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by ablyveiled 1043 days ago
My unprofessional opinion is that these are both explained by a third variable, excessive consumption of carbohydrates, starches especially. (It also explains the correlation between poor dental health and dementia).

Myopia is known to be promoted by excessive carbohydrate consumption.

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Do you have any evidence to support any of these claims
I will interject that high insulin levels are linked to dementia and Alzheimer’s and so is diabetes.

But it might be more than just the carbohydrates and also name Balance of omega-3 and omega six.

https://alzheimer.ca/en/about-dementia/how-can-i-prevent-dem....

I am personally skeptical of the role of omega-3 and omega-6 in dementia, at least, one should never take these as supplements. It is a medical fact that they are highly unstable and basically worthless after only a day or so on the shelf, if not harmful.

One should only look to studies of genetically identical populations (you should be able to find one about nigerians in america) that acquire dementia at a high rate to observe that something about our capitalistically engineered environments is principally to blame.

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It's all a google away.