Alzheimer’s risk linked to compound found in popular joint health supplements

HOLD ON I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS ONE BECAUSE YESTERDAY WE ALL THOUGHT THOSE JOINT SUPPLEMENTS WERE TOTALLY HARMLESS BUT NOW WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OUR BRAINS. SO UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCHERS LOOKED AT PEOPLE WITH MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND FOUND THAT FOLKS TAKING GLUCOSAMINE WERE TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT MORE LIKELY TO PROGRESS TO DEMENTIA WHICH IS TERRIFYING. THEY LOOKED AT MOUSE MODELS AND ACTUAL HUMAN BRAINS TO STUDY GLYCOSYLATION WHERE SUGAR CHAINS HELP PROTEINS FOLD AND CONNECT BUT APPARENTLY GLUCOSAMINE MIGHT MESS WITH THAT PROCESS. DR RAMON SUN EXPLAINED IT LIKE MACHINE PARTS BUT HONESTLY I JUST CARE THAT WE ARE PUTTING STUFF IN OUR BODIES WITHOUT KNOWING THE RISK. I AM SERIOUSLY WORRIED ABOUT EVERYONE TAKING THESE FOR THEIR KNEES. OK SOMEBODY ELSE TALK, MY THROAT HURTS.

I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS ALL DAY BECAUSE THE STUFF WE TAKE FOR OUR JOINTS MIGHT ACTUALLY BE BAD FOR OUR HEADS. ACCORDING TO THIS NEW STUDY IN NATURE METABOLISM, GLUCOSAMINE USERS WHO ALREADY HAD MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT SAW A TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT HIGHER CHANCE OF MOVING TOWARD ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. RESEARCHERS ARE EXAMINING GLYCOSYLATION WHICH IS THIS NORMAL THING WHERE SUGAR CHAINS LABEL PROTEINS TO HELP THEM WORK RIGHT. THEY TRACKED LAB MICE AND ANALYZED MEDICAL RECORDS TO SEE HOW THIS IMPACTS MORTALITY AND DEMENTIA RISK. I AM NOT A DOCTOR BUT THIS SOUNDS LIKE A HUGE DEAL FOR ANYONE TAKING SUPPLEMENTS TO HELP WITH AGING. I REALLY NEED ALL OF YOU TO BE CAREFUL WITH WHAT YOU ARE SWALLOWING FOR HEALTH. OK ENOUGH, WHERE ARE YOUR FRIENDS?

A University of Florida study published in Nature Metabolism suggests that glucosamine use in patients with mild cognitive impairment is linked to a 25% increased risk of progressing to dementia.

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