High salt intake could increase dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease risk, study flags
date:May 31, 2023
tangles clusters of tau proteins in the brain.

The researchers used a mouse model and fed the mice a high salt solution consisting of 2% sodium chloride in drinking water for 12 weeks and monitored their blood pressure during that time.

The brains of the mice were then analyzed and were found to have undergone biochemical alterations such as the increase in phosphates attached to taus and a decrease in CaMKII a key enzyme involved in signaling in the brain. Additionally, the levels of the
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