We Can Control One of The Likely Causes of Alzheimer's Disease

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Most people fear developing Alzheimer's disease as we age. What is very clear is that the risk of Alzheimer's rises with age. By the time a person reaches age 85, the chances of having this brain-destroying disease are at least one in three. Not good odds for our aging parents nor for us, the adult children. If we have pretty good evidence that exposure to these heavy metals makes the risk worse, wouldn't we want to stop or limit our exposure to heavy metals?

The average person certainly doesn't know when or how we get exposed in the first place. At least we do know what a team of Chinese and American researchers found after reviewing a vast amount of scientific research into heavy metal exposure and the risk of Alzheimer's.

As reported by David Perlmutter, M.D., a neurologist focused on prevention, this research team did a comprehensive meta-analysis of heavy metal exposure, focused particularly on aluminium, mercury, cadmium, and lead. They concluded that there was a significant positive relationship between elevated blood levels of these metals and Alzheimer's risk. Oddly, lead did not lead to higher risk, but seemed to be associated with decreased risk. However, we know that lead exposure is toxic for other reasons.

If anyone needs yet another reason to stop smoking, cutting a risk of Alzheimer's disease is one of them.  If your aging parents live in a place where the drinking water is questionable, get them drinking cleaner bottled water.

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