Well, both my parents have it. Four years ago, when my dad for sure had it, but people were still saying m was just “over stressed” caring for dad, I had one of those healthy check ups where they do tons of blood tests. When I was sitting in the doctor’s office and the doc was going over the test results, she said “Well, you don’t have the Alzheimer’s gene.” I didn’t even know they tested me for it. Both my parents have it, but I just don’t believe the huge amount of it today is from a genetic connection - it can’t be.
And when both sides of a couple have it, it really makes me think about their long lives together, maybe exposed at the same time to the same things. Plastic cookware, nonstick, Tupperware, plastic in microwaves, the same foods, lotions or other products, laundry products that enter the bloodstream, whatever.
A quick test, which ‘they say’ is pretty accurate indicator for Alzheimer’s is to have the person draw a clock- dial clock- round- people with Alzheimer’s draw the numbers weird- often in a straight line, or going outside the clock or in wrong order
Also have them put a specific time in when they draw the clock- people with Alzheimer’s or early Alzheimer’s can’t do it correctly-
Make sure they can’t see a clock when they draw theirs though- (check for watch too)
The idea is to have them draw it from memory
This is a pretty standard early indicator test-