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From: [e-mail] (Gary Fritz)
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Subject: Re: Aluminum cookware:  Recipe for disaster?
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Date: 20 Nov 92 16:22:20 GMT
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As the previous posters have alluded, there's no hard and fast proof
that Al exposure causes Alzheimer's.  There is evidence of high corellation,
i.e. Al deposits found in autopsies of Alzheimer's patients.  There's
lots of controversy whether Al cookware contributes to those Al deposits,
whether it's swamped out by Al from other sources, or whatever.

Me, I go with the safe approach.  Not only do I minimize my use of
Al cookware, I take an "environmental detox" vitamin supplement that
pulls heavy metals out of the body.  That way I *know* I'm minimizing
the Al in my body from ALL sources.

As an example:  a friend of mine was diagnosed with mercury poisoning,
and also had Al levels that were twice the "safe" levels.  He went on
this program for 5 months (long enough to grow out "fresh" hair for the
metals test).  His mercury dropped 75%, and his Al dropped in half.
Both were then in safe levels.  (While I don't know of any tested cases,
the program is also supposed to do the same for lead.)  My friend also
noted a 20% drop in his cholesterol levels and increased sharpness of
memory, mental processes, etc.  Good stuff.  Worth considering.

Gary