It's interesting to see more associations between inflammation and dementia being acknowledged. My father was diagnosed with celiac disease in his late 50s but

It's interesting to see more associations between inflammation and dementia being acknowledged. My father was diagnosed with celiac disease in his late 50s but failed to adhere to the diet out of stubbornness. He suffered from much digestive pain (worth it, he said, to enjoy his much loved bread and ale) but over the course of a couple of years "independently" developed vascular dementia despite being mentally sharp (indeed, he was a C++ developer into his 60s) prior to this. (Long story short, he had a triple stroke in early 2021 and is now aphasic, living in a specialist care home, and seemingly lacks much connection to the world.) I've read some recent papers that begin to consider the possibility of inflammation caused by lack of adherence to medically necessary diets or allergic reactions leading to brain damage and vascular dementia, but it seems we're still a ways off mainstream medicine being in a position to use this as the basis of any advice for future patients. It's not very scientific of me, I admit, but I'm convinced there's a connection here, so my interest is piqued here.