Also, this would imply that people who work in glass and zeolite production/processing would be more at risk, which I don't believe is the case, so it's unlikely that this hypothesis holds up.
When I was a kid, I remember being a big scare about a connection between Alzheimer’s and aluminum. People were throwing out their aluminum pans. Not sure what ever came of it.
> Prevention: Avoid all aluminum-containing antacids, antiperspirants applied to open skin, dialysate water with high aluminum content, and TPN solutions with high aluminum content. [...] Treatment of aluminum toxicity includes elimination of aluminum exposure (eg, from diet, total parenteral nutrition [TPN], dialysate, medications, antiperspirants) and an attempt to eliminate the element from the body's stores through chelation. Avoidance of aluminum is easily achieved in most cases, once the need to do so is recognized.
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Also, this would imply that people who work in glass and zeolite production/processing would be more at risk, which I don't believe is the case, so it's unlikely that this hypothesis holds up.
When I was a kid, I remember being a big scare about a connection between Alzheimer’s and aluminum. People were throwing out their aluminum pans. Not sure what ever came of it.
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"Lithium for Alzheimer’s disease: Insights from a meta-analysis" (2026) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014976342...
How does dietary aluminum exposure affect dietary lithium?
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"Aluminum Toxicity Treatment & Management: Medical Care, Consultations, Diet" https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/165315-treatment#d5 :
> Prevention: Avoid all aluminum-containing antacids, antiperspirants applied to open skin, dialysate water with high aluminum content, and TPN solutions with high aluminum content. [...] Treatment of aluminum toxicity includes elimination of aluminum exposure (eg, from diet, total parenteral nutrition [TPN], dialysate, medications, antiperspirants) and an attempt to eliminate the element from the body's stores through chelation. Avoidance of aluminum is easily achieved in most cases, once the need to do so is recognized.
Phytic acid is a chelator.
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"Are Phytates Bad for You?" https://foodrevolution.org/blog/phytates/
"Investigation of the medicinal significance of phytic acid as an indispensable anti-nutrient in diseases" (2019) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235293931... .. gscholar: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=2008277270697750411...