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DESCRIPTION: Rural India has the lowest validated Alzheimer’s rates in the world. Is it due to the turmeric in their curry or their largely plant-based diets?
There’s another spice that may be useful for brain health. See my video Saffron for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s (
What about coconut oil? See Does Coconut Oil Cure Alzheimer’s? ( In terms of preventing cognitive decline in the first place, check out my video How to Slow Brain Aging By Two Years (
I’ve previously raised the issue of plant-based diets and dementia in Alzheimer’s Disease: Grain Brain or Meathead? (
For more on spices and inflammation, see Which Spices Fight Inflammation? ( and the follow-up, Spicing Up DNA Protection (nutritionfacts.org/video/spicing-up-dna-protection).
What about treating Alzheimer’s disease with the spice turmeric? That’s the topic of my next video, Treating Alzheimer’s with Turmeric (
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