Women with Alzheimer’s disease have up to twenty percent lower levels of unsaturated fats compared to healthy women. This formula did not appear in men with Alzheimer’s disease. However, scientists believe that consumption of omega fatty acids could help women in preventing serious illness.
The authors analyzed blood samples from 306 patients with Alzheimer’s disease, 165 people with mild cognitive disorder and 370 healthy persons. The results show that women with Alzheimer’s disease They had higher levels of saturated fats and lower levels of unsaturated fats than healthy women.
“The difference between the genders was shocking and unexpected. There is a hint that lower levels of these compounds could be causative for Alzheimer’s disease, but we need a clinical study to confirm this, “said Dr. Cristina Legid-Qigley, chief author of King’s College London. According to her, changes in the liver or metabolism could mean that less omega of fatty acids are entering the brain of women. And these lipids feed the brain.
Alzheimer’s disease is twice as common in women than in men. Longer life expectancy of women, differences in hormones, immune responses and living conditions play a role.
