[sitkack]

Given that there is a low incidence of AD in India, i'd suspect that fungal infection is partly a cause. It would be interesting to plot food spiceyness vs AD rates and spiceyness vs fungal infection rates in the world population.

[tim333]

There was some promising research on using turmeric, the stuff that gives curry it's yellow colour, to treat Alzheimer's:

>We describe here three patients with the Alzheimer's Disease (AD) whose behavioral symptoms were improved remarkably as a result of the turmeric treatment...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3665200/

Turmeric has strong anti fungal properties.