ratios were prior to the study.
Let’s suppose the control group and the non-increased fat group have the typical high refined carbohydrate American diet, any type of fasting or caloric restriction will increase insulin sensitivity and will reduce inflammation and c-reactive protein levels.
I’m a fan of fasting and intermittent fasting, however I wonder if a similar benefit would not have been observed if a reduction of high-glycemic carbohydrates were replaced with lower glycemic carbohydrates and/or increased protein (along with fat) intake.
In some circles, Alzheimer’s is starting to be referred to as type 3 diabetes, which is often times caused by high inflammation and high c-reactive protein levels due to an imbalance in carbohydrates to fat and protein.