Type 2 diabetes has become so commonplace now, with over 20 million people having the disease in the U.S. alone, that it can be easy to overlook how it affects the body. Besides putting those who have the condition at risk of heart attacks, blindness and amputation caused from poor blood flow, diabetes also affects the brain. The reason that diabetes can cause someone to … [Read more...] about How Type 2 Diabetes Is Affecting Your Brain
Alzheimers
The Discovery of Type 3 Diabetes
In 2005 when Dr. Suzanne de la Monte, a neuropathologist at Brown University, reported that Alzheimer’s disease was a form of diabetes, there was much skepticism from the medical community. But since then the evidence has been overwhelming and now Alzheimer’s disease is commonly referred to as Type 3 diabetes. Researchers discovered that in addition to insulin being … [Read more...] about The Discovery of Type 3 Diabetes