Alzheimer's Researchers Find High Protein Diet Shrinks Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091020192206.htm

This article centers around the topic on how eating a high protein diet can cause Alzheimer’s disease. Scientists have recently tested on the effects of several diets can effect the brain by using a mouse model. Although scientist were looking for the brain plaque formation caused by Alzheimer’s disease from the mice, they were surprised that the result of a high protein diet led to a smaller brain.
The mice were either fed a regular diet, a high fat/low carbohydrate custom diet, a high protein/low carb version, or a high carbohydrate/low fat option. Reseachers then collected data on the mouse’s brain mass, body weight, plaque build up, and differences in the structure of their brain. Uncalled for though, mice fed with a high protein/low carbohydrate diet had brains 5% lighter than the rest and in some areas of the brain were less developed than the average brain. However, it is no certain that the loss in brain mass has anything to do with Alzheimer’s disease and if the data collected has anything to do with the human brain.
This article was simple and to the point. It was both informative and easy to follow. The subject itself was interesting about how different diets can effect the brain rather than in weight. Although, the article could have explained the background of Alzheimer’s disease and maybe could have given a few foods with high protein in it. Otherwise, it was a pretty decent article.