Copper exposure likely 'key player' in Alzheimer's disease.

Jumpmaster

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From my prior readings on this, it didn't sound like a problem unless you're actually sucking on the copper light or grinding it up and putting it in your food/water...
 

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In the 50s cooking pots were frequently cast of aluminum only to find they too can trigger alzheimers. I have stuck to cast iron or stainless.
 

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Eh, we've been through the whole blank-causes-Alzheimer's thing with aluminum, which has since been disproven; Alzheimer's sufferers retain aluminum, but there's no correlation to exposure and Alzheimer's rates - the aluminum is a symptom and not a cause.

Listening to discussions of brain disorders today is a lot like reviewing discussions about electricity in the 19th century, a whole lot of questions and conjecture, with the benefit of hindsight letting you know it'd be a few decades and a few fields of science later before the pieces could be put together..
 

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Wonder how many of teeth out there have Amalgam fillings*






*waaaaaaay to many for a class action suit
 

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Wonder how many of teeth out there have Amalgam fillings
Many studies on the safety of amalgam fillings have been done. In 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) evaluated this research. It found no reason to limit the use of amalgam. The FDA concluded that amalgam fillings are safe for adults and children ages 6 and above.

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In the 50s cooking pots were frequently cast of aluminum only to find they too can trigger alzheimers. I have stuck to cast iron or stainless.

Excess iron in the blood has been shown to contribute to the development of heart disease, especially in men who do not lose iron naturally through menstruation as women do. While there are varying hypotheses about the mechanisms that increase ferritin levels (iron) in the blood (such as heavy meat consumption) it is thought to be a good idea to avoid too much use of cast iron cookware as it increases iron levels in foods during cooking. It seems that excess iron has implicated in the development of Alzheimer's disease too. Stick with the stainless.
 
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