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Not a drug but intermittent fasting could help, here are some articles on it https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=intermittent+fasting+Alzheimer%27s+scholarly+a

Not a drug but intermittent fasting could help, here are some articles on it https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=intermittent+fasting+Alzheimer%27s+scholarly+articles&hl=en&as_sdt=0,41&as_ylo=2020&as_vis=1&as_rr=1 https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=intermittent+fasting+Al...

appplication 2y ago
Even if the science isn’t fully there yet, this seems well into the realm of “almost certainly can’t hurt”.
- karmajunkie 2y ago
  except, well, it kinda might. https://newsroom.heart.org/news/8-hour-time-restricted-eating-linked-to-a-91-higher-risk-of-cardiovascular-death https://newsroom.heart.org/news/8-hour-time-restricted-eatin...
  - appplication 2y ago
    Interesting, I wonder if that’s because most people doing so were already or formerly overweight, hence the fasting.
  - isaacfrond 2y ago
    from the newsroom article: People who followed a pattern of eating all of their food across less than 8 hours per day had a 91% higher risk of death due to cardiovascular disease. That just fails the laugh test. That can't possibly be true.
  - isaacfrond 2y ago
    There is no published article corresponding to that press release. There is only this published abstract: https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20343/presentation/379 https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20343/presentation/37... (which does not contain the 91% by the way; though it is reported widely. perhaps it was in the presentation). Here is a page with expert reactions (most are skeptical) https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-conference-abstract-about-time-restricted-eating-and-cardiovascular-death/ https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-confer... tl;dr: I don't believe a word of it.
improv 2y ago
Relatedly, there is evidence that ketogenic (which are fasting mimicking) diets can be helpful: https://www.ucdavis.edu/health/news/keto-diet-prevents-early-memory-decline-mice#:~:text=A%20new%20study%20from%20researchers,precedes%20full%2Dblown%20Alzheimer's%20disease https://www.ucdavis.edu/health/news/keto-diet-prevents-early.... https://ncats.nih.gov/news-events/news/ketogenic-diet-alzheimers https://ncats.nih.gov/news-events/news/ketogenic-diet-alzhei...

appplication 2y ago

Even if the science isn’t fully there yet, this seems well into the realm of “almost certainly can’t hurt”.

karmajunkie 2y ago
except, well, it kinda might. https://newsroom.heart.org/news/8-hour-time-restricted-eating-linked-to-a-91-higher-risk-of-cardiovascular-death https://newsroom.heart.org/news/8-hour-time-restricted-eatin...
- appplication 2y ago
  Interesting, I wonder if that’s because most people doing so were already or formerly overweight, hence the fasting.
- isaacfrond 2y ago
  from the newsroom article: People who followed a pattern of eating all of their food across less than 8 hours per day had a 91% higher risk of death due to cardiovascular disease. That just fails the laugh test. That can't possibly be true.
- isaacfrond 2y ago
  There is no published article corresponding to that press release. There is only this published abstract: https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20343/presentation/379 https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/20343/presentation/37... (which does not contain the 91% by the way; though it is reported widely. perhaps it was in the presentation). Here is a page with expert reactions (most are skeptical) https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-conference-abstract-about-time-restricted-eating-and-cardiovascular-death/ https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-confer... tl;dr: I don't believe a word of it.

improv 2y ago

Relatedly, there is evidence that ketogenic (which are fasting mimicking) diets can be helpful: https://www.ucdavis.edu/health/news/keto-diet-prevents-early-memory-decline-mice#:~:text=A%20new%20study%20from%20researchers,precedes%20full%2Dblown%20Alzheimer's%20disease https://www.ucdavis.edu/health/news/keto-diet-prevents-early.... https://ncats.nih.gov/news-events/news/ketogenic-diet-alzheimers https://ncats.nih.gov/news-events/news/ketogenic-diet-alzhei...