Posted on 08/27/2017 7:48:28 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Scientists at the University of Copenhagen compared dementia rates to the natural quantities of lithium in water for more than 800,000 people in Denmark, from areas occupied by nearly half of the population.
They found that in places where lithium was highest, the dementia rate fell by 17 per cent compared to those with the lowest levels.
Although researchers warn that the link could be due to other environmental factors, they say that it is worth investigating whether adding lithium to tap water could be a cheap way of protecting large numbers of people from dementia.
Lithium is a metallic element which is found in varying quantities in water in Britain, from around one migrograms per litre to around 21 micrograms per litre. The researchers found benefits after 15 micrograms per litre.
Lithium is known to have neuroprotective effects and is a standard treatment for bipolar disorder, and previous experiments on rats have shown it boosts memory. It is also known to reduce the activity of an enzyme called GSK-3, which scientists believe is involved in Alzheimer’s disease.
Allan Young, Professor of Mood Disorders at King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, said: "This study fits well with previous evidence which shows that environmental lithium may have health benefits and lithium may prevent dementia.
“At a population level the effects would be considerable as even if lithium only delayed the onset of dementia by months for each person, over the nation that would amount to a lot of healthier months.
“Although some may say that lithium should be 'added to the water' the first step might be to conduct clinical trials to examine the preventative effects of lithium first."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Add lithium fluoride.
Here we go again.
FanFu@##$#ingtastic
Maybe they should just make tap water pure ritalin.
A teaspoon of lithium chassis grease every morning has the same effect. s/
What else would it do?
Rats! You beat me to it.
It would compete with lithium for batteries.
I have taken low-dose lithium orotate as a supplement in the past.
It did have a slight positive effect on my mood, but the effect was negligible compared to other nootropics.
researchers warn that the link could be due to other environmental factors
Take one AA lithium battery and you’re good for life.
And birf control and xanex and
Add lithium to the fluoride, prescription drug cocktail, cocaine and antibiotics that inhabit the tap water. Because its just unhealthy enough now.
We filter every drop we drink through a Big Berkey filtration system.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1KvgtEnABY
There they go...messing with our precious bodily fluids again!
If we got rid of dementia, that would all but eliminate the Democrat party.
(No offense intended to sufferers of actual dementia and their families/caregivers. I’ve seen the effects first-hand and it’s a tragedy in multiple ways)
“What else would it do? “
What about pregnant or nursing mothers? Fish won’t be affected? What about the impact on microbes and what they might do to us?
I watched the Resident Evil movies and concluded liberals always seem to pick a corporation as the bad guy. I think liberals make more believable bad guys and the best intentions produce the worst results.
This is one list I found for lithium's side effects:
tremor, diarrhea, vomiting, drowsiness, muscle weakness, anorexia, nausea, blurred vision, dry mouth, fatigue, increased white blood cell count.
But not to worry. If it prevents Alzeimer's the patient (victim?) will remember to take their big pharm medicine script for each of the side effects.
Interestingly, it's used for bipolar and some other mental disorders. So everyone taking it to treat their bipolar disorder is subject to all these side effects? Wow.
Add beer to tap water and you’ve got Budweiser.
Exactly.
If they got one that stops liberalism, I say pour it on.
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