05/11/2024
Prevention should be absolutely top priority! Xx
So far BBC Radio 4 have not mentioned a) that a validated Cognitive Function test (free at https://bit.ly/40bnRma) picks up cognitive changes decades before a diagnosis. Also, with at least half the risk being preventable why is this not being discussed? Blood homocysteine if raised can easily be lowered with B vitamins, especially B12. Homocysteine has been shown to be causal, while amyloid has not. It also raises p-tau. Therefore you can prevent p-tau. Why is none of this being discussed?
It ends by the researchers saying ‘we hope in ten years time there will be a treatment’. That’s exactly what they said in 2013. An estimated 150 billion dollars has been spent getting almost nowhere.
What annoys me most is that it is our taxpayers money that is fuelling this search for a cure.
The amyloid theory is dead. P-tau is a consequence of raised homocysteine. Theoretically I see no reason for hope. Meanwhile prevention is a reality.
Come on BBC, wise up.
To listen - https://bbc.in/3UBjWv6
