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[dead] williesleg
Now just call them BLM Roeshia.
The_rationalist
I recently looked at what the state of the art is in dementia prevention/cure and mitochondrial targeted antioxidants are among the most effective drugs. I advise anyone to consider doing research and eventually self-conclude to take SkQ1 daily in order to significantly slow the ageing program.
lifty
How do you source that? It seems to be fairly esoteric.
agumonkey
Funny how even trying to monitor mitochondrial aids I never ever saw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkQ

Thanks somehow

tobesure
That page, along with the linked page to Vladimir Skulachev, who allegedly developed SkQ, gives me astroturf vibes. The hype seems too good to be true, and anything being used in the cosmetic/beauty industry is probably a scam.
abz10
I’ve been looking for ways to better treat hEDS. I’ve started researching how to fix mitochondrial damage. I’ll look into this. Thanks.
Dudeman112
For the people down voting this: why?

Honestly curious since the comment doesn't seem to be made in bad faith, nor seems to be breaking any guidelines.

Could be that I'm wrong, of course

duskwuff
Not one of the downvoters, but: this comment misses the point of the article pretty thoroughly. The article is about cultural issues surrounding dementia in Africa, not its prevention.
ProjectArcturis
He's shilling a totally unproven nutritional supplement. And the comment is only marginally related to the article.
treeman79
Was getting dementia, quite bad in 30s. Turned out it was a micro clotting problem. Oddly similar to what covid does. Fixed as soon as I started blood thinners. Only took 3 years and hundreds of thousands to figure out.
episode0x01
Not related to dementia, but "Poverty and Witch Killing" [0] does a great job of using extreme weather (rainfall or drought) to estimate the effect of income shocks on violence in Tanzania. Roughly: negative income shocks translated into older women being accused of witchcraft and killed (one less mouth to feed).

[0](http://emiguel.econ.berkeley.edu/assets/assets/miguel_resear...)

gentleman11
I recommend actually reading this, it was amazing and surreal
Akinato
Wow this is a brilliant article. I highly recommend it if you're sitting on the fence -- it's very captivating.
rsj_hn
What do you mean by “if you’re sitting on the fence?” — really thinking they were actual witches?
perl4ever
If you're sitting on the fence with regard to whether it's worth reading. By extension if you're uncertain what narratively.com is and if it's worthwhile.

An interesting passage is:

"what kept nagging him was how everyone called her mad. “That’s exactly what people say about persons with dementia — ‘they speak nonsense, they’re mad"

They're human beings, not schizophrenics, is what this is saying.

It reminded me of a famous Joe Biden gaffe:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/biden-raci...