Food ingredient linked to Alzheimer's

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Diacetyl, a flavoring used to produce the buttery flavor and aroma in some processed food may be linked to Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers say.

Robert Vince, director of the Center for Drug Design at the University of Minnesota, and colleagues Swati More and Ashish Vartak said diacetyl has been the focus of research recently because it is linked to respiratory and other problems in workers at food-flavoring factories.

Vince's team said it realized diacetyl has an architecture similar to a substance that makes beta-amyloid proteins clump together in the brain -- this clumping is the hallmark of Alzheimer's


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watch that buttered popcorn!

I don't buy butter-flavored popcorn because a year or two ago, I heard that the factory workers were getting sick from that flavor. I like the flavor of regular butter anyway.