Studies Conflict: Does Red Wine Cause Azheimer's -- or Cure It?
I have some REALLY bad news for some of my friends. Red wine has been found to be a risk factor for Alheimer's Disease (AD). According to sciencedaily.com, "R esearchers at the Buck Institute found a link between . . ApoE4, a cholesterol-carrying protein" present in 25% of us, and another, SirT1, an "anti-aging protein that is targeted by resveratrol, present in red wine." "The biochemical mechanisms that link ApoE4 to Alzheimer's disease have been something of a black box. However, recent work from a number of labs, including our own, has begun to open the box," sciencedaily.com quotes Dale Bredesen, MD, founding CEO of the Buck Institute. But some of the abnormalities for AD could be avoided by increasing the SirT1 proteins, scientists found, and this finding could lead to a new type of screening for AD prevention and treatment, experts say. . AD affects over 5 million Americans -- there are no treatments that are known to cure, or eve...