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

Some big names that I've used. Speed Stick, Tom's.. usually it says "deodorant" on the label but not "anti-perspirant"

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

#23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really interested here for my far future health as I'm starting a project with some CNC'd aluminum.

it would be good to get an opinion from someone who knows, but I'm pretty sure elemental aluminum and its oxides aren't directly metabolizable?

Well from the linked article I could understand it's an issue mainly for prosthesis, but asking just in case.

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

#25

Other than antiperspirant, are we exposed to aluminum in a form that our bodies readily absorb? Is it ever used as a food additive?

Aluminium from antiperspirants is not readily absorbed. We ingest a lot more aluminium simply from our daily diets. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278691500...

Interesting link - thanks.

So where does the aluminum in our diet come from? Is it just a mineral that gets passed up the food chain? Do we touch aluminum metal enough to contaminate our food with it?

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…

They also ruin your shirts by causing discoloration.

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

#29

Have there ever been studies linking the aluminum in antiperspirant to development of Alzheimers?

...or even aluminum foil wrapping those delicious foods like stuffed potatoes?

Tinfoil for tinfoil heads leads to Alzheimers. What a conspiracy- the tinfoil industry was behind it all along.

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

#30

Is it just deodorant or can drinking out if an aluminum soda can or even tin foil around food also cause such?

Aluminum cans are lined with BPA (polymer) .. not likely that this is a major vector. See Table 1.3 here[1] for a discussion of some sources, although it does not cover cans, pots and pans, or foil.

[1]https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/phs/phs.asp?id=1076&tid=34

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