Avoiding Aluminum
Some tips and Queries received from
readers:-
Warning on Food Coloring
- Many food colors are being enhanced by the use of aluminum. Cochineal
is almost always color enhanced these days. For those trying to avoid
aluminium it is extremely difficult to know what is and what is not
contaminated. The color source is very small in quantity but is likely
to have high bioavailability. Candies that are vividly colored should
be a definite NO!! Tim Gore
Aluminum. Understand
that fluoride will allow aluminum to pass through the blood brain
barrier. Read up on the dangers of fluoride, the fact that it actually
causes tooth enamel to become brittle causing fissures in tooth enamel
that leads to cavities. No wonder dentists promote it. Beyond that it
is the base of most antidepressants. It is a rat poison, and the source
these days for industry fluoride is the scrapings of fertilizer
incinerator stacks. Avoid it. I found a toothpaste Spearmint flavor of
Toms' of Maine brand. Check the label. Most of the Tom's does contain
fluoride. Avoiding fluoride will help keep aluminum out of the brain. I
use a salt crystal for deodorant, to avoid aluminum. Also vaccines
contain mercury as well as aluminum. -- Harold,
Maltol and Aluminum. Thanks for your article on Aluminum,
very helpful. It is not only fluoride which will carry aluminium into
the brain. Citric acid can increase the amount deposited by
over 100 times, so too can the additive Maltol, a sweetener present in
drinking chocolate and some beers. Experiments carried out on
rabbits show that it can increase the aluminum absorbed in the brain by
over 90 times. -- Richard Dabrowski
Aluminium and Alzheimers From Russell Hall and class
We are very interested in finding out the link between aluminium and
Alzheimer’s and the effects of aluminium on the human body and would be
very happy if you could shed some light on this subject for us Thank
you -- Chanel College Chemistry New Zealand
Aluminum
as a color brightener is widely used food colors, the aluminium is
thought to be in an insoluble form, however the food manufacturers do
not advertise the fact that a neurotoxic metal is present in sweets
such as M&Ns. Very young children lack some of the protection
mechanisms that are present in older children and adults. - Victor
Purtill
In your
health tips page you suggest that people avoid aluminum, how do I know
what foods contains it?. What I have read about it makes me
worry that my children are building up the metal in their brains and
that they will have problems in later life. essie2000
To
Essie2000: It is unlikely that you will completely avoid aluminum in
food. Aluminum is the most abundant metal in the earths crust. The
question you should be asking is how any aluminum can enter your brain
and what you can do to avoid it. -- "J. B. Rivera"
Aug 00
To
Essie2000: Water: By using the right bottled water one can eliminate
the oral route, what about the water absorbed during a bath? My chemist
colleague suggests using a tea bag in your bathwater. -- Jakey
Thornton
Aluminum
in Antiperspirants Harmful? I've seen much about aluminum
being ingested and it's potential for harm. What about
deodorant/antiperspirants with aluminum? -- Carolyn
B King
Aluminium
poisoning in fruit juices I am a high school student in south
Africa. I am doing an investigation as to whether fruit juices packaged
in drinking boxes with aluminium lining are being contaminated with
aluminium. Do you know anything about this subject? Could the juice be
contaminated? Your help would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Angie,
-- Angie Jacobs
Aluminium Poisoning
Hi, I've heard from my colleague that sterilising baby products by
boiling is not too good as the utensils most likely contain aluminium.
Is it true? Thanks for your advice. Regards, Concerned mother
Singapore. Tong
Aluminum allergy?
It is a long story how I discovered that I am allergic to aluminum, so
I won't go into that.
I
have had migraines for 28 years and since being chelated for heavy
metal toxicity (lead, copper and aluminum) and avoiding aluminum I have
had a 95% reduction in headaches. Aluminum is used as a coating for
"buffered " pain relievers among MANY other things. If you are taking
coated ibuprofen this may be the problem. Aluminum is also in baking
powder, baking soda, (health food stores have alum free) , dark teas,
cake mixes, frozen dough, non-dairy creamers, flouride toothpaste,
anti-diarheal drugs, and very high in processed cheese of any kind.
Dear Hints and
Tips,
I have just looked at your website. I have been suffering from terrible
memory loss, concentration, and general mental functioning together
with a general foggy feeling in my head and a headache (not severe). It
has been very worrying as I am only 43 years old and have a business to
run and 2 young children to attend to. I thought that one of the
reasons for this could be alumunium poisoning brought on by my spanish
coffee percolater. I make myself a coffee using this percolator every
morning. It is the old
fashioned type - photo attached. When I wash it it does have a 'metal
smell' to it. Is this possible? Have you heard of any similar cases?
Any help or references would be helpful. Looking forward to your
response. Kind regards, -- Mrs Maite Berndes
Aluminum and
Milk Hi,
I had a question about aluminum, we have a milk cow and am going to buy
a cream separator. The stainless steel ones are about $200.00 more than
the ones with an aluminum bowl. I've always tried to stay away from
aluminum, but I was wondering if the aluminum would leach out in the
milk in the 15 or so minutes it takes to spin it. I was also wondering
if milk is one of the " more acidic " foods that make it worse to use
aluminum. Any advice you have would be much appreciated. Thanks, Trina.
04/08/10
Hair Loss - Aluminum
My son started having clumps of hair fall out and one of the
problems he had was too much aluminum in the body. Aluminum bonds with
Zinc in the body. The human body needs zinc for brain functions and
also the nervous system. After being treated with herbs and special
trace mineral and all-around vitamins his condition is improving. He
was treated by both an internal medicine doctor specializing in
Endocrine systems in the body, and a local doctor in Irrology, that
specializes in a Holistic Approach. The Irrologist believes that the
secrets of the health of the body can be found by examining the eyes.
The Holistic approach is what is curing him. There are certain herbs
which will bond with the Aluminum and allow the aluminum to be flushed
out of the body.
Aluminum is
thought to leach out of pots when Tomato Sauce is cooked in it due to
the acidic content. This might go for chili and some stews with
tomatos. However, the aluminum may already be in canned tomatos bought
at the market because the people who can the tomatoes may be using
large aluminum vats to cook them in. Of course if you are using a
scouring pad a pot may have some aluminum content on it after it is
cleaned that can combine with food. I have often seen a rag turn dinjy
silver after cleaning an aluminum pot and then trying to wipe it off.
Aluminum is
often in things like Antacids, and Antipersperants as well.
After doing
some research I found that some forms of powdered aluminum are
sometimes added to water at water purification plants as a Clarifier to
make the water clearer. I think this is why people are using bottled
water so much. It is hard to determine all the different sources of
aluminum.
I found a lot
of information on studies showing adding flouride to water can have bad
effects also 2 different studies managed to kill rats from this. It may
be the flouride and the aluminum mix and become deadlier.
Try doing a
search using Alzheimer and aluminum.
I think this is
an area that local, state, federal, and foreign health officials need
to pay more attention to. -- Charles
Hammond
Article on Aluminium in food
Papers
Varner JA, et al. (1998). Chronic administration of
aluminum-fluoride and sodium-fluoride to rats in drinking water:
Alterations in neuronal and cerebrovascular integrity. Brain Research
784: 284-298. This paper found evidence that levels of
aluminium fluoride as low as 1 part per million had adverse affects on
brain development in rats
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