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rarokammaro t1_j8olqnd wrote

Reply to comment by Dnuts in An ancient human foraging instinct, fueled by fructose production in the brain, may hold clues to the development and possible treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). by CUAnschutzMed

Honestly explains a lot of cultural attitudes. I’m from an island where it’s very normal to live to your 90s and beyond. Being an island, external food is expensive so we tend to eat lots of rice and beans, plantains, tubers, and fish.

I get really weirded out and sad when American Redditors argue with me that anything past retirement age is old, out of touch, and bordering on senile. It seems very ageist to me seeing as how I know plenty of people over 67 who are healthy and sharp as tacks. It’s incredibly disrespectful in my culture.

Treating someone who is barely 70 as knocking on death’s door makes a lot more sense to me now if their diet is full of high fructose and it’s accelerating AD symptoms.

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hannananabatman t1_j8q0mk0 wrote

Our old people are overwhelmingly bigoted jerks too so it might be that some people try and play that off as senility when in fact they just don’t care about others and never have.

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geft t1_j8q5285 wrote

Don't forget the lead.

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floopyxyz1-7 t1_j8sbvk3 wrote

100% agree I have an idiotic cousin who constantly tells me certain members of the family are "Old and senile, they don't know better! That's what happens when you get old! Their mind is gone!" I'm like... she's 42.

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