> People who take aspirin, drink coffee, and use tobacco, have a much lower incidence of Alzheimer’s disease than people who don’t use those things This is tru

> People who take aspirin, drink coffee, and use tobacco, have a much lower incidence of Alzheimer’s disease than people who don’t use those things This is true though. Tobacco smokers do have a lower incidence of Alzheimer's compared to non-smokers. This strange fact is what started the research, as noted in several of the links I shared. Of course, for smokers, it's offset by higher cancer, higher dementia, all kinds of other problems. > He didn't call for simple nicotine consumption, he called for tobacco use. Are you sure? I'm not familiar with Ray Peat but I've just spent a few minutes researching and it seems like the man himself never said this, but rather his followers took quotes out of context - like the one you shared - and ran with it. As far as I can see, he recommends using patches rather than smoking. If I'm wrong, can you find a quote from him (not someone else cherry picking his writing) specifically reccomending smoking?