Zinc deficiency may contribute to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have made a discovery that, if replicated in humans, suggests a shortage of zinc may contribute to diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, which have been linked to defective proteins clumping together in the brain. With proteins, shape is everything…
October 2, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alzheimer, alzheimer's / dementia, brain, clumping-together, defective-proteins, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, parkinson, university, zinc-may
