Articolo in rivista, 2013, ENG, 10.4172/2155-6156.1000263

Insulin Resistance: A Bridge between T2DM and Alzheimer's Disease

Daniela Giacomazza, Marta Di Carlo

IBF-CNR IBIM-CNR

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a metabolic disorder in which insulin is no longer able to control the levels of blood sugar.A westernstyle diet in combination with the lack of exercise is the mainfactor for the increase of T2DM. While in the past people onlydeveloped T2DM at older age ("old age diabetes"), now even teenagerscontract T2DMbecause of the change in the lifestyle. Western diet is characterized by the exponential increase in the consumption of highly treated foods without appropriate nutrients for systemic metabolic functions or with added ingredients that prejudice protective actions of natural food constituent.

journal of diabetes and metabolism 4

Keywords

Diabetes Type 2, Alzheimer disease, insulin resistance

CNR authors

Di Carlo Marta, Giacomazza Daniela

CNR institutes

IBF – Istituto di biofisica, IBIM – Istituto di biomedicina e di immunologia molecolare "Alberto Monroy"

ID: 236205

Year: 2013

Type: Articolo in rivista

Creation: 2013-07-02 14:06:59.000

Last update: 2018-09-27 15:00:39.000

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DOI: 10.4172/2155-6156.1000263

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CNR OAI-PMH: oai:it.cnr:prodotti:236205

DOI: 10.4172/2155-6156.1000263