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Dr. Randy Hansbrough, YourNews contributor 11:12 a.m. ET May 2, 2017

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STUART A powerful connection between your diet and your risk of Alzheimer's disease via similar pathways that cause type 2 diabetes has been increasingly recognized as a legitimate contributor to neurodegeneration.

Over a decade ago, a published medical paper introduced a new disease called "type 3 diabetes."Researchers learned that your brain also produces insulin, like your pancreas does.

Without insulin your brain cells will die, and a drop in insulin production in your brain may contribute to the degeneration of your brain cells. Studies have found that people with lower levels of insulin and insulin receptors in their brains often have Alzheimer's disease. Since 2005, mounting studies have documented that insulin has a much greater role in the brain than previously expected. (J Diabetes Sci Technolv.2(6); 2008)

Insulin is directly responsible for brain cell sugar usage, affecting neurotransmitters that are critical for memory, learning and many other functions. Neuroscientists have shown that cognition is impaired when insulin levels are reduced. Clinical findings have shown that the same pathological process that leads to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes also apply to your brain.

It is clear from these studies that the over-consumption of sugars, and grains, which also convert to sugars and have added hazardous effects, contribute significantly to the the development of diabetes and may also result in type 3 diabetes (brain diabetes). Grains in general are major causes of runaway autoimmunity, including thyroid disease, especially in the U.S., where they are consumed heavily.

When the brain becomes overwhelmed by the consistently high levels of glucose, the insulin receptors eventually become numb and desensitized. This will lead to impairments in thinking and memory abilities, eventually causing permanent brain damage. And if that isn't enough, the autoimmune condition set up by the use of grains can lead to autoimmune brain disease (ABD), as a result of antibodies attacking your neurons.

Health practitioners trained in functional medicine have the training and experience to find out what is at the root of the progression that ultimately causes, or at the very least contributes to type 3 diabetes and ABD, which is often certain foods, and different per individual. Those on that path are at risk for Parkinson's, dementia, ALS, MS and Alzheimer's.

For those whose insulin receptor status has failed, are type 1 insulin dependent for survival and managed by an endocrinologist, removing sugars and grains from the diet still holds value. It is better to be a step or two ahead of that though, and that is done by not waiting for any kind of diabetes to gain hold, whether type 1, 2, or 3. This is done by unconventional functional medicine testing and a sound cooperative approach.

For more information on autoimmune brain disease and type 3 diabetes, and how you or someone you know may benefit from this effective approach while your MD manages your medications, contact Dr. Randy Hansbrough, DC, DPsc at 772-287-7701 in Stuart, or 561-277-6612 in Jupiter and Palm Beach. Visit http://www.hcfn.org

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