Davio McDavitt wrote:
> Cindy Fuller > wrote in message >...
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>>In article > ,
>> (Davio McDavitt) wrote:
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>>>Poor Kim sems to have commited an unforgivable sin by bringing up the
>>>subject of Alminyum and Alzymers.
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>>>incompetence in dealing with aluminum. I for one will start believing
>>>in a link if the molecular biologists findings are repeated.
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>>>McDavitt
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>>I AM a scientist. I briefly studied aluminum in grad school. I can
>>also spell. The link between aluminum in drinking water and Alzheimer's
>>disease was first suspected in the late 1970's, when people who were
>>getting hemodialysis in areas with high levels of aluminum in the water
>>developed dementia. Once the link was realized, dialysis centers
>>treated their water to get rid of the aluminum and incidence of the
>>condition decreased. In addition, some patients with kidney failure
>>were taking aluminum-containing antacids to reduce their absorption of
>>phosphorus, which could cause bone disease. The fraction of aluminum
>>that got absorbed was implicated in a different type of bone disease.
>>Nowadays, kidney failure patients get calcium-containing antacids to
>>reduce phosphorus absorption from the gut. This has also reduced the
>>incidence of aluminum toxicity.
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>>A major distinction needs to be made here. Folks with kidney failure
>>cannot rid their bodies of many toxins, including aluminum. If they go
>>on hemodialysis,their blood gets treated three times a week to flush out
>>the toxins that the kidneys can't. The dialysis requires large amounts
>>of water, much more than mere mortals could drink in a day.
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>>For fun, I just looked for recent articles (2000 and later) on aluminum
>>and dementia on PubMed. I only saw one "large scale" study (2700
>>subjects at baseline). They found a two-fold increase in risk of
>>dementia when water aluminum content was greater than 0.1 part per
>>million, but found no dose effect (the more aluminum, the higher the
>>risk). Compare this to smoking, where there is a 12-20-fold increase in
>>risk of lung cancer with a dose effect. Many of the other studies I
>>found involved dosing rabbits and rats with far greater amounts of
>>aluminum than healthy people would take in.
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>>I require a higher threshold of proof to believe in a link between
>>aluminum and Alzheimer's disease in people without kidney failure who
>>don't work in aluminum smelting plants.
>>
>>Cindy
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> Again grateful for the enlightening information from a real scientist
> and I have learned from the posting.
>
> I still think that it is irresponsible to add aluminum based raising
> agents and other such additives to our food when we are all living
> longer and it does seem that aluminum buils up in our heads and older
> folk (like me) have deteriorating kidneys.
Did you even read what the post above said? And the others that have
replied to your ill-informed meanderings?
> I will continue eating organic when I can afford it and have tossed
> out my aluminum pans.
I guess not.
Pastorio