I think the dementia is the result of high fructose corn syrup.
There, I have spoken. I never liked Coca Cola with that stuff in it.
I refuse to drink Coca Cola made here. I buy the Mexican variety, made the old-fashioned way with cane sugar. Get it by the case at Costco, or buy bottles at any Mexican deli or burrito outlet.
Bob Dole's fault.
Could be statins too.
That and other ingredients being put into foods..
I am trying to control my Type II though diet and have done a lot of independent research...
Pulled from an medical article...
Before the age of food processing people had a good balance of fats, especially omega 3 and 6, with a ratio of about 2:1 or 3:1 (2 parts omega 6, to 1 part omega 3). The ratio now is about 20:1! This high imbalance leads to inflammatory related diseases such as autoimmune, cardiovascular, and oncologic. Consuming large amounts of vegetable oils wrecks havoc on the natural balance damaging our whole body, leading to irritability, learning disabilities, liver toxicity, decreased immune function, mental and physical growth problems, increased acidity, and they have been linked to mental disorders like Alzheimer’s, dementia as well as accelerated aging - all signs of inflammation and acidity in the body. A 1994 study appearing in a leading medical journal showed that almost three quarters of the fat clogged in TheICTM.org 57 arteries was unsaturated. This means it was not the “artery clogging” saturated fats, but vegetable oils! On the same note, high heat applied to oils during frying turns them into hydrocarbons that can cause cancer. Typical frying temperature is about 400 degrees F (200 c) and can reach up to 600-700 degrees F. When fats / oils are heated to such temperatures the good healthy fats (CIS fatty acid) are converted to the bad TRANS fats. The unsaturated good fats then begin to behave like saturated bad fats. Trans fats also interfere with the body’s usage of omega 3 fats.
How about all this nonfat nonsense. The brain loves fat.