It's a long way from pizza to prions. There is just a correlation, not cause and effect. For all I know, the craving for processed foods might be a symptom and not a cause. Saying that because I know zero about Alzheimers and the one thing I know is that finding a cause is the way to a cure.

Also, that simple is beautiful, but sometimes difficult to do (cooking for one)

Nitrates in meat have long been known as a problem for other reasons too, haven't they? Particularly with regards to various digestion related cancers - this gives another reason to cut back.

The linked artical is a bit ambiguous though; initially it says:

> diet with lots of meat and processed foods

and then later

> patients with Alzheimer's tended to eat a diet rich in "processed food and meat items"

is "processed" in the second one referring to just "food" or both food and meat?

Title feels misleading since the study specifically calls out "processed" foods and meats.

> MFA revealed trends in the data and a strong correlation (Lg = 0.92, RV = 0.65) between the daily consumption of processed food and meat items in AD patients.

Agreed. IMO it is wrong to group having a steak with having a slice of pizza.

The actual paper says:

"Food items such as meat pie, hamburger, ham, sausages, beef, capsicum, and cabbage were identified as important variables associated with AD in RF and SLR analyses"

AD = Altzheimer's Disease, RF = Random Forest classifier, SLR = Sparse Logistic Regression

https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-...

And while one could argue that hamburger is unhealthy processed food, I find it odd to see "capiscum" and "cabbage" on the list of bad foods.

That made me do a double-take too... I have a cabinet full of hot sauces.