fight alzheimers with curry?

Check out this offensively stereotypical
picture from the article... a snake charmer?
come on!
Epidemiological study suggests that lovers of turmeric-rich curries cut their risk of senility by about 50 percent; even occasional enjoyment reduced dementia risk by 38 percent.

Dementia rates rise worldwide as lifestyles shift to Western model. An estimate published in 2005 (Ferri CP et al 2005) suggests that some 24 million people have Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia, with one new case every 7 seconds (4.6 million new cases every year).

Worse, the number of people affected may double every 20 years. The authors said that in 2001, some 60 percent of dementia cases occurred in developing countries, and that this proportion may rise to 71 percent by 2040.

Sadly, as diets and lifestyles in developed countries shift toward the Western model, the number of cases occurring in their populations is forecast to increase by 100 percent by 2040, and to increase by more than 300 percent in India, China, and their immediate neighbors.

While lengthened life-spans play a major role in this phenomenon, many observers attribute the rapid worldwide rise in dementia rates to the increasing dominance of the standard Western diet, which is high in fat, sugar, and calories but low in protective dietary factors (fish-derived omega-3 fatty acids and plant-derived antioxidants).

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well anyway, being a curry-loving vegetarian, with a boyfriend who cooks exquisite vegetable curries, I have no fears of losing my brain function (i can feel it coming, so just keep your jokes about my current brain function to yourselves!!! :P)