How Poor Diet Influences Onset of Dementia As We Age

By Kyle J. Norton

Dementia is a condition of  neuro degeneration syndrome among elder, affecting memory, thinking, orientation, comprehension, calculation, learning capacity, language, and judgement, chronically

Over 47 millions of worldwide population are afflicted by the diseases, mostly in the West.

The evaluation of the syndrome by holistic medicine has been lacking, especially through conventional medicine research and studies.

According to Alzheimer society of Canada, beside aging, people with diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, smoking, depression, cognitive inactivity, and physical inactivity are susceptible to substantial risk of dementia onset.

In a prospective cohort study conducted in Caerphilly, South Wales, United Kingdom. Men aged 45-59 years, to examine whether caloric intake in mid-life is associated with later dementia or cognitive impairment not dementia (CIND) by the University of Bristol, researchers found that age adjusted odds ratios demonstrated strongest associations between average energy consumption and vascular CIND or dementia.

The results suggested aging population who follow poor diet are at increased risk dementia in compared to younger adult group, although, when adjusted for social class, the observed association between caloric intake and cognitive outcomes is modest.

Midlife characteristics of nonsmoking, body mass index (BMI) less than 25.0 kg/m(2), physically active, and having a healthy diet (based on alcohol, dairy, meat, fish, fruits, vegetables, cereals, and ratio of monounsaturated tosaturated fat) are associated to reduce risk of dementia(132).

Poor diet that causes of dementia
1. Saturated fat and Trans fat(145)
Saturated fat is important for energy, hormone production, cellular membranes, especially in signalling and stabilization processes in the body, but over consumption can cause cholesterol building up in the arteries, leading to heart diseases, stroke, diabetes, etc.

A high saturated fat and cholesterol intake has shown to increase the risk of dementia, whereas fish consumption may decrease this risk(135)(145), probably due to involvement in the β-oxidation process of long-chain fatty acids, very-long-chain fatty acids, and branched-chain fatty acids of peroxisome(133)(145) in the breaks down molecules into smaller units to release energy of very long chain fatty acids(134).

 Intake of trans fat is also found to potentially increase the AD risk or cause an earlier onset of the disease due to its effects in increased production of amyloid beta (Aβ) peptides, main components of senile plaques(136).

2. Artificial sweetener
Artificial sweetener can cause obesity risk of dementia independence of diabetes and cardiovascular comorbidities(137). and induced increasing consumption of fat(138).

3. Fast Foods
Fast foods, unwholesome foods, containing high amounts of artificial ingredients, with an aim to be cooked fast and handed over to the customer in minutes may induce anxiety, tension, depression, difficulty in concentration, and memory, that can lead to onset of senile dementia(139).

4. Artificial ingredients
A standard American diet containing high amount of MSG and aspartame may induce the early onset of neurodegenerative disease(140)

5. Alcohol
Moderate alcohol drinking is associated with a reduced risk of unspecified incident dementia and AD(141)(145), however, excessive consumption of alcohol not only causes liver damage but also increases risk of neuro-degeneration, including onset of dementia due to its neurotoxic and neuroprotective effect(142).

6. Low intake of fruits and Vegetables 
Nutrition plays a role in the ageing process of the brain and suboptimal nutrient.

According to The Chinese University of Hong Kong, older people with questionable dementia have lower intakes of vegetables, fruits(145) and fluid than those who were cognitively normal(143)

7. Meat
The typical American diet containing high amounts of red meat has shown to increase risk of cholesterol building up in the blood vessels and capillaries in causation of heart diseases and stroke(144) and cognitive impairment(135).

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(136) Trans fatty acids enhance amyloidogenic processing of the Alzheimer amyloid precursor protein (APP) by Grimm MO1, Rothhaar TL, Grösgen S, Burg VK, Hundsdörfer B, Haupenthal VJ, Friess P, Kins S, Grimm HS, Hartmann T.(PubMed)
(137) Can artificial sweeteners help control body weight and prevent obesity? by Benton D1.(PubMed)
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