The Western Diet or "Western Diet" has been linked to the body's inflammatory state, a state that leads to multiple diseases.
During the last few years there has been more and more talk about the Western Diet, better known in the field of science as the Western Diet (in its English translation). This "diet" is nothing more than the set of poor nutrition that is carried out by most individuals in Western or industrialized countries: ultra-processed foods, with large amounts of additives, excess salt, processed red meat and large excesses of refined carbohydrates and unhealthy fats (especially trans fats).
The reality is that, as we have already warned on other occasions, there is no macronutrient or worse. The problem is not eating carbohydrates, or eating fat, or eating protein. The problem, in itself, is globally the poor lifestyle that is led today, the excesses and the poor quality of food are the problem. The Western Diet is the basic pillar of this bad lifestyle, where the excesses of carbohydrates and processed fats stand out, where obesity is rampant and, although it sounds paradoxical, a large part of individuals live in a state of overweight-obesity malnourished. Since, although in principle it sounds illogical because excesses and malnutrition sound contrary, the reality is that excess body fat is usually accompanied by a lack of basic nutrients for life (highlighting in our environment the deficit of vitamins B, vitamin D and calcium, among others).
Today we will review some of the risks involved in this Western Diet thanks to the publication of up to four different studies during this same month. And, interestingly, directly or indirectly, they all point to the Western Diet as the cause of health problems.
Too much salt and dementia risk on the Western Diet
Previously, we already knew that salt has a close relationship with hypertension, and in fact low-salt diets are the first current medical recommendation in such a state (although some specific studies have denied the relationship).
Now, a study published in Nature Neuroscience, carried out in mice, would have shown a greater risk association with excess salt. A very common excess in the Western Diet, due to the high consumption of ultra-processed foods: diets rich in salt can increase the risk of dementia.
This is what researchers from the Weill Cornell School of Medicine affirm after verifying how, after feeding a group of mice with a diet rich in salt for several weeks, their cerebral blood flow decreased and these rodents began to deteriorate in their behavioral tests in comparison to mice not fed such excess salt.
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