Nutritional considerations in Alzheimer’s prevention and treatment

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I remember being devastated when my grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) in her late sixties. She had always maintained a healthy weight, didn’t smoke, exercised daily, was an avid reader, and could complete even the toughest crossword puzzle (in pen). If someone like her could develop AD, then the rest of us were surely doomed. A diagnosis of AD may seem like a death sentence. After all, this disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States and the third…