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Re:Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cel... by freddie_mercury on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @10:58PM (#39762512)
The results unfortunately are too vague to support that interpretation.

There was no causal linkage because they couldn't determine why people were fasting: suppressed appetite due to illness, suppressed appetite due to being a smoker (which is very common), skipping meals due to poverty.

It also found that while cardiovascular deaths increased by 91% overall deaths were completely unchanged...which is a bit difficult to reconcile.

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Re:Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cel... by ajross on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @08:26AM (#39765476)
> The results unfortunately are too vague to support that interpretation.

I think you completely missed the point. Sure, it's a new result and being an outlier needs to be treated with care (which I believe I said). It's still a more rigorous finding of health effect than anything in the grandparent's comment about how you should fast to avoid Alzheimer's. Ergo advice like that is bad.

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