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Diabetes has been linked to many serious health issues including high blood pressure, kidney problems, cardiovascular problems, stroke and more. 

Recent studies have found a link to yet another health issue which affects the brain.  This new research from Rhode Island Hospital reveals that obesity and type 2 diabetes combined can cause neurodegeneration which results in symptoms that are very similar to Alzheimer’s Disease. 

This is the first study to have discovered this connection.  The study was originally performed on animals and found that they could use consistent high fat diets to double the animal’s mean body weight.  This resulted in a reduced brain to body weight ratio and the animals showed signs of mild global brain atrophy due to the obesity factor.

Basically, what happens in this situation is that the brain actually shrinks and there are certain biological reactions as a result.  Some of the reactions include brain insulin resistance.  The symptoms are not as strong as those of Alzheimer’s Disease; they are much milder.  However, there are huge implications to the results of this study.

If obesity coupled with diabetes creates this neurodegeneration in the brain, does the condition and do the symptoms worsen if the obesity and the diabetes increase?  There are no answers yet, but the question is valid. 

What the study found is that obesity and diabetes can definitely contribute to or aggravate Alzheimer’s Disease.  In addition, the study suggests that the opposite could be true.  Control of diabetes and obesity could very possibly reduce the cognitive issues that result from this combination.

Researchers don’t know if symptoms could be reversed with weight loss, but it is still a significant possibility that they could be avoided with weight and diabetes control.