Valet of the brain
A COMMON charge against the British is that they have sex on their minds more than anywhere else. Now, scientists would have us believe, the Brits were right all along. Recent research indicates that the lack of oestrogen, the hormone that plays an important role in the sexual grooming of the female, could lead to Alzheimer's disease. A lifelong valet of the brain, oestrogen ensures that the body's conference room gets its balanced diet of enzymes.
Declining levels of oestrogen knock loose the dense neural structure of the brain, making it more vulnerable to degeneration. Neural degeneration is the most prominent symptom of Alzheimer's disease, and neuroscientists now believe that replenishing the depleting stock of oestrogen may help prevent it.