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How a Peanut Butter Test May Detect Alzheimer’s - Cleveland Clinic
Creamy or crunchy – and oh, so spreadable – peanut butter is not your first thought as a possible game-changer in Alzheimer’s disease research.
But it has potential, according to researchers at the University of Florida. They conducted a peanut butter smell test hoping to find an inexpensive, noninvasive way to detect early-stage Alzheimer’s and track its progress.
The test was conducted on cognitively normal individuals as well as:
Creamy or crunchy – and oh, so spreadable – peanut butter is not your first thought as a possible game-changer in Alzheimer’s disease research.
But it has potential, according to researchers at the University of Florida. They conducted a peanut butter smell test hoping to find an inexpensive, noninvasive way to detect early-stage Alzheimer’s and track its progress.
The test was conducted on cognitively normal individuals as well as:
- 18 patients diagnosed with probable Alzheimer’s disease.
- 24 patients with mild cognitive impairment.
- 26 patients with other causes of dementia.