High-fat, low-carb diet could help to stop Alzheimer’s

A diet high in fat and low in carbohydrates could help combat the development of Alzheimer’s disease.

Scientists used mice engineered to suffer from Alzheimer’s to test the effects of a high-fat, low-carb diet - called a “ketogenic diet”.

They found that the brain protein amyloid-beta - an indicator of the disease - was reduced in the mice on the ketogenic diet.