Since the study was done on Seventh Day Adventists, it's worth noting that they are all vegetarian, so no meat based protein options here...
beering•44m ago
About half of the study participants were non-vegetarian, IIUC. I wonder if they found any correlation after slicing by vegetarianism?
anonym29•26m ago
A core part of the scientific method is that you attempt to isolate a single variable at a time. If anything, all this suggests is that this was a better diet-controlled sample population for measuring the correlation of eggs and Alzheimer's than the general public. That said, the methodology of this study does not allow for inferring a relationship between Alzheimer's and meat consumption in either direction.
adrianN•17m ago
It is very difficult to do that in biological systems where doing A in isolation can have the opposite effect of doing A while also doing B.
mullingitover•15m ago
Adventists are okay with meat as long as it’s kosher generally.
I think the bigger factor is that they’re teetotalers.
My data points, though: two of my vegetarian teetotaling Adventist family members died of Alzheimer’s. The lifestyle is clearly not a cheat code for defeating dementia.
tfwnopmt•12m ago
Cancer is also inversely correlated with alzheimer's.
Phrased another way, egg consumption is correlated with cancer.
aussieguy1234•49m ago
beering•44m ago
anonym29•26m ago
adrianN•17m ago
mullingitover•15m ago
I think the bigger factor is that they’re teetotalers.
My data points, though: two of my vegetarian teetotaling Adventist family members died of Alzheimer’s. The lifestyle is clearly not a cheat code for defeating dementia.