I lost my mom to dementia a couple of years ago. Growing up, we ate what I now consider poorly. It wasn’t unusual to have Kraft Dinner, sweet cereals or other processed foods. She eventually got Diabetes, then Dementia. The really sad thing about her death was when she got sepsis, and they couldn’t operate as her dementia prevented her from understanding that she was operated on… They drugged her until she died…
I believe that sweeteners were also a cause of her problems as she aged. She loved coffee, and as she was always on a diet, she put Splenda or equal in her coffee to sweeten. For years, I told her it was dangerous, but she wasn’t ready to listen…
Beware… if something says 0 grams of sugar, there’s a good chance it’s been replaced with an artificial sugar. Always read your labels or simply do as I now do. Eat whole foods but also try to avoid foods that have a likelihood of high pesticides.. I talk about that in another post: The Dirty Dozen Foods and Clean Fifteen
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