Fom this morning's mail.
Link between glucose and memory
Scientists in New York say high blood sugar levels could be associated with poor memory, and their findings could help explain the memory problems that people experience as they get older. It is possible that memory could be improved through exercise and weight loss. Antonio Convit, associate professor of psychiatry and medical director of the Center for Brain Health at the New York University School of Medicine, says, “We have demonstrated that impaired glucose regulation is associated with memory dysfunction and shrinkage of the hippocampus.”
(BBC News Online 04/02/03)

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Here is the full article.
http://www.health-news.co.uk/showstory.asp?id=106045

Wow. All I can say is,

Yet another reason to stay on this WOE.

Add this to that list (it's around this forum somewhere) of "100 Ways Sugar Ruins Your Health."

From the article:



I was under the impression that the brain preferentially used ketone bodies for fuel?