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Bacon increases risk for Alzheimer’s disease. So do many other foods.
Mary Strieter, a Palm Beach County senior, loves bacon but has given it up over concern that eating the fatty, processed meat will contribute to memory loss. Strieter’s mother had Alzheimer’s, and now that Strieter has entered her 70s, she wants to keep …