This is sure to piss some people off, but a reputable medical magazine published:

"People diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease live almost four years longer, on average, if they closely follow the Mediterranean way of eating than if they don’t, according to research from Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. The traditional Mediterranean diet pattern includes mostly vegetables, legumes, fruits, cereal, olive oil, fish, dairy and moderate daily intake of alcohol—typically wine."

HELLO!?

Is that four QUALITY years, or just four years?

If you're caring for a parent or other loved-one with Alzheimer’s, the last thing you want is for them to live four years longer. No, you don't want to kill them off, but why extend the amount of time you spend turning off the stove, checking to make sure all the doors are locked, hunting them down when they DO escape, and then eventually need their diapers changed and basically are a complete stranger to their caregiver? I would not trade the last years with my grandmother for anything, but with four more years, she would have died absolutely penniless after racking up tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills, and it would have been impossible to pay for care when it was needed (My mom & I did most of it, but there were times we needed help.) She was bedridden for nearly a month before she died. Where exactly would those four years fit?

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