I went down a rabbit hole this week and never did make it back out. In a matter of just a few days, I read news of Julianne Moore’s Oscar win for a movie about someone with early-onset Alzheimer’s, my sister passed along an article she’d read about how cookbook author Paula Wolfert is fighting Alzheimer’s with food, and I ran across a Kickstarter project called Bread Head about "the intersection of diet, lifestyle and brain health."
That convergence prompted me to take a closer look at the reach of Alzheimer’s and the things we can do to push back. I had assumed it was a problem that is up to the research scientists and physicians who are on the front lines, fighting Alzheimer’s and many other diseases. But after a bit of looking around, what I found out is that we’re all engaged in the battle with Alzheimer’s, especially as the disease’s impact and number of cases increases at a staggering rate. But the good news is that there is a lot each of us can be doing to reduce the chances that we or our loved ones will be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and related diseases.
That convergence prompted me to take a closer look at the reach of Alzheimer’s and the things we can do to push back. I had assumed it was a problem that is up to the research scientists and physicians who are on the front lines, fighting Alzheimer’s and many other diseases. But after a bit of looking around, what I found out is that we’re all engaged in the battle with Alzheimer’s, especially as the disease’s impact and number of cases increases at a staggering rate. But the good news is that there is a lot each of us can be doing to reduce the chances that we or our loved ones will be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and related diseases.
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