A recent study points to junk food as a possible cause of Alzheimer's.
That's because junk food was fed to lab mice for nine months and the mice are developing tendencies toward Alzheimer's.
But is it true?
They may be on to something. What they're saying is the combination of a lot of fat and cholesterol plus genetics are helping to cause Alzheimer's in the lab mice.

That's one more reason to avoid eating too much junk food and fast food.

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