Wait. If Alzheimer’s is rising shouldn’t someone look for the cause? I grew up in the 50s and I can’t recall more than one or two older relatives that had Alzheimer’s or dementia. Most of my friends, same thing. Very rare iirc. It must be caused by something. Micro plastics? Aluminum? MSG? Something is causing this to increase by leaps and bounds.
Indeed. something is causing alzheimers at such a high incidence
possibly some of the chemicals in a certain well-known fast-food burger place’s grub? they’re (in-)famous for keeping an entire chemical additive industry alive in New Jersey
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or yes, aluminum tins (they were highly suspect shortly after their introduction), or some other chemical (probably in the food chain like, as you note, maybe MSG or?>?>), or just possibly an environmental factor or?
dementia of any label did exist 30 or 40 years ago but it seemed to be far, far rarer than nowadays
as you say, there has to be a cause...
That’s true, but life expectancies weren’t what they are now, so it’s possible more people are living long enough to develop it, where in the past they would have died before that point.
Also, when I think of my grandparents and other “old” people in the 1970’s, I don’t think any of them had their teeth. Makes me wonder if that has something to do with it.
My personal feeling is that the rise in statin medicines for cholesterol must have a corresponding relation to the rise in Alzheimer’s. My sister who just passed after 10+ years with Alzheimer’s had been on a statin drug for years.