migtig
aka Mrs. Giant
Silly but true, a sniff test using PB accurately predicts whether or not you are in the early stages of Alzheimers.
In the article they lay out how they do the test, so you can do it at home too. All you need is a person to administer the test, a ruler and a spoonful of peanut butter.
It's actually fascinating that the sense of smell is so tied into what's happening in the brain.
Peanut butter sniff test confirms Alzheimer's | Futurity
Patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease had a dramatic difference in detecting odor between the left and right nostril—the left nostril was impaired and did not detect the smell until it was an average of 10 centimeters closer to the nose than the right nostril had made the detection in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
In the article they lay out how they do the test, so you can do it at home too. All you need is a person to administer the test, a ruler and a spoonful of peanut butter.
It's actually fascinating that the sense of smell is so tied into what's happening in the brain.
Peanut butter sniff test confirms Alzheimer's | Futurity
Patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease had a dramatic difference in detecting odor between the left and right nostril—the left nostril was impaired and did not detect the smell until it was an average of 10 centimeters closer to the nose than the right nostril had made the detection in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.