As I understand it, causes of Alzheimer's: - Traumatic head injury - Potentially increases risk: getting more viral infections (getting the common cold very o

As I understand it, causes of Alzheimer's: - Traumatic head injury - Potentially increases risk: getting more viral infections (getting the common cold very often). - Depression - Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease - Born to older parents - Smoking. - Family history of dementia - Increased homocysteine levels (B vitamins, hypothyroidism, smoking, excess alcohol, aging) - Having the APOE e4 allele (which can be mitigated through diet). Then, more recent discoveries point to the roles of: - Sleep: detoxifies our brain. - Exercise: detoxifies the brain and stimulates neuronal growth. - Cribiform plate ossification through aging: somehow prevents detoxification of substances in the brain. - Bacteria that causes gingivitis: found to get to the brain, promote inflammation, and its increased presence is found among biopsied brains for thoss who had Alzheimer's. - Candida albicans, as this paper describes. Supplements being studied to somehow benefit Alzheimer's: - Curcumin: supplements like Longvida potentially help, but at doses much higher than those listed on supplement bottles. Other forms are also being investigated. - Magnesium threonate: gets more magnesium into the brain. Some MDs testify of what they did for their Alzheimer's patients. Still being studied. Things that probably don't help: - Donepezil: still being given to patients, but data now suggests it's not very useful. That's all I can recall from memory. Very interesting disease.