US2009280192A1PendingUtilityA1

Method for treating or preventing alzheimer's disease

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Mar 12, 1997Filed: Jul 20, 2009Published: Nov 12, 2009
Est. expiryMar 12, 2017(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Robert EsmondJack R. Wands
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Abstract

Disclosed is a method for treating or preventing Alzheimer's disease by restricting the level of metabolizable carbohydrate in the diet and/or administering to the patient an effective amount of an agent which reduces serum insulin levels.

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1 . A method for the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease, in a human, comprising administering to a human in need thereof an effective amount of an agent which results in lowered serum insulin levels. 
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said agent is chromium. 
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said agent is insulin-like growth factor. 
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said agent is a dopamine agonist. 
   
   
       5 . A method for the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease, in a human, comprising restricting the metabolizable carbohydrates in the diet of the human to a level which results in lowered serum insulin levels. 
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the metabolizable carbohydrates in the diet are limited to no more than about 55 grams per day. 
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the metabolizable carbohydrates in the diet are limited to no more than about 30 grams per day. 
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the metabolizable carbohydrates in the diet are limited to no more than about 15 grams per day. 
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the metabolizable carbohydrates in the diet are limited to no more than about 10 grams per day.

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