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Title: Do vegetarians get Alzheimer's disease?
Post by: chris on 09/04/2017 10:25:34

Margaret McCahon wrote to ask me:

Do vegetarians get Alzheimer's disease?

What do you think?

Title: Re: Do vegetarians get Alzheimer's disease?
Post by: chris on 10/04/2017 17:35:24

As far as we know, yes, and with roughly the same frequency as non-vegetarians. It's a tricky study to do though, because one has to control for potential confounders, like longevity.