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Cooking in aluminum foil causes Alzheimer's disease

Dietary aluminum from foil is minimal; no proven Alzheimer's link

✗ The myth everyone repeats

Using aluminum foil for cooking causes Alzheimer's disease from aluminum exposure.

✓ What is actually true

Cooking with aluminum foil leaches negligible aluminum compared to other dietary sources. Studies find no reliable link between dietary aluminum and Alzheimer's. Aluminum is present in many safe foods.

Believed 1980–2010
Year Revised 2008
Why Changed Never True
Confidence Fully Debunked
Region Worldwide

Reception

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The receipts 2 sources
  1. Aluminum Dietary ExposurePRIMARY
  2. Alzheimer's AluminumREFERENCE

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