People with high blood sugar or Alzheimer's disease

A study by Japanese scientists showed that older people with high blood sugar or risk of diabetes are more likely to develop spots in the brain and cause Alzheimer's disease.

Therefore, proper eating and movement can avoid high blood sugar, prevent diabetes, thereby preventing Alzheimer's disease.

Spots in the brain are formed by the accumulation of beta-amyloid protein in the brain, thought to be the perpetrator causing Alzheimer's disease early on.

Scientists led by Professor Toru Iwaki of Kyushu University (Japan) have been investigating 135 people from Fukuoka Prefecture since 1988. These residents began to investigate. At an average age of 67, all blood sugar tests were performed. By 2003, all respondents were dead, the average life expectancy was 79.5.

Of the 135 subjects surveyed, 16% of the subjects during the investigation had Alzheimer's disease. When performing anatomic surgery of 16% of Alzheimer's patients detected 88 subjects with spots in the brain.

Based on the survey data, scientists analyzed the relationship between high blood sugar and diabetes with spots in the brain. The results showed that, compared to normal people, elderly people with high blood sugar had a 1.7 times higher risk of developing brain spots.

Especially in the elderly who have high blood sugar and carry the gene causing the spot in the brain, the risk of developing brain spots is 38 times higher than normal people. Scientists say high blood sugar prevention measures and diabetes are effective in preventing Alzheimer's disease.

The next step, scientists will continue to study further the relationship between high blood sugar and spots in the brain.