Los Angeles, Jun 14 (PTI) Western diet, rich in cholesterol, fat and sugar, may significantly increase the risk of Alzheimers disease in people who carry a gene linked to the neurodegenerative disorder, a new study warns. The team compared the effects of a poor diet on groups of mice that either had the Alzheimers-associated ApoE4 gene or the relatively benign variant of the gene, ApoE3. The team found that on the unhealthy diet, both the mice with ApoE4 and those with ApoE3 gained weight and became pre- diabetic. However, Alzheimers symptoms did not worsen for the ApoE3 mice that ate a Western diet, researchers said. "Our thinking is that the risk of Alzheimers associated with obesity is going to be regulated to some degree by the genes that we have," Pike said.

Source: India Today June 14, 2017 07:18 UTC