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artsybashev t1_iv519sa wrote

Reply to comment by Faeglantina in 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! by cindy_lou_who_1982

It does take time for science to fix the incorrect beliefs, that is true. I do not want to be testing aluminun on myself and I just wanted to share my (partially outdated) knowledge of aluminum and its health concerns.

There was a snoops link in this threat that said:

"The available data do not suggest that aluminum is a causative agent of Alzheimer’s disease; however, it is possible that it may play a role in the disease development."

You can read that as you like. I like to try to avoid chemical exposure when it is easy to do and avoiding aluminum in cookware is one case. Apparently the obvious toxic levels are well above what you would ingest from daily cooking.

With all the possible interactions between the thousands of safe chemicals in our daily life, I feel like it is just much safer to avoid exposure when it is convenient.

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Faeglantina t1_iv51k75 wrote

You are really cherry picking from that article. It makes me wonder if you actually read the whole thing.

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artsybashev t1_iv53azw wrote

I did read it. Anyone interested should definitely read it too. I think that that line just put it nicely. Alzheimer’s is not caused by aluminum. There is a possibility that it might have some role in it.

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Faeglantina t1_iv541nz wrote

In science, it is far easier to prove a positive than it is a negative.

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artsybashev t1_iv53qix wrote

Highlights from the 2015 meta study linked to the snoops:

• This meta-analysis included 8 cohort and case control studies, with a total of 10567 individuals.

• Two main types of chronic Al exposure are reported: Al in drinking water and occupational exposure.

• This meta-analysis shows that chronic Al exposure is associated with 71% increased risk of AD.

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artsybashev t1_iv5432u wrote

In otherwords: do not worry about occational exposure to aluminum for example when using aluminum foil. Chronic exposure might slightly (71%) increase you chances of getting Alzheimer’s disease.

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Faeglantina t1_iv54nwz wrote

I don’t have a current Galileo password, so I can’t access to read the full paper you’re referencing. I doubt you can either. Maybe I’m wrong. However, you’re glossing over what constitutes significant chronic exposure. Like I said, zeroing on cookware doesn’t make any sense. Do you still drink tea? Take over the counter medications? Drink unfiltered water from your tap? Those all have higher exposures.

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artsybashev t1_iv54zo7 wrote

"For aluminum welders and workers in the aluminum industry, declining performance in neuropsychological tests (attention, learning, memory) has been found only with aluminum concentrations exceeding 100 µg/g creatinine in the urine"

"Creatinine Levels in Urine According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, the normal range of creatinine in a 24-hour urine sample is 500 to 2,000 mg a day."

So if you have a normal level of 1g of creatinine in your urine, you would need to ingest 0.1mg of aluminum daily. Your pot would dissolve 36.5mg per year or 365mg in 10 years.

Since not all of the aluminum gets absorbed the actual numbers are probably 10x larger.

I'm a med student so I have access through my uni.

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