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[quote=Anonymous][quote] It seems that most people I know with dementia are alcoholics, abused drugs, eat a poor diet or have brain injuries. Once the damage is done, it’s done.[/quote] My mother developed alzheimers (mixed type) in her early 80s. She rarely drank and if so, a half glass of wine, never took drugs, ate exceedinly well and was on the 'no processed foods' bandwagon from the 1970s onward, regularly did crosswords and read in multiple languages, and never had a brain injury. She did take PPIs for years as well as a plethora of (probably unnecessary) allergy meds and she had lifelong poor sleep schedule. My MIL lived until 94 cognitively sound,never exercisesd in her life, had wine or prosecco and dessert every night and smoked for 40 years. My dad has pretty terrible eating habits, no exercise, drinks nightly and while he is in poor physical health, at 86 he is cognitively sound. [/quote]
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