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Re:Organ transplant patients may not get dementia by klipt on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @03:07PM (#29098954)
Is there less Alzheimer's in cultures that don't eat bread (e.g. where rice or potatoes are a staple instead)?

Maybe in bread heavy cultures it's not a widespread issue because the majority of people have evolved some kind of resistance?

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Re:Organ transplant patients may not get dementia by ejolto on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @05:30PM (#29100545)
You tend to get Alzheimer's after you are done having children, so resistance wouldn't evolve.
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Re:Organ transplant patients may not get dementia by klipt on Thursday November 04, 2021 @12:08AM (#29103609)
If that were true humans would die much sooner after becoming infertile.

The fact we stick around for so long is because having healthy grandparents is still beneficial to grandchildrens' survival.

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