Thanks for this info. I have been avoiding drinking from plastic water bottles due to potential BPA and trying to avoid breast cancer. Now I know I need to prioritize to attempt to prevent AD, thanks to 23andme. I usually will bring in my glass water jar into the sauna, as I have read that saunas ma...

Hi, I have just started the reading and research and have come across some contradictory prevention measures. Many of you have mentioned mini fasting and a keto diet and it has also come up in a couple of books. However, the book by Elwood Cohen, M.D. speaks of hypoglycemia of a risk factor and diab...

Hi Thlas1971!,

WELCOME!

We are the same age, gender and APOE status. That is great that your ma is doing well in her care home. I wonder what her APOE status is. I think I just realized that lately, I have been wondering about EVERYONES APOE status!

Hi NF52, So true what Twain says about stats! The thought came to me that the folks that are looking into the health aspect using " 23 and me" could be more inclined to do so perhaps partially due to a family member with AD, which was the case myself and twin. Maybe that could partially ex...

NF52, I am so glad that I have now met someone (online) in this study! That must really be exciting to be a part of that. I have come across so many different stats. which say different things. I have read that just one out of 50 are 4/4s and that risk of AD is 91% by age 68. I have also read that f...

Hi, I read and quoted something I came across on the forum... please see below. Does this suggest that 3/4s even if they are age 40s will just have 20-25% risk? Or does it suggest that if you make it to age 60-75 with out any cognitive decline, that you are with in that stat for the next period of l...

Hi fellow EPO4s! Glad I found * my people*. I have been boring my non EPO4 hubby to death with my latest obsession after discovering my status. I am heterozygous EPO4 female age 47. My father suddenly stopped paying bills etc. and we didn't know about it until after it was too late. He doesn't have ...