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TIL there's an island in Greece where Alzheimer's rates are nearly zero, and researchers who went to find the error in the data found none.
Ikaria is a small island in the Aegean Sea. Around 8,000 people. Alzheimer's rates are nearly zero compared to roughly 1 in 3 Americans over 85.
When researchers first saw the numbers they assumed the data was wrong. They kept looking for the mistake.
The mistake wasn't there.
What they found was a combination nobody had studied together — diet, daily naps, a cultural relationship with time, and a fasting calendar that accidentally triggers autophagy — a cellular brain-cleanup process.
(Did a deep dive on this recently if anyone wants the full breakdown)
u/Akshat0816 — 11 days ago