Thread: Do vegetarians get Alzheimer’s?

Has anyone done a study on the prevalence of alzheimers among vegetarians? I had heard sometime ago that some scientists had been looking into a possible connection between dementia and CJD.

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Iron and calcium are two minerals that are regularly addressed as potential concerns for vegetarians. Can vegetarians get enough of them in their intake? Is absorption better or worse from plant sources? In the past couple years, another mineral has jumped into the ring. Until now, very little has been studied about how our intake of zinc relates to the myriad of body mechanisms it plays a role in. It seems the tables have turned however because currently there are studies going on to discover zinc's roll in coronary heart disease, fertility, pregnancy outcomes, immune deficiency states, Alzheimer's disease and more.

They probably have done studies, but seeing how many people get dementia, and Alzheimer's i would be surprised if there was a direct link.