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Delicious Foods Linked to Alzheimer's Disease

7 points by disadvantage 3y ago

kvmet 3y ago
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.
- karrot-kake 3y ago
  Agreed. IMO it is wrong to group having a steak with having a slice of pizza.
coremoff 3y ago
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?
k310 3y ago
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)
fxtentacle 3y ago
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-disease/jad230634 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.
- slowmovintarget 3y ago
  That made me do a double-take too... I have a cabinet full of hot sauces.

7 points by disadvantage 3y ago

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.

karrot-kake 3y ago
Agreed. IMO it is wrong to group having a steak with having a slice of pizza.

coremoff 3y ago

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?

k310 3y ago

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)

fxtentacle 3y ago

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-disease/jad230634 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.

slowmovintarget 3y ago
That made me do a double-take too... I have a cabinet full of hot sauces.