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From: andyb@dartvax.UUCP (Andy Behrens)
Newsgroups: net.cooks,net.med
Subject: Re: Healthy Pans
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Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 14:37:30 EDT
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> Holly@hpfcla.UUCP asks about the connection between aluminum pans
> and Alzheimer's disease.

The connection was discussed in a fairly long posting about two years ago.
(Does anyone archive net.med that far back?)  That article was taken from 
the Sept/Oct 1983 issue of "American Health."

I don't know whether the facts in the article were correct, but here's a 
brief summary:

- Alzheimer's patients had an aluminum concentration in their brains that 
   is four times higher than normal.

- There was *not* any evidence that the disease was caused by the aluminum.
   
- Although there are many sources of aluminum in the environment, it is 
   not known which, if any, are responsible for high aluminum levels in
   the brain.

- The typical daily intake of aluminum is 22 milligrams.

- Source of aluminum include
	
	Water (clarifier in municipal water-treatment)
	
	Baking powder, self-rising flour (leavening)
	
	Processed cheese (emulsifying agent)
		"A single slice of processed cheese may contain 50 mg of 
		aluminum"
	
	Nondairy creamer (anti-caking agents)
	
	Antacids, buffered aspirin
	
	Antiperspirants
	
	Aluminum pots and cans, when used to cook or store acidic
		foods and carbonated drinks.


--
					Andy Behrens

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