Controlling blood glucose may fend off cognitive decline

If you are over 30 - no more large meals for you!

After age 30 we all become insulin resistant meaning we have glucose spiking after we eat. At my age (it's a secret, but it's more than 30!) a big meal would have my glucose spiking for almost 3 hours. As we age, our brains are bathed in glucose and new research is showing that this tracks with cognitive aging.

Here is more bad news - in a study published January this year, it was reported that elderly people who reduced their caloric intake by 30 percent for 3 months scored 20 percent higher on a test that involved remembering words - OMG does this mean Diets do work?

Read more on these studies and more on the brain at www.dana.org.