What is Aluminum?
Aluminum occurs naturally and makes up about 8% of the surface of the earth. It is always found combined with other elements in the earth such as minerals and rocks. Aluminum metal is silver-white and flexible. It is often used in cooking utensils, containers, appliances and building materials.
It is used in several forms including aluminum nitrate, aluminum oxide, aluminum hydroxide (used in antacids), aluminum chlorohydrate (used in deodorants), and aluminum sulphate (used to treat drinking water). It is used in paints and fireworks, and to produce glass, rubber and ceramics.
Human beings around the world are adversely affected by metallic toxicity, consisting especially of aluminum, in excessive amounts. It is found in the brains of Alzheimer's disease victims. Aluminum is abundant in nature but it has no known biological function in the human body.
Moreover. toxins from heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, iron, lead, manganese, mercury and nickel are plaguing our society at an alarming rate.
In What Products is Aluminum Found?
Unfortunately we are not aware of just how much aluminum we are ingesting each day. For those people that suffer from indigestion (one of the causes is due to improper digestion of food because of lack of digestive enzymes) this is more than alarming! The antacids they pop down several times per day contain from 95 - 208 milligrams of aluminum hydroxide per dose - a very large quantity.
* Aspirin is buffered with aluminum hydroxide and some brands have as much as 44 milligrams of aluminum in each tablet
* Aluminum is surprisingly found in female douches. If you douche with a commercial brand it could contain ammonium aluminum sulfate and is absorbed through the walls of the vaginal vault.
* Anti-diarrheal agents have an aluminum content of 120 - 1450 milligrams per dose.
* Ulcerative drugs that are prescribed by a physician contain aluminum sucrose sulfate.
Almost every individual will unavoidably ingest 30 to 50 milligrams of aluminum daily.
Checkout the label of ingredients on such items as: Food starch modifier, pickling salts, cake mixes (frozen also), hair spray, dough (self rising) baking powder, cheese products, pizza, toothpaste, soda and beer cans, anti-caking agents, douches, pots and pans, Over-the-counter buffer aspirins, anti-diarrheal drugs,and antacids.
Foil wraps can be especially harmful a many foods are heated in it and the fumes can get into the food.
If labels contain any of these forms of aluminum be very careful: Aluminum hydroxide, Magaldrate, Dihydroxy aluminum sodium carbonate, Aluminum oxide, Potassium aluminum sulfate, Ammonium aluminum sulphate, Kaokin, Aluminum manganese silicate, Attapulgite, Alum, or any words that look remotely like aluminum.
Aluminum is Everywhere!
Large portions of the entire atmosphere over sizeable areas of the US are dangerous to human health. Scientists have identified the chief culprits of the environmental assault as aluminum and other fine metallic particles, which remain in the atmosphere for weeks and are transported hundreds of miles on the winds. They bind to particles in the air. They are distinct, minute dust constituents that pollute the lungs with toxic aluminum. They are slipping right through elaborate air pollution control devices installed at industrial sites around the nation. They travel through cell walls and implant themselves in the cell nucleus so that they eventually affect the cell's DNA..
It can dissolve in lakes, streams, and rivers depending on the quality of the water. Acid rain my dissolve aluminum from soil and rocks. It can be taken up into some plants from the soil.
Aluminum is contaminating our drinking water, milk and tea. This should come as no surprise to you that our water is contaminated with metals. Aluminum concentrations in infant formulas increases considerably during preparation as a result of utensils used, the ambient air particulate and the formula mixture itself. Consider the substitution of goat's milk which usually contains no aluminum. Tea has been found to be a major source of aluminum in the daily diet.
How Aluminum Affects Our Health
Everyone is exposed to low levels of aluminum from food, air and water. exposure to high levels of aluminum effects breathing, the nervous system, and bones. High levels can also cause birth defects.
Aluminum is not a necessary substance for our bodies and too much may be harmful. People who are exposed to high levels of aluminum in the air may have respiratory problems including coughing, and asthma from breathing dust. Some studies with high levels in mice and rabbits show that aluminum may harm young animals more because it can cause delays in skeletal and neurological development.
Aluminum has been linked to Alzheimer's disease because those patients have high levels of aluminum in their brains. We do not know whether aluminum causes the disease or whether the buildup of aluminum happens to people who already have the disease.
Infants and adults who received large doses of aluminum as a treatment for another problem developed bone diseases, which suggest that aluminum may cause skeletal problems.
There are tests to measure aluminum in blood, urine and feces. The amount in your urine can tell whether you have been exposed to higher than normal levels of aluminum. Tests can detect aluminum in your hair and fingernails.
DR. BHARDWAJ TREATS THE CAUSE OF YOUR HEALTH PROBLEMS -
NOT THE SYMPTOMS