“My parents both had / have Alzheimer’s. They never had a cat.”
Were your parents like my MIL and our current friend with Alzheimer’s, disgustingly healthy until the Alzheimer’s came?
Pretty much. On the table was always meat, potatoes, and plenty of fresh vegetables. Always a salad. There was always a dessert. They were pretty active too, traveling and such.
But my dad did walk around the yard with a spray bottle of round up, and their laundry was FULL of neurotoxic dryer sheets, sizing, etc. They were the first generation to ingest a lot of things in plastic, too... I have no idea what it was that got them affected, but I assume it was environmental.
I’m not opposed to a theory that it could be from a Protozoa or other parasite but I just don’t see the evidence for this one. I’m open for anything that really fits the epidemic of neurodegenerative diseases in older age. Nothing has nailed it yet.