Imagine You Are An Aluminum Atom Quotes

“subsequent observation that drinking beer increased the urinary excretion of aluminum raised some eyebrows, and we set about understanding the mechanism underlying this consistent effect. How might drinking beer help the body to remove aluminum? A suggestion that alcohol in some way might be involved was shown experimentally not to be the case. It was a follow-up observation that not all beers were equal in eliciting the increased content of aluminum in urine that gave us the clue that only beers rich in silicon affected urinary excretion of aluminum. Indeed, while the new research seemed to legitimize the beer-drinking habit that many of us espoused, thereafter it was quickly ascertained that it was drinking silicic acid, the soluble and biologically available form of silicon in beer, that facilitated the removal of aluminum from the body in urine.”
― Christopher Exley, Imagine You Are An Aluminum Atom: Discussions With Mr. Aluminum

“The clinical trial was a tremendous success both in demonstrating that regular drinking of Spritzer, a silicon-rich mineral water, lowered the body burden of aluminum in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, but also, in three of the fifteen individuals, the fall in body burden of aluminum was paralleled by clinically relevant improvements in their cognitive function.”
― Christopher Exley, Imagine You Are An Aluminum Atom: Discussions With Mr. Aluminum

“The number of individuals in the treatment group (10,000 across 10 centres around Europe), all previously diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment, who went on to develop Alzheimer’s disease after 10 years was zero.”
― Christopher Exley, Imagine You Are An Aluminum Atom: Discussions With Mr. Aluminum