Potential_Limit_9123 t1_ja88jgb wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:04 PM

Reply to comment by Nonstopdrivel in The Role of Insulin Signaling in Hippocampal-Related Diseases: A Focus on Alzheimer’s Disease by faiththeillustrious

T2D folks who go low carb/keto reverse their diabetes. It's not genetic. (Or at least not in 99+% of people.) I'd postulate that what's causing T2D is causing mental aberrations.

Nonstopdrivel t1_ja8agvx wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:17 PM

That’s a peculiar argument to make in this context. Amenablity to lifestyle changes and inheritance are not mutually exclusive characteristics. It’s certainly true that diabetes can be slowed or reversed through dietary changes, but it’s also pretty well established that there is a strong genetic component to the disease. Similarly, the effects of PKU can be ameliorated through lifestyle changes, even though it’s most definitely a genetic condition.