Dementia crisis worsens with 100% spike in deaths

• Alzheimer’s deaths in the U.S. have doubled since 2000, with a sharp spike during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Big Pharma’s expensive Alzheimer’s drugs show minimal benefits, deadly side effects, and ignore root causes like diet and lifestyle.
• Natural prevention strategies, including exercise, choline-rich foods, and gut health, are proven but sidelined due to lack of profitability.
• Black and Hispanic seniors face higher Alzheimer’s risks due to underdiagnosis and systemic neglect of lifestyle-based care.
• The medical establishment prioritizes costly, ineffective drugs over science-backed prevention, leaving patients vulnerable and exploited.

The Alzheimer’s Association just dropped a bombshell: deaths from Alzheimer’s disease in the U.S. have doubled since 2000, climbing from 17.6 per 100,000 to 34 per 100,000 in 2023. While some blame an aging population, the real scandal is how little progress Big Pharma has made in stopping this epidemic despite billions in taxpayer-funded research. Meanwhile, natural prevention strategies, backed by real science, continue to be sidelined by a medical establishment obsessed with expensive, risky drugs.

The surge in deaths wasn’t just gradual; it spiked in 2020, when COVID-19 ravaged nursing homes. Nearly one in four death certificates for seniors over 85 who died from COVID also listed Alzheimer’s as a contributing factor. The pandemic exposed just how vulnerable dementia patients are, yet instead of prioritizing prevention, the system doubled down on failed pharmaceutical approaches.

Big Pharma’s costly failures

After decades of hype, two new Alzheimer’s drugs—Eli Lilly’s donanemab and Biogen’s lecanemab—finally hit the market. But the results? Underwhelming. Both drugs only slow cognitive decline slightly in early-stage patients, come with deadly side effects like brain hemorrhages, and cost a fortune. France and the UK refused to cover lecanemab, calling its benefits too minimal for the price. Yet in the U.S., regulators fast-tracked approval, leaving patients and families to foot the bill for marginal gains.

Worse, these drugs don’t address the root causes of Alzheimer’s—factors like obesity, inactivity, and poor diet, which research shows contribute to nearly half of all cases. Instead of pushing lifestyle changes that could actually prevent dementia, the medical-industrial complex keeps chasing profitable (but ineffective) pills.

The natural solutions they don’t want you to know

While Big Pharma spins its wheels, real science is uncovering how diet and exercise can slash Alzheimer’s risk. Arizona State University researchers found that aerobic exercise—even gentle cycling—reduces brain plaques and tangles linked to the disease. Meanwhile, choline, a nutrient most Americans lack, has been shown to protect memory and brain function. Foods like eggs, fish, and broccoli are packed with it, yet 90% of us don’t get enough.

Then there’s the gut-brain connection. ASU scientists discovered that a common virus, cytomegalovirus (CMV), may lurk in the gut for years, traveling to the brain and triggering Alzheimer’s in up to 45% of cases. Strengthening immunity with probiotics could be a game-changer, but don’t expect Big Pharma to promote cheap, natural fixes when they can sell $50,000-a-year drugs instead.

A crisis of underdiagnosis and neglect

The Alzheimer’s epidemic hits Black and Hispanic seniors hardest, with underdiagnosis delaying critical care. Early symptoms like memory lapses and depression often go ignored until it’s too late. Yet even when diagnosed, patients are funneled into a system that prioritizes drugs over nutrition, exercise, or toxin avoidance despite evidence that these factors drive the disease.

The Alzheimer’s Association admits that lifestyle changes could prevent a third of cases, yet doctors rarely prescribe them. Why? Because there’s no profit in telling patients to eat more vegetables or take a daily walk. The real cure for Alzheimer’s won’t come from a lab; it’ll come from rejecting the medical establishment’s failed dogma and taking control of our own health.

Sources for this article include:

ZeroHedge.com

Alz.org

ScienceAlert.com

News.ASU.edu