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To: ProtectOurFreedom; Red Badger

I think I’d rather drop dead of a heart attack in my 70’s than live into my 90’s with dementia.

Cholesterol is brain food. They keep pushing drugs to lower cholesterol, & then the dementia rates are soaring. There might be a clue there.


7 posted on 12/24/2025 5:30:10 AM PST by Twotone ( What's the difference between a politician & a flying pig? The letter "F.")
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To: Twotone

Maybe that’s the point...................


8 posted on 12/24/2025 5:37:50 AM PST by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Twotone

My grandfather had dementia the last 3-5 years of his life.

Didn’t know anybody, even his adult children or grandchildren. Sat in a chair all day like a piece of furniture. They finally had to put him in a terminal care facility. His body was alive, but his mind was gone...................


11 posted on 12/24/2025 5:40:54 AM PST by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Twotone

23% of our cholesterol is in the brain insulating neurons delivering electrical impulses. What happens to your house wiring when you start stripping off the insulation? Nothing good.


24 posted on 12/24/2025 6:25:45 AM PST by BipolarBob (These violent delights have violent ends.)
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