Memory Impairments Associated With Postprandial Hyperglycemia and Glycemic Control
Comment on Greenwood et al.
- Thomas Kubiak, PHD1,
- Norbert Hermanns, PHD1,
- Michael Preier, MA2,
- Bernhard Kulzer, MA3 and
- Thomas Haak, MD13
- 1Research Institute of the Diabetes Academy, Diabetes Center Mergentheim, Bad Mergen-theim, Germany
- 2Department of Neuropsychology, Rehabilitation Clinic Staffelstein, Bad Staffelstein, Germany
- 3Diabetes Clinic, Diabetes Center Mergentheim, Mergentheim, Germany
- Address correspondence to Dr. Thomas Kubiak, PhD, Forschungsinstitut der Diabetes Akademie Mergentheim (FIDAM), Diabetes Zentrum Mergentheim, Th.-Klotzbuecher-Str. 12, D-97980 Bad Mergentheim, Germany. E-mail: kubiak{at}diabetes-zentrum.de
It was with interest that we read the study by Greenwood et al. (1), which investigated the impact of postprandial hyperglycemia on memory function in type 2 diabetic patients and demonstrated impaired memory function after carbohydrate ingestion. As they thoroughly discussed, the impact of glycemic control and transient hyperglycemia has been under investigation since the mid-1980s (2,3 …
