Sentences with phrase «fats damage the brain»

One study found that even very small amounts of trans fats damage the brain.

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Also, although fish and shellfish can be an extremely healthy part of your pregnancy diet (they contain beneficial omega - 3 fatty acids and are high in protein and low in saturated fat), you should avoid eating certain kinds due to high levels of mercury, which can damage the brain of a developing fetus.

Your article on possible links between dementia and diabetes argued that a high - sugar, high - fat diet is damaging to the brain by raising insensitivity to insulin (1 September, p 32).

Your article on possible links between dementia and diabetes argued that a high - sugar, high - fat diet is damaging to the brain...

This shows that the gut bacteria which thrive during a high fat diet are playing a role in the damaging effects of the diet on brain signals.

Diabetes damages fat, muscles, blood vessels and even brain functioning, and the growing epidemic of diabetes is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States.

In a small phase I and II clinical trial, Johns Hopkins researchers and colleagues elsewhere found that the high - fat, low - carbohydrate ketogenic diet was a safe and effective treatment option for the majority of adults experiencing a relatively rare, often fatal and always severe form of epilepsy marked by prolonged seizures that require medically induced comas to prevent them from further damaging the body and the brain.

Changes in these fat - like substances, may suggest a method to diagnose all forms of Alzheimer's disease before significant damage to the brain occurs.

Moreover, recent data also show that in response to brain damage caused by aging, amyloid deposition, demyelination, and other insults, microglial cells activate several genes, including APOE, in order to more efficiently scavenge and clear tissue debris that are very rich in cholesterol due to the natural composition of the brain, which is mostly made of fats.

DNA damage accumulates with age in the brain.55 - 56 Saturated fats and fats from cod liver oil are extremely helpful in regulating the oxidative stress in the brain as we age.

Many microwave popcorn brands are packed with trans fats, which have been commonly linked to hurting your heart by increasing inflammation and damaging blood vessel linings, but they wreak havoc on your brain, too, by harming brain function and memory.

In addition, the powerful DHA and EPA omega - 3 fats in fish oil has been proven in countless studies to protect your brain from damage over the years.

You probably already know some of the harmful health effects of these foods, but long term effects on your brain are yet another... Trans fats — strongly inflammatory in your entire body including damage to cell membranes throughout your body.

Americans» health has plummeted ever since, and millions have been prematurely killed by this mistake... Making matters worse, genetically engineered soy oil, which is a major source of trans fats, can oxidize inside your body, thereby causing damage to both your heart and your brain.

Trans fats are extremely damaging both to heart and brain health.

damaging in the long term and cause fat accumulation, osteoporosis, skin aging, and brain cell damage

It also helped protect against oxidative damage that leads to brain cell death, and reduced injury to brain endothelial cells in mice with high - fat diets.

Other common symptoms and conditions include being on edge (easily stressed), emotional roller coaster, elevated cholesterol, skin conditions, skin irritation, sleep difficulties, fat indigestion, kidney damage, heart damage, brain damage, hypothyroidism, chronic fatigue, poor memory, PMS, mental fog, blood sugar disorders, allergies and obesity.

Antioxidant - rich diets appear to protect against stroke by preventing the circulation of oxidized fats in the bloodstream that may damage the sensitive walls of small blood vessels in the brain.

Fat soluble antioxidants such as vitamin E's and A's may help prevent lipid membrane oxidation and methoxylated flavonoids (flavonoids [plant antioxidants] with free hydroxyl groups are much more easily disposed of by the liver and kidneys and have trouble entering the brain, and usually have very little biological effect) may also prevent damage and prevent the toxic aggregation of amyloid beta peptides.

Since our cell membranes, brain cells and molecules such as cholesterol are largely composed of fats, preventing free radical damage to fats is no small benefit.

While you promote healthy fats for brain, neurological and general health; Dr. Esselstyn suggests that all oils damage the endothelial lining of our blood vessels... I am interested in adopting your suggestions, and have read «Grain Brain,» but remain a little apprehensive of embracing healthy fats... how would you address Dr. Esselstyn specificbrain, neurological and general health; Dr. Esselstyn suggests that all oils damage the endothelial lining of our blood vessels... I am interested in adopting your suggestions, and have read «Grain Brain,» but remain a little apprehensive of embracing healthy fats... how would you address Dr. Esselstyn specificBrain,» but remain a little apprehensive of embracing healthy fats... how would you address Dr. Esselstyn specifically?

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