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Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests (medicalxpress.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Gaywallet@beehaw.org to c/science@beehaw.org

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[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 25 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Need slim fast for the brain

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 27 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

You mean Fox News?

ba-dum-CHI

[–] lilmann@beehaw.org 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Nah, fox News is useful for ironing out those pesky wrinkles in your brain

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago

Eh, I guess enough fat would smooth things out...

[–] JoMomma@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Fox news is like palm-oil-dipped-corn-syrup-fried-cheetos for your brain

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 6 months ago

Which also works in being something you instantly associate with America.

[–] JoMomma@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You know slim fast makes you fat, right?

[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Slim fast makes you phat

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

Turns you into Fatboy Slim

[–] MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

am i to understand that sleep cleans that stuff out of the brain ? or was that a different headline I am conflating ?

[–] Gaywallet@beehaw.org 16 points 6 months ago

This is an oversimplification of processes that happen during sleep. This has to do with fat metabolism in brain cells mediated through the effect of specific gene variants.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 6 months ago

You're probably thinking of amyloid plaques, which were different and are now somewhat suspect as an explanation.

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 4 points 6 months ago

Ozempic really will be the cure for everything...