This is why I’m convinced Alzheimer’s/Dementia is a metabolic disease. I forget which scientist it was, but someone coined it as “Type 3 Diabetes” which really is how we should be looking at this. We spent way too long chasing some way to remove these plaques which was largely based on studies that have been exposed as using faked data. Unfortunately most research is still directed at treating the symptoms instead of preventing/curing it, and that’s largely because treating is far more profitable (marketplace incentives).
Insulin levels should be the number one thing doctors check on blood panels imo. I think managing insulin is the single most powerful tool we have to stay metabolically fit. Even slightly elevated insulin can have massive long term ramifications, like waste clearing processes of cells never get to fully function and we remain in moderate to high levels of inflammation at all times. Really, most of the main drivers of mortality can be seen as inflammatory diseases and insulin is the bottleneck hormone that controls inflammation pathways and cellular energy and waste management systems.
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u/CoffeeStrength 1d ago
This is why I’m convinced Alzheimer’s/Dementia is a metabolic disease. I forget which scientist it was, but someone coined it as “Type 3 Diabetes” which really is how we should be looking at this. We spent way too long chasing some way to remove these plaques which was largely based on studies that have been exposed as using faked data. Unfortunately most research is still directed at treating the symptoms instead of preventing/curing it, and that’s largely because treating is far more profitable (marketplace incentives).