How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

by Michael Greger

Alzheimer’s. The researchers concluded: “An inefficient blood supply to the brain has very grave consequences on brain function.”77 A study of three hundred Alzheimer’s patients found that treating vascular risk factors, such as high cholesterol and blood pressure, may even slow the progression of the disease but not stop it.78 That’s why prevention is the key. Cholesterol doesn’t just help generate atherosclerotic plaques within your brain arteries; it may help seed the amyloid plaques that riddle the brain tissue of Alzheimer’s victims.79 Cholesterol is a vital component of your cells, which is why your body makes all that you need. Consuming excess cholesterol, and especially trans and saturated fats, can raise your blood cholesterol level.80 Too much cholesterol in your blood is not only considered the primary risk factor for heart disease81 but is also unanimously recognized as a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease.82 Autopsies have revealed that Alzheimer’s brains have significantly more cholesterol buildup than normal brains.83 We