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Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests

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Re: Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests

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Post by rustcleaner »

striking wrote: post #157
gfodor wrote: post #98

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This is true in some forums, but not on this one. On this one, posting things that are even slightly non-consensus leads to grumbling and downvotes.

Far fewer people can downvote than can upvote, though. You generally have to post something a little more evocative than "slightly non-consensus". But even taking your argument at face value, even if you take pride in having annoyed people for having expressed an opinion you find valuable, it's boring and petulant and ugly to then brag about it. Surely you can't be arguing for that kind of behavior.

You know the saying: flak in the ass is a good sign you're on target!

Re: Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests

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Post by DarknessFalls »

daddylongstroke wrote: post #189
smeej wrote: post #133

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I'm really uninformed about this topic, but I'll second the request for info about this! I have Alzheimer's on three sides of my family (really banking on the fact that I take after the 4th grandmother who was sharp as a tack till 98), and while I haven't ever looked into a diagnosis of hypercorticolism, thanks to very early (in utero/neonate) trauma, my parasympathetic nervous system never learned how to clear corti…

Assuming your psychological state of mind and your heart health is relatively good, whole body cold water plunges/swimming 3 times a week for 2-3 minutes, has been shown (in relatively small studies) to have many positive effects on various endocrine system functions, including cortisol levels.

I don't know if you've seen the documentary 'My Octopus Teacher', but the subject spends an entire year diving in frigid water. His voice and general presence are so peaceful, it's almost comical. I joked at the time I saw it that he must have no cortisol left.

Re: Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests

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Post by gfodor »

rustcleaner wrote: post #201
striking wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Far fewer people can downvote than can upvote, though. You generally have to post something a little more evocative than "slightly non-consensus". But even taking your argument at face value, even if you take pride in having annoyed people for having expressed an opinion you find valuable, it's boring and petulant and ugly to then brag about it. Surely you can't be arguing for that kind of behavior.

You know the saying: flak in the ass is a good sign you're on target!

Yeah once it becomes clear you’re in the kind of forum I am talking about the satisfaction doesn’t come from the presumed effect on others but the signal that you actually may have said something important.

Re: Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests

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Post by lobocinza »

kuschkufan wrote: post #131
jlhf wrote: post #110

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No they wouldn’t stay lean. If you fed someone more calories than their body uses to maintain its current weight, they would get fat eventually. Regardless of whether they eat carbs, fat or protein.

Let's say you're being fed just the amount of calories your body needs to maintain. What influence on body fat has the distribution of carbs, protein and fat from food then?

Not much for getting lean but it's easier to overeat carbs and fats are calorie dense. That said you need to eat a mix of the three to be healthy because they all have important body functions.
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