Middle-aged people who are overweight or obese, have fewer levels of the chemical marker and function of brain health, according to a new high-tech research with brain scanners reported by Reuters Health. The finding was suspected that excess body fat can accelerate the aging process of the brain causing a greater risk of diseases associated with the brain of old age, such as Alzheimer’s disease, said Dr. Dr. Gazdzinski Stefan and his colleagues from the San Francisco VA Medical Center. The researchers were concerned with the brain scan magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of 50 male and female healthy middle-aged. They measured the amount of various chemicals in the brain bercitra white and gray. Gray parts of bodies of nerve cells while the white part is the result of the relationships between nerve cells. Five of the study participants were classified as obese, another 15 had overweight and 30 have a higher weight normal.Semakin body mass indexes (BMI) lower mean concentrations of N-acetyl-aspartate (NAA) in the frontal, temporal and parietal brain. BMI is a ratio of height to weight, while NAA is a brain chemical that is useful for some functions and a brain that the overall health markers. People also has heavier body less NAA in frontal gray and has a concentration less of choline – carrier metabolites in the frontal part of the brain white. Substance is a key cell membrane formation.
The strongest relationship between BMI and brain chemistry seen in the white part of the frontal region. The researchers belief that section specifically vulnerable suffered damage caused by old age. There is a possibility that the body is too heavy to accelerate brain aging, or being overweight and obese in childhood Affects brain development, the researchers acknowledge that data. They are not sure whether the brain abnormalities have only had a relationship with fat body or also other health related problems such as malnutrition and lack of motion.
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