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Aluminum Should Now Be Considered a Primary Factor in Alzheimer’s Disease

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Re: Aluminum Should Now Be Considered a Primary Factor in Alzheimer’s Disease

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It is interesting how the editorial talks about perspiration being a natural way for the body to excrete aluminum, while aluminum is the active ingredient in most anti-perspirants. So we are effectively blocking the release of aluminum by using aluminum.

Re: Aluminum Should Now Be Considered a Primary Factor in Alzheimer’s Disease

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post #5

It is interesting how the editorial talks about perspiration being a natural way for the body to excrete aluminum, while aluminum is the active ingredient in most anti-perspirants. So we are effectively blocking the release of aluminum by using aluminum.

Only in the arm-pits. There are plenty of other places to sweat when you're hot.

Re: Aluminum Should Now Be Considered a Primary Factor in Alzheimer’s Disease

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TLDR: "Aging is the major risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease though the advent of Alzheimer’s disease within a normal human lifespan is suggested to be brought about through human exposure to aluminum. Essentially without aluminum in brain tissue there would be no Alzheimer’s disease."

Re: Aluminum Should Now Be Considered a Primary Factor in Alzheimer’s Disease

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Can someone tell the deodorant manufacturers please? It's very hard to find aluminium free anti-perspirant in the uk

We should be clear and distinguish deodorants in general from antiperspirants specifically. Aluminum compounds are the only known effective antiperspirants, you can ask for an aluminum-free antiperspirant but you'll get a product that doesn't work very well (if at all). However, there are many options for aluminum-free deodorants that aren't antiperspirants.

I thought it was well known that antiperspirants should be avoided because of the aluminum.

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