5365 - Aluminum cooking - good or bad? ... and covid

This is from a doctor's Facebook page. I've read this many times before but no one seems to be studying it to any great degree.

marcarginteanu.md  https://www.facebook.com/marcarginteanu.md/

How you cook matters.

Aluminum may be toxic to your brain and spine.

You try to do everything right for yourself and your family, including choosing a healthy diet. But choosing the right foods may not be enough to protect your central nervous system. How you prepare and store your meals may expose you and your family to the toxic effects of aluminum.

Aluminum may be harmful to the brain:

Problems don’t occur overnight. But long term exposure to aluminum may be toxic to your brain. Numerous researchers have evaluated work-related exposure (for example, working in a factory with high aluminum concentrations) and environmental exposure (for example, cooking on aluminum foil or aluminum pots and pans) and found associations between aluminum and brain maladies.

In 2019, Chinese scientists reported on more than 900 people who worked for a long time in an Aluminum Factory. The researchers discovered that those with a higher concentration of aluminum in their blood were significantly more likely to be Cognitively Impaired (problems thinking and remembering).

A 2019 report by Canadian and American researchers determined that long-term aluminum exposure may be associated with Alzheimer's disease, dementia associated with Down’s syndrome, and cognitive decline in renal dialysis (kidney failure) patients. The scientists had analyzed the aluminum content of more than 500 brain samples that had been submitted to their laboratory.

In 2021, British and American scientists reported their findings after they studied brain tissue from normal people and compared them to the brains of people affected with neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental diseases. The researchers determined that there may be a significantly elevated content of aluminum in certain brains. This association (patients with these maladies have more aluminum in their brains than normal) has been reported in patients with Alzheimer's disease, autism spectrum disorder, and multiple sclerosis.

There is an unfortunate group of people with familial Alzheimer’s disease. They are genetically disposed towards suffering from Alzheimer’s dementia. Scientists have discovered that they are likely to have a toxic protein in their brain (amyloid beta) and also high concentrations of aluminum in their neurons (brain cells). 

Aluminum may be especially dangerous to the developing brain (the brain of a baby or a fetus). Scientists have reported that high concentrations of aluminum may negatively alter stem cells in the brain.

Heavy metal and your spine:

In 2020, a multinational group of researchers reported that too much environmental exposure to aluminum and other metals (mercury, cadmium, lead, nickel, chromium, iron) may result in osteoporosis and increased fracture risk.

Raise a glass and don’t forget to tip the bartender:

Spanish scientists in 2021 reported that drinking beer, in moderation, may help prevent neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease. The researchers hypothesized that the hops and silicon in beer may protect your brain against the toxic effects of aluminum.

Update before post date...

My sister was at a birthday party last Saturday. No masks, who needs them, we're vaccinated and boosted. She gets a call yesterday. A guy tested positive for covid who was at the party. My sister had a test as did a friend of hers Thursday. They both tested positive. My sister was at my daughters' house on Wednesday. My daughter is immune compromised and my granddaughter has heart problems. So now they have to go get tested. Claudia and I were with our daughter Thursday night. We are waiting on her test to see if we have to get tested.

Wear a GD mask!