MND BRIEF: Butter flavoring implicated in Alzheimer's

From an article in Chemical Research in Toxicology [1], Diacetyl (DA) aggravates beta-amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's.

Problem is besides pop corn butter flavoring, DA is present in many food.

Is that News? Yes and no.  We published a post [2] in** Dec 2010** discussing another study that shows DA could bringing about the disease Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome (BOS ). Obliterans might be Latin but it is  pretty clear…

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DA: Consumer Beware?

So, here we are, **in 2012:** If BOS , didn't get you by consuming DA , Alzheimer's might….

Where is the FDA?

_**Sources:**_

1. [Chemical Research in Toxicology][3] ; "The Butter Flavorant, Diacetyl, Exacerbates β-Amyloid Cytotoxicity" ; 2012
2. M[ediNewsDigest][4] ; "Attention Movie goers! Diacetyl – a chemical used in popcorn butter flavoring – may damage lungs" 2010

[1]: http://www.medinewsdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Popcorn_dreamstimefree_981370-e1344037280178.jpg (Popcorn_dreamstimefree_981370)
[2]: http://www.medinewsdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Popcorn_dreamstimefree_981370.jpg
[3]: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/tx3001016?journalCode=crtoec
[4]: http://www.medinewsdigest.com/?p=1473

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