Caring for relatives with Alzheimer's : the modern curse of the elderly

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There’s some people who don’t think diet has to do with Alzheimer’s. They’re crazy. Sugar was incredible at causing cognitive dysfunction within two weeks. This is the cause of Alzheimer’s.
~ Dr Richard Johnson, board-certified physician and medical researcher

#1 Cause Of Alzheimer’s & Dementia (AVOID THIS) | Dr Richard Johnson

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January 19, 2025
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Alzheimer’s is now being called “type 3 diabetes” for its link to insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and obesity.

A new hypothesis suggests another potential mechanism at play, one involving fructose. Today, fructose is consumed mainly in highly concentrated forms such as fruit juice, dried fruit, and high fructose corn syrup in soda and ultra-processed foods. According to metabolic health and Alzheimer’s scientists, this abundance of fructose in our modern diet may be starving our brain's memory center due to a genetic survival trait.

Rina sits down with Dr. Richard Johnson to discuss his revolutionary new hypothesis on the link between fructose consumption and Alzheimer’s disease. Rina and Dr. Johnson discuss the evolutionary mechanism behind fructose metabolism, insulin resistance, and weight gain that has completely backfired today due to its over consumption.

Dr. Richard Johnson is a professor of medicine at the University of Colorado Denver and has been a practicing physician and clinical scientist for over 25 years. He is internationally recognized for his seminal work on the role of fructose in obesity, diabetes, and now, Alzheimer’s disease.

PREVENT ALZHEIMER"S (Free Guide)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=59Oje6n2JLU

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

02:27 Is Alzheimer's disease preventable?

06:14 Alzheimer's vs Dementia

11:45 Amyloid plaque is not the cause

18:04 Fructose causes Alzheimer's disease

27:15 Dr Johnson's study on Alzheimer's

34:12 Human studies on Alzheimer's

42:54 Tool: Foods that lead to Alzheimer's

47:30 Tool: Fruit juice & Alzheimer's

50:42 Is fibre healthy?

54:21 Tool: Foods to eat to prevent Alzheimer's

01:06:39 Tool: Any test for Alzheimer's?

01:09:21 Why sugar is not banned

01:11:21 Tool: Common signs & symptoms

01:15:40 Find Dr Richard Johnson

01:16:38 Free guide to fix Alzheimer's with link

[Bill Ryan]

A new article by Dr Mercola, citing DMSO as one of the solutions:

• https://articles.mercola.com/sites/a...reatments.aspx

Reversing Alzheimer's — The Forgotten Causes and Cures Big Pharma Buried

https://media.mercola.com/ImageServe...tments-pdf.pdf

[Bruce G Charlton]

IMO (and based on the three or so decades I was working in that and adjacent fields, from the mid 1980s up to about 2015)

Alzheimer's very definitely isn't "one thing" but a mish-mash or rag-bag of many different dementias, and also chronic delirious states.

This is made even worse because - properly - Alzheimer's is in practice a post-mortem diagnosis - it cannot be diagnosed without several brain biopsies. Clinical information before death correlates very poorly with pathology after death - which really means the diagnosis is almost worthless in terms of predicting prognosis or as a guide to management.

Because it is not one thing, all the research is made fuzzy and confused by the different pathological processes; and the same applies to treatments. Results of a treatment that helps some people with some pathological causes, will be swamped by the others (who actually have different diseases) where that treatments does nothing or makes them worse.

It's all a big mess.

The reason this situation is perpetuated is because the "awareness", funding, expertise, charities are with reference to "Alzheimer's" - which is kept big so that it seems very common and attracts bigger interest and funding - so that too many people have too much to lose from breaking the rag bag down into several or many coherent pathological entities.

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https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/re...-pharma-buried

Reversing Alzheimer's: The Forgotten Causes And Cures Big Pharma Buried

[Sue (Ayt)]

Posted by Bruce G Charlton (here)
IMO (and based on the three or so decades I was working in that and adjacent fields, from the mid 1980s up to about 2015)

Alzheimer's very definitely isn't "one thing" but a mish-mash or rag-bag of many different dementias, and also chronic delirious states.

This is made even worse because - properly - Alzheimer's is in practice a post-mortem diagnosis - it cannot be diagnosed without several brain biopsies. Clinical information before death correlates very poorly with pathology after death - which really means the diagnosis is almost worthless in terms of predicting prognosis or as a guide to management.

Because it is not one thing, all the research is made fuzzy and confused by the different pathological processes; and the same applies to treatments. Results of a treatment that helps some people with some pathological causes, will be swamped by the others (who actually have different diseases) where that treatments does nothing or makes them worse.

It's all a big mess.

The reason this situation is perpetuated is because the "awareness", funding, expertise, charities are with reference to "Alzheimer's" - which is kept big so that it seems very common and attracts bigger interest and funding - so that too many people have too much to lose from breaking the rag bag down into several or many coherent pathological entities.

It is all a big mess for sure, and as we age, I find it quite scary as so many non-chronic acute conditions can cause temporary lapses in the elderly. But younger folks, and even medical professionals are quick to jump to "Alzheimers, old age - non reversible" conclusions.

Like my mother and some others I've known, have become quite confused and delusional due to treatable urinary track infections. And it is scary when symptoms are shrugged off as old age Alzheimers/dementia, when simple antibiotic treatments can bring them right out of that state IF someone thinks to test for that.

Also, hospitaliztion with the various iv drugs and anesthetics can cause a temporary state of delirium that is quite upsetting to observe! My husband became quite out-of-his mind after a surgery, as have others I have known. And in my experience, the medical staff is not always reassuring about this when elderly folks get this way. But it is a known problem they call "ICU delirium" that happens frequently. (you can look it up)

And drugs of various sorts can often be the cause of some very strange mental states and should always (imo) be the first area of investigation when anyone has an acute mental crisis happening. First question we should be asking is if a new prescription was started recently. Even a simple antibiotic or steroid can affect some people mentally, producing some bizarre thinking.

If I could raise awareness in younger people, it would be to tell them to never jump to conclusions when anyone exhibits a strange mental state. And sadly, in the elderly, that conclusion is particularly likely to be jumped to without further investigation.