Alzheimer's Again Linked to Aluminum

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Alzheimer's Again Linked To Aluminum

By Dr. John McDougall, MD

McDougall Wellness Center

5-25-3

 

 

Note - The high levels of aluminum in aerosols/chemtrails should be

a factor to consider when reading this article. -ed

 

In patients having Alzheimer's disease the brain is somewhat

shrunken and, on postmortum examination, a definite loss of nervous

tissue is noted. Examination of the brain tissues under a microscope

reveals small bundles of material called senile plaques, scattered

throughout the tissues. The more plaques that are present, the worse

is the mental condition of the patient. Chemical analysis reveals

the presence of the metal aluminum at the core of each plaque and

within many of the cells found in the plaques. Evidence is

accumulating to indicate that aluminum may be involved in the

formation of the plaques, and it is therefore a prime suspect as the

initial cause of the disease.

 

Five population studies now link Alzheimer's disease to aluminum in

drinking water. As early as 1885, aluminum was shown to be toxic to

the nervous tissues of animals. Aluminum can also produce a

degeneration of the nervous tissues in cats and rabbits that

resembles in some ways that seen in the brains of human patients

with Alzheimer's disease. Patients with diseased kidneys accumulate

large amounts of aluminum in their bodies from medications and from

kidney-machine solutions that have been used until recently. This

accumulation results in a severe mental deterioration.

 

Aluminum is the third most common element in the earth's

crust. " Normal " dietary intake of aluminum is about 3 to 5 mg per

day, of which only a very small amount is absorbed by the body's

tissues. The aluminum to which we are exposed comes from many

sources, and most of these are under our control. Dust, water, and

even unprocessed foods contain aluminum that may be difficult to

avoid. But aluminum in cosmetics, many medicines, food additives

(for example, some brands of baking powders, and highly absorbable

aluminum maltol used in instant chocolate mixes), cans, kitchenware,

and utensils can be easily avoided. A very popular antacid,

Amphojel, consists of aluminum hydroxide.

 

Most of this daily intake is eliminated by healthy kidneys. However,

some individuals seem to absorb aluminum more readily, or are less

able to eliminate it; these people, who cannot be identified before

symptoms begin, are most likely to suffer from Alzheimer's disease.

Certainly not every one of the multitudes of us who have been fed

for a lifetime on foods cooked in aluminum pots and pans will end

our days in this world as severely mentally deficient patients.

Aluminum is only one strongly suspected culprit. Scientists believe

that other factors, yet to be identified, are involved in the

interactions that allow the body to suffer this form of

degeneration.

 

Some scientists are particularily worried about inhaled aluminum

because autopsy studies have shown a high proportion of senile

plaques in the olfactory (smelling) lobes of the brain. Spray

antiperspirants would be a likely product for this concern.

 

Your choice of cookware is important. Glass and porcelain are

relatively nonreactive with foods. Metal cookware does react with

the acids in foods and the metal ions thereby released gain access

to your body. In the case of copper, iron, and stainless steel

cookware the metals are actually essential trace elements, and

therefore make a valuable nutritional contribution if they are not

absorbed in excess. Aluminum, on the other hand, not only has no

recognized function in the body, but is toxic.

 

My Recommendations: Based on present information prudent action

would be to avoid all sources of ingestable and inhaled aluminum.

Those who fail to heed this advice will serve as " guinea pigs " for

the human experiments that may eventually prove the presence or

absence of serious health effects of aluminum.

 

Two years of investigation were reported in the Lancet in 1991 using

an aluminum chelating agent, desferrioxamine, to slow the progress

of Alzheimer's disease. Between 1979 and 1987 there has been a

thirteen-fold increase in the number of deaths from Alzheimer's

disease in the United States. To me this represents the increase in

exposure to aluminum that has happened to people in our society.

 

DO NOT TAKE THIS INFORMATION AS PERSONAL MEDICAL ADVICE. DO NOT

CHANGE YOUR DIET IF YOU ARE ILL, OR MEDICATION WITHOUT THE ADVICE OF

A QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE PROVIDER (YOUR PHYSICIAN, FOR EXAMPLE). MORE

DETAILED INFORMATION IS FOUND IN THE MCDOUGALL PROGRAM--12 DAYS TO

DYNAMIC HEALTH (PLUME 1990), IN YOUR BOOKSTORE OR CALL (800) 570-

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Hi Misty and All,

 

Found this a few weeks ago, and still find it so shocking! How many

toddlers and children are foaming up and SWALLOWING this poison every

day, twice a day? ALL of us hve been doing it most of our lives! I

switched to non toxic toothpaste because of flouride, mostly, only to

find out the aluminum is even more deadly!

 

Kathy in CT

 

 

http://www.rense.com/general37/toth.htm

 

Is Hidden True Cause Of Alzheimer's Your Toothpaste? From Paul

Kuhlman

5-3-3

 

Hello Jeff...

 

I am a truck driver, and have hauled just about everything over the

past 13 years.

 

I read your site's article postulating that naturally occurring

aluminum found in water might be the key to Alzheimer's disease. I'll

go one better than that.

 

I once picked up a 44,000 pound load of aluminum dioxide powder in

the aptly-named town of Bauxite, Arkansas. Noting that the

destination for the load was not a processing plant or a mill, I

enquired as to why this load was destined for the Colgate-Palmolive

Company. The shipping agent said that the quality of bauxite

(Aluminum dioxide) found in Arkansas was too low grade for

manufacturing purposes, but was fine for toothpaste.

 

" Toothpaste? " I enquired. He then went on to explain that common

white toothpaste is made largely from Aluminum Dioxide, which is a

mildly abrasive, brilliantly white powder. They'll simply add a

sudsing agent to make the bubbles, a flavoring agent to make it

palatable, perhaps a food coloring agent, some water, and presto -

toothpaste.

 

Go read the ingredients on your tube of toothpaste. It'll list one or

two 'active ingredients'...notice the combined total amounts

of 'active ingredients' is usually less than 1%. What about the other

99%?

 

* Were you aware that every day of your life, you are filling your

mouth with a gob of nearly pure aluminum dioxide?

 

* Can you imagine the possible health effects?

 

* Do you see how this is the number one entry point for aluminum to

enter the body?

 

* Can you guess why the inactive ingredients aren't listed?

 

* Imagine the outcry from all the millions of health conscious

Americans who suddenly discovered that they are being poisoned!

 

*Yes, that's why they aren't listed.

 

So, if you and your vast readership are concerned about getting too

much aluminum in their diets, you can all relax about naturally

occurring aluminum in the water, or cooking with pots and pans. These

are trivial sources of aluminum compared with the several pounds of

aluminum directly swallowed or absorbed through the tissues while

brushing our teeth.

 

On the bright side, we can all still have a beautiful smile in our

old age, if only we can remember how to smile.

 

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