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> All around the world, there are labs pulling late nights trying to figure out how to drug this. I dont know why, but I've been under the impression for year

by cies 3y ago

> All around the world, there are labs pulling late nights trying to figure out how to drug this. I dont know why, but I've been under the impression for years that it was fat build-up. I remember I saw images of alzheimer brains with clogged arteries. Sure drugging would be nice, but why not figure out what in our modern diet and habits is responsible for this? Why not tell people that the insane amount of oils/fats we consume (in comparison to our primate animal relatives) is killing us and/or making us sick?

Broken_Hippo 3y ago
You are assuming this is a modern disease? Why? Folks have had different sorts of dementia for centuries, though. We simply didn't have the knowledge nor the tools to differentiate one from another and tended to call things by different names. Not as many people die young now, either, so more folks are actually getting diseases that present in old age. You can't observe many old folks if there aren't any, and you won't notice as many diseases that hit mostly women if a lot of women die in childbirth. And a note: Food of yesteryear wasn't really better/healthier than now. It was different, more risky, and for most folks, was just made of whatever they happen to have and not very varied.
- cies 3y ago
  It's not a modern disease, it simply has exploded in occurrence. This explosion is modern. This is likely due to our diet. There's a book called "the blue zones" that dives into healthy diets and lifestyles that have historically helped people grow old. > Food of yesteryear wasn't really better/healthier than now. Not all food was. But Okinawans do pretty well for a long, long time.
  - amanaplanacanal 3y ago
    I’m not so convinced about “blue zones”. A lot of longevity claims seem to disappear once modern record keeping and birth certificates come into play.
    - cies 3y ago
      Not aware of this. Any source you have?
      - amanaplanacanal 3y ago
        Not sure where I originally heard this, but I just found this preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/704080v3 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/704080v3
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by cies 3y ago

Broken_Hippo 3y ago

You are assuming this is a modern disease? Why? Folks have had different sorts of dementia for centuries, though. We simply didn't have the knowledge nor the tools to differentiate one from another and tended to call things by different names. Not as many people die young now, either, so more folks are actually getting diseases that present in old age. You can't observe many old folks if there aren't any, and you won't notice as many diseases that hit mostly women if a lot of women die in childbirth. And a note: Food of yesteryear wasn't really better/healthier than now. It was different, more risky, and for most folks, was just made of whatever they happen to have and not very varied.

cies 3y ago
It's not a modern disease, it simply has exploded in occurrence. This explosion is modern. This is likely due to our diet. There's a book called "the blue zones" that dives into healthy diets and lifestyles that have historically helped people grow old. > Food of yesteryear wasn't really better/healthier than now. Not all food was. But Okinawans do pretty well for a long, long time.
- amanaplanacanal 3y ago
  I’m not so convinced about “blue zones”. A lot of longevity claims seem to disappear once modern record keeping and birth certificates come into play.
  - cies 3y ago
    Not aware of this. Any source you have?
    - amanaplanacanal 3y ago
      Not sure where I originally heard this, but I just found this preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/704080v3 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/704080v3

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