Insulin Resistance: A Bridge between T2DM and Alzheimer's Disease

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a metabolic disorder in which insulin is no longer able to control the levels of blood sugar.A westernstyle diet in combination with the lack of exercise is the mainfactor for the increase of T2DM. While in the past people onlydeveloped T2DM at older age ("old age diabetes"), now even teenagerscontract T2DMbecause of the change in the lifestyle. Western diet is characterized by the exponential increase in the consumption of highly treated foods without appropriate nutrients for systemic metabolic functions or with added ingredients that prejudice protective actions of natural food constituent.