Posted on 04/04/2025 7:13:06 PM PDT by Red Badger
The leading dementia charity in the United Kingdom says certain food cravings could be a sign of a type of early-onset dementia.
Once known as “Pick’s disease,” this type of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) can be preceded by cravings for “sweet, fatty foods or carbohydrates,” according to Alzheimer’s UK.
The condition, typically diagnosed in people under the age of 65, tends to produce symptoms that get progressively worse over time. Individuals with the condition have trouble making decisions and often exhibit repetitive behaviors, like repeatedly uttering a particular phrase.
Earlier this year, The Dallas Express reported that the risk of developing dementia in late adulthood is far higher than previously believed. A recent study concluded that Americans possess a 42% risk of developing the condition after age 55, more than double the rate determined in previous studies.
Most individuals with FTD are not aware of their symptoms. Instead, a close family member or friend will usually be the first to notice something is wrong.
The condition leads nerve cells within the brain’s frontal lobes to gradually become more damaged. This can drive the sufferer to develop antisocial behavior, leading to potentially insensitive remarks about another person’s appearance, for example.
FTD can also lead people to lose empathy, unable to understand what others are thinking or feeling. Language issues, too, can plague people with the condition, harming their vocabulary. It can even make individuals forget the use of common objects, like the purpose of a microwave, for instance.
With Alzheimer’s, says the organization, early symptoms are typically the deterioration of short-term memory. With FTD, however, many sufferers do not experience immediate memory problems.
“The first noticeable symptoms for a person with FTD will be changes to their personality and behavior or difficulties with language. Sometimes, it can involve both. This is very different from the early symptoms of more common types of dementia,” said the U.K.’s Alzheimer’s Society.
Sweet, fatty foods - check
Antisocial behavior - I voted for Trump, so I guess I can give myself a check for that.
“ typically diagnosed in people under the age of 65” - nope, guess I’m safe now.
Yes, that and anti-social, insensitive behavior like calling someone a lying dog-faced pony soldier?
Good thing I'm over 65, then, or I'd be worried.
Ah, craving for sweet, fatty foods.
During my life I actually personally met people like that.
Maybe 89,000 of them.
Others ate strict diets of arugula, okra, parsley, beet greens, swiss chard, celery juice and squares of white tofu.
probably means pre diabetes
Guess I tarted my dementia journey when I was two.
Yes, what the heck are they talking about? Other than sweet tarts, jelly beans, chewing gum and other candies that are made almost entirely out of sugar, the vast majority of candy and pastries have both sugar and fat. This is one of the primary reasons our population is getting fatter and fatter.
When you get to be a senior...get one done once a year.
There is some medication that slows it down.
Good signs are ability to read a newspaper...balance a check book...perform al the simple daily functions such as:
Making a meal
getting dressed
driving a car
Using Waze navigator.
Spokeshave at 83 can do all and more of these.
An “expert” on the health effects of poor sleep patterns was on the overnight show Coast to Coast am on the radio.
After his threat of people facing heart trouble and diabetes and more including shortened lifespans if they had fewer than 8 hours of continuous sleep every night, the decades long host George Noory said: “Well, by your standards I was dead about thirty years ago.”
One of the slogans for the show is “Our listeners are people who can sleep at night.”
Probably not, at least for me. Could be for a lot of people, though.
Darn it. typo.
“...people who can’t sleep at night.”
Is beer on the list?
Listening to that show will put you to sleep.
Nope......................
(Oh please don’t let bacon be on that list...)
Craving hamburgers, fries, bacon, pancakes, waffles, syrup, juice, pop, chocolate, peanut butter, and everything else other than coffee, nonfat milk, water, and lean fish that is not deep fried is a symptom.
What a stupid story. Its a sign of being human. There is a reason that there arent many okra and eggplant fast food restaurants.
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