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Archive for May, 2006
Homocysteine, an amino acid produced by your body, serves several important functions. But once its job is done, it is meant to be broken down and eliminated. If it's not, it builds up and begins to attack your blood vessels. This paves the way for heart disease, stroke, cognitive decline, and eye problems. And a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that too much homocysteine can also lead to brain degeneration - similar to that found in Alzheimer's patients.
If you think that limiting sodas to "just one a day" won't hurt your health, think again.
The so-called "Mediterranean diet" has been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease. Now there's evidence it can prevent Alzheimer's too.
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