[TheForge] Re: OT: now Alzheimers

[Smoky]

Thanks for the info, but I will still stay away from it.  After all, 15 
years ago, they said eggs were causing heart attacks and now is the same as 
50 years ago when they agree that is false.  They seem to run in circles 
with what they believe.  When they settle down on something, I may change my 
mind, but that will take more than a year or two of agreement for me.

Rick


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Fertner" <rfertner at cox.net>
To: "'Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 7:50 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Iron in the Fire- OT now Alzheimers


Got this off the web:

The vast majority of mainstream scientists now believe that if aluminum
plays any role at all in Alzheimer's, that role is small. If aluminum
exposure had a major impact on risk, scientists would have gained a clearer
picture of its involvement over the decades that they have been studying the
issue, even though certain factors hamper research. One such issue lies in
the widespread occurrence of both aluminum and Alzheimer's, which
complicates the effort to characterize their relationship. Aluminum is
Earth's third most common element after oxygen and silicon, and Alzheimer's
<clip>

Studies finding the most consistent link have examined elevated levels of
aluminum in drinking water and increased incidence of Alzheimer's. However,
there is no evidence that Alzheimer's disease is more prevalent in cultures
that traditionally drink large amounts of tea, even though tea is one of the
few plants whose leaves accumulate large amounts of aluminum that may leach
into the brewed beverage.

-----Original Message-----
From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Smoky
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 5:50 PM
To: Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Iron in the Fire

With all the information about Alzheimer's (sp?) I wouldn't like to eat
anything off aluminum.  My dad has that damned disease.

Rick Crawford at Smoky Forge
Home of Lem the Wonder Mule and
Mol ASS es the slow Donkey
in the middle of Northern Illinois