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joenathanone

Diabetes and Alzheimer's, quite the combo if true.

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The link has been an area of study for a while.

https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-mi...

https://www.alz.org/media/documents/alzheimers-dementia-diab...

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/whats-the-relationship-b...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7246646/

Some researchers have started calling Alzheimer's "Type 3 Diabetes".

Anecdata, but haven't people with dementia (not just Alzheimer's) been found to have very strong sugar cravings too? I've heard the term "Diabetes of the brain" for it.

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