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Gut inflammation is associated with aging and Alzheimer’s disease (www.med.wisc.edu)
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[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

We already kind of know how it works! The Alzheimer's plaques are a malformed version of a brain protecting protein. It's production can be triggered by inflammation. The protein is supposed to help you in case of emergency, but if you have Alzheimer's, it forms into plaques and makes your neurons die.