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Studies have shown that everything from brushing your teeth to climbing the stairs can reveal signs of early dementia. And now, it seems that how you take your dinner could indicate whether or not you've got a condition called frontotemporal dementia. The uncommon subtype of dementia affects about one in every 20 dementia patients, Dementia UK says.They say it’s an ”umbrella term for a group of dementias that mainly affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, which are responsible for personality, behavior, language, and speech. ”And unlike other forms of dementia, its early stages may not always be characterized by memory loss or impaired concentration. Instead, one of the symptoms of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bv FTD) is “obsessive or repetitive behavior” ― and that can extend to food.
Why?
“Frontotemporal dementia is associated with a wide variety of abnormal eating behaviors such as hyperphagia, fixations on one kind of food, even ingestion of inanimate objects,” a paper on the topic reads. Those with the condition may refuse to eat anything other than one food ― for instance, the paper referenced a “banana lady,” who ate nothing but bananas and drank nothing but milk for months before her death. After an autopsy, it was found that she had frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Those with the condition may also eat non-food objects and steal food from other people’s plates.“These behaviors are problematic, of course, socially, but also with regard to patients’ health as they tend to gain weight,” says SISSA researcher, Marilena Aiello, who was involved in a systemic review of FTD, “even if individual consequences are different.”However, “some people lose weight because they eat a narrow range of foods in an obsessive way,” the researcher says.
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Why?
“Frontotemporal dementia is associated with a wide variety of abnormal eating behaviors such as hyperphagia, fixations on one kind of food, even ingestion of inanimate objects,” a paper on the topic reads. Those with the condition may refuse to eat anything other than one food ― for instance, the paper referenced a “banana lady,” who ate nothing but bananas and drank nothing but milk for months before her death. After an autopsy, it was found that she had frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Those with the condition may also eat non-food objects and steal food from other people’s plates.“These behaviors are problematic, of course, socially, but also with regard to patients’ health as they tend to gain weight,” says SISSA researcher, Marilena Aiello, who was involved in a systemic review of FTD, “even if individual consequences are different.”However, “some people lose weight because they eat a narrow range of foods in an obsessive way,” the researcher says.
This Eating Habit Could Be A Warning Sign Of Dementia, Experts Say
This food habit is linked to a specific type of dementia.
