Its always possible he had simple dementia. But he probably did have Alz.

Working on that probably diagnosis, it was interesting that my Grandfather manifested this disease some time after left his old home where he lived with my Grandmother who passed on before him. Grandfather Vincenzo was born in 1909. He was 89 when I left Toronto in 1998, and 92 when I was there in 2001. He was still fine to a simple observation then. It was later that he was put in a care home.

I believe it was his change in diet, and lifestyle which manifested the disease. Is it so unusual to manifest Alzheimer at this age?
When living at “home” he had his own garden, moved around and did his own shopping, and mostly grandmother cooked for him. They used the aluminum pots for many years prefering them over stainless steel, and cooking tomatoe sauce in them frequently.
We are a Sicilian-Canadian family.

I believe that medically there may be no essential correlation between aluminum pot usage and the etiology of this disease.

Grandfather, and grandmother had a system of eating minestrone’s and other foods quite often, that I am certain the nutrients, and phytochemicals, especially fresh ones from the garden in the summer (especially greens) prevented the disease from manifesting.

While the information I am giving is anectodal, I think it should be taken to heart by researchers on the etiology of this disease.
Are researchers considering multi factor etiology? Can that be discovered with modern day statistical analysis?

I am always fundamentally interested in the etiology of any medical disease, and as a Healer especially interested in the Healing of any disease.

I do think Alz is an exceptionally difficult disease to Heal, especially late in life.

There is another TCM diagnosis that I think grandfather, and many other’s have, called Yin Deficiency. Grandfather also had kidney-qi deficiency as exemplified by ringing ears, and wax not naturally coming out of the ears.

The other factor I think worth mentioning is the exposure to more indoor air pollution or chemicals in grandfather’s new home with his daughter and son-in-law. Lack of fresh air.

This is not surprising to me to be a causitive factor to the disease because I had a friend, 65 who after moving into a new apt that I found to be lacking fresh air, and was newly built, exhibiting much indoor air pollution, had a stroke.

He moved back to his house here on the West Coast which has much free fresh air compared to his newer apt which was very air tight.
Air tightness.
Intuitively I knew that his stroke was caused by a glutathione deficiency.
There’s at least two ways to look at everything. Increase indoor air pollution. Increased need for glutathione, and nutrients need to create this internal antioxidant.

Lastly, I believe that grandfather’s judicious and pleasurable use of a large glass of wine everyday with a good lunch also contributed to preventing this disease from manifesting this disease when he was at his home with grandmother.

Master Healer Salvatore Crapanzano

I didn’t define cure in the article but would consider any agent (pharmaceutical or organic) or procedure that stopped/reversed the underlying pathology of the disease to be a cure.

The onset age for Alzheimer’s has a wide range and is difficult to pin down since we still don’t completely understand the underlying pathology. The familial form (which is rare) usually begins in the 50’s and the more common form is not really a risk until age 65 where prevalence is between 1% and 5% of the population.