New member! Been lurking for a while! Just bought my daughter her first small gumbo pot! It’s a vintage Magnalite 5qt! These puppies last forever!artsybashev t1_iv4p9cy wrote
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Did your grandma get dementia when getting old? Apparently aluminum accumulates in kidneys, brain, lungs, liver and thyroid so when it leeches to your daily food, it can cause varying health issues after decades of use.
Faeglantina t1_iv4tqz8 wrote
Eh. My grandmother’s been using the same aluminum saucepan since time immemorial. She’s almost 95 and lives independently. We still hang out. We’re going to get our flu shots together tomorrow. If we’re going the anecdotal route, she’s doing great.
SpiceGull t1_iv4ucq9 wrote
Last I heard the aluminium built up because of the dementia, not caused it.
artsybashev t1_iv54e10 wrote
This seems to be incorrect. According to the 2015 meta study, risk of Alzheimer’s increases 71% for people who have had a long exposure to Aluminum during their life:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304394015302512
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