Yet another reason to watch what you eat and try to be a little healthier.  The long and short of it is that type 2 diabetis either contributes to or aggrivates alzheimer's disease. 

Leeanne and I watch the biggest loser every week, and several of the contestants are pre-diabetic or full blown diabetic, though they almost never mention whether it's type 1 or 2 (the study cites type 2 diabetes).  They always seem to kick the diabetes by the end of the season, and I just wonder to myself if they saved their brains a little, too.

It seems now that diabetes runs in my family,a s I have two member's with it, and it's just another reason that I need to whip my ass back into shape.