What Is the Diabetes-Alzheimer’s Link?

Having type 2 diabetes doubles or triples your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, about the same as having one copy of the APOE e4 gene. On a purely mechanistic level, chronically elevated blood glucose, as seen in type 2 diabetes and prediabetes/insulin resistance, can directly damage the vasculature of the brain. But insulin resistance alone

Another surprising intervention that may help reduce systemic inflammation, and possibly Alzheimer’s disease risk, is brushing and flossing one’s teeth. (You heard me: Floss.) There is a growing body of research linking oral health, particularly the state of one’s gum tissue, with overall health. Researchers have found that one pathogen in particul