# Aluminum: Good for You, Bad for You or Neither?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 19, 2002, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aluminum-good-for-you-bad-for-you-or-neither/137432 "2002-11-19T01:32:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aluminum-good-for-you-bad-for-you-or-neither/137432/1 "2002-11-19T01:32:41Z")

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I remember a little while back there was a controversy over aluminum and Alzheimer’s disease. Autopsies on Alzheimer’s patients reveals an unusual amount of aluminum in their brains. So when this first came out, some people wondered: Does this mean aluminum causes Alzheimer’s? Not so, said some people. It might just be a symptom–and in fact _lack_ of aluminum might be the problem.

I am curious how this all turned out. Does aluminum cause Alzheimer’s? Or in a more general sense, is aluminum in fact good for all of us? Or is neither statement true?

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aluminum-good-for-you-bad-for-you-or-neither/137432/2 "2002-11-19T02:36:42Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Jim B. \*  
> Does aluminum cause Alzheimer’s? Or in a more general sense, is aluminum in fact good for all of us? Or is neither statement true?

Short answer - “There is no proof, and the current consensus is that aluminum does not play a major role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease.”

See [http://www.sciam.com/askexpert\_question.cfm?articleID=0000FCD2-AA88-1C71-9EB7809EC588F2D7&catID=3](http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cfm?articleID=0000FCD2-AA88-1C71-9EB7809EC588F2D7&catID=3)