Alzheimer’s Disease Risk May Begin in the Womb
March 27, 2014
(The Telegraph) – A pregnant mother’s eating habits may influence her unborn child’s chances of developing Alzheimer’s, new research has suggested. Scientists found that offspring of mice fed a high-fat diet were more likely as adults to experience impaired blood flow in the brain, a feature linked to the disease. When the offspring were also fed a high-fat diet their brains became less able to rid themselves of harmful amyloid protein, which accumulates in sticky tangles in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.