Debunk: Aluminum & Alzheimer's

[beercanuck]

Hi all,

I've been looking through the threads and just wanted to respond to a topic that's been in a few of them. To point - Aluminum pots, cans, etc are directly responsible for Alzheimer disease.

This is patently false. There is a "current common belief that Alzheimer's disease is caused or exacerbated by exposure to aluminum (particularly through the use of aluminum cookware). There is currently no hard evidence to either implicate or rule out aluminum as a major cause of Alzheimer's disease, and the belief that aluminum is a major cause was largely the product of contamination and errors in test procedures."
(http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/valentin.htm)

As well, you may be interested in this link: http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question ... D7&catID=3 - in which two well known researchers respond to the aluminum=alzheimers question.

So - This brewer brews in a honking big aluminum pot.

Now Aspartame - that stuff'll kill you!

BC

[pharmaboy]

Now Aspartame - that stuff'll kill you!

BC

ROTFLMAO!!! as soon as I started reading your post, pepsi came straight to mind! LOL! Ah the internet, old wives tale one minute, scientific certainty the next.

edit - now here's something far more worrying - DHMO!

http://www.dhmo.org/

read at your peril.

[shane_vor]

There is currently no hard evidence to either implicate or rule out aluminum as a major cause of Alzheimer's disease,BC

Debunked? right...

[Hashie]

DHMO...oh my god, I shower in it every day, I even think my wife puts it in my coffee. That's it, I'm off to make some more beer and I'll be sure to put plenty of DHMO in it so it will finish me off quickly...

[Dr Love]

Dr Karl has an article - I was skeptical aluminium was an issue to begin with but this put the baby to bed for good...

http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s1163941.htm

[Chris]

Dr Karl said it? It must be right!!!

No one can beat a celebrity 'scientist'