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I have a poor sense of smell (used to have a good one as a child) and my grandmother had dementia. What is the peanut-butter test?

• r00fus 9y ago
  Possibly this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_butter_test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_butter_test "The researchers concluded that patients with Alzheimer's were not able to smell the peanut butter as well through their left nostril as their right one"
  • dsego 9y ago
    That's the one. My grandfather had dementia. And my father now has signs of brain atrophy, although still no cognitive decline. But he is in his 60s and has had hearing issues for the last decade, combined with ptsd, depression, anxiety and alcoholism. All of it (including mental illness in my family) is most probably somehow connected. I've also found some resources on how having bad teeth (which I do) is also correlated. For now I'm trying to be fitter and take bigger doses of B-vitamins and some other "nootropics". Also, looking forward to the new generation of meds now being tested, such as aducanumab.
  • euyyn 9y ago
    It says that it could not be replicated :/