Thread: alzheimer's and aluminum

Originally Posted by majurey

There have been a few threads discussing this in the past. From memory (sorry, too lazy to search for it ) the conclusion was that there is no risk as it's not aluminium but a compound of Potassium (sulphate) that makes up an alum block. Wikipedia's entry.

Sorry for the delayed response but I just found this thread. Also sorry to say that your alum block of potassium sulphate still has aluminum in it. Your own Wiki entry lists it as KAl(SO4)2.12H2O, which is hydratede Potassium Aluminum Sulphate.

If anyone truly believes that they have a non-aluminum alum, please let me know. Doc, you have a PM on the way.

I think we are safe here in Australia, as we use Aluminium, not this aluminum...

Is there really any causal link between the odds of developing Alzheimer's and ingestion or exposure to Aluminum?

James.

I dont really know if there is any correlation or not, what I do know is that I prefer foods cooked with cast iron or glass! So unless I am eating away from home I dont worry about it.

Forty years ago and likely well before that health food advocates warned of eating foods cooked in aluminum pots & pans. I have avoided any contact with the stuff long before the Alzheimer's association came up.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

I think we are safe here in Australia, as we use Aluminium, not this aluminum...


James.

Hehe, we use that stuff in the UK too!

I did a search at PubMed on this very topic a few months ago when I got an alum block from Francisco.

Current data and longitudinal studies indicate there is no correlation between Aluminum and Alzheimer's disease.

Use alum blocks all you want, use aluminum cookwear, eat the pull tabs from your beercans. You won't get Alzheimer's.

Alum's been about for centuries and is still used a lot -- if there really was a risk I'm sure the med journals would have been full of articles by now.

There's more danger from making fun of American spelling variations.
Aluminum/Aluminium, potato/potatoe*

*Courtesy of Dan Quayle.

Originally Posted by majurey

Alum's been about for centuries and is still used a lot -- if there really was a risk I'm sure the med journals would have been full of articles by now.

Unless of course the testers keep forgetting to report their findings

I have read that vaccines may be the culprit.Especially, since elderly are always getting flu shots.Who knows for sure though.

Originally Posted by majurey

Alum's been about for centuries and is still used a lot -- if there really was a risk I'm sure the med journals would have been full of articles by now.

and who funds the medical journals? the pharmaceutical companies. and who is on the boards that decide what aritcles to print in those journals? the pharmaceutical companies CEO's. watch the movie Food Matters, it is very informative and all true. no conspiracy here i swear. there are natural cures for everything.