coconut as cure for altzheimers
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It's like my theory on teeth (I have no idea whether I'm right or not). 
People have problems with wisdom teeth because their dental care is too good. In past times enough teeth would have fallen out so that when the wisdom teeth arrived there would be no problem with them erupting.
Now, when wisdom teeth try to erupt, they try to do so into a full set of healthy teeth and there's no room for them.
This is surely an example of evolution in action- or rather a case of modern welfare outpacing evolution.
People have problems with wisdom teeth because their dental care is too good. In past times enough teeth would have fallen out so that when the wisdom teeth arrived there would be no problem with them erupting.
Now, when wisdom teeth try to erupt, they try to do so into a full set of healthy teeth and there's no room for them.
This is surely an example of evolution in action- or rather a case of modern welfare outpacing evolution.
I always like Monty Pythons take on teeth in people from previous ages. (Saw a doco on how they refused to blacken the actors teeth in some movie). They actually had pretty good teeth because they didn't have the amount of sugar and sweets and sweet drinks in their mouths unlike our generation. Dunno. I am sure someone somewhere has done a study.
I should think that the case here is the same as for cancer - it has no effect on reproduction, so there's no evolutionary pressure. Probably the jaw shortened as the diet changed, which also meant that there was no need to replace teeth, but they just never went away. If you go back to before we discovered sugar, teeth were a lot better anyway. Also, a lot of people would have died before their wisdom teeth grew (and not everyone gets them).
From an evolutionary point of view, once you've made babies your work here is done.
From an evolutionary point of view, once you've made babies your work here is done.
The Mad Collector said:
Phoenix said:
All these foodstuffs-as-Alzheimers-cures make me wonder if the dark chocolate one ever came up for it? It's one of the tastier miracle cures out there 
... Some random chocolate company actually funded a study into the benefits of dark choc for ME/CFS- it didn't really work, but lots of us keep trying anyway
... Some random chocolate company actually funded a study into the benefits of dark choc for ME/CFS- it didn't really work, but lots of us keep trying anyway
