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Our food may be giving us Alzheimer’s disease, new research says

It is the lead cause of an obesity epidemic that is killing an estimated 300,000 Americans a year as well as costing the health system $173 billion. Now a team of scientists argue it may be behind the Alzheimer’s disease epidemic as well. Sugars and other “high glycemic” carbs (meaning carbs that cause a quick spike in blood sugar), salty foods, alcohol, processed red meats, organ meats, shellfish and beer are among the foods named in a new paper published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and co-written by researchers from the Rocky Mountain VA Medical Center in Colorado, the University of Colorado, Boston University, the University of California Los Angeles, the University of Miami, and the National Institute of Cardiology in Mexico.