The Surprising Truth About Diabetes & Dementia

Tamara Claunch
8 min readFeb 11, 2021

Studies show type 2 diabetes increases the risk of Alzheimer’s — the most common form of dementia — by 56%. In fact, type 2 diabetes raises the risk of developing all types of dementia. Understanding why diabetes increases the risk of dementia empowers us to implement simple changes that significantly reduce the risk for both conditions.

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