There's yet another reason to ditch the sweet stuff: scientists have found Alzheimer’s disease could be caused by excess sugar. A new study has established a “tipping point” link between the blood sugar glucose and the disease, meaning people with high sugar diets could be at a greater risk of developing the degenerative neurological condition. Research from the University of Bath found excess glucose damages a vital enzyme involved with inflammation response to the early stage of the disease. But now scientists have unravelled the specific molecular link between glucose and Alzheimer’s disease. Studying people both with and without Alzheimers, they found in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, glycation damages an enzyme called MIF (macrophage migration inhibitory factor).

Source: Fox News February 24, 2017 16:41 UTC