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CW: Scary Diabetes & Brain Science (sly don't read if you are diabetic and prefer blissful ignorance)
So what's the deal with Type 3 Diabetes? π§΅
(also so sry I said I would do this two weeks ago but here we are π€·πΌββοΈ) 1/
You may have heard the phrase "Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is Type 3 Diabetes" & wondered what that meant. Whelp my diabuddies I'm sorry to say that Diabetes (esp w/ sustained hyperglycemia) is a risk factor for AD. But it's a two-way street, it turns out AD is a risk factor for T2.