#219 Is Aluminium Foil Toxic? With Dr Rupy
24th Oct 2023
In todays episode we’re going to be addressing aluminium in cookware. Every time I use foil on social media I always get comments about how toxic foil is to the brain and how I shouldn’t be promoting it, given my position as a doctor.
So I decided to review the evidence for these claims with the team and do a thorough dive into this topic and find out if there’s any evidence for these inflammatory comments.
Today we talk about …
- What aluminium actually is
- How it’s handled by the body
- Whether foil leeches aluminium into food
- How much the human body can tolerate
- And finally, what practical steps we can take to reduce our exposure if you choose to do so
References/sources
- Aluminium background info: Royal Society of Chemistry - Britannica
- FAQs about aluminium in food & products: German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment - National Cancer Institute
- Keep your kidneys healthy: National Kidney Foundation
- Reviews: Alasfar et al. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 - Klein et al. Osteoporos Sarcopenia. 2019
- Risk assessment: Tietz et al. Arch Toxicol. 2019
- High exposure & health: McClure et al. American journal of industrial medicine. 2020 - Zhang et al. PloS one. 2021
- Human health: Lukiw et al. J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism. 2019
- Foil: Dordevic et al. Food Sci Nutr. 2019 - Fermo et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 - Hiller et al. Environment International. 2023
- Food additives: Sato et al. Food Sci Nutr. 2014
- Alleviating aluminum toxicity? Abdel et al. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 2022 - Davenward et al. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2013 - European Commission, 2018
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