“Iron loading in the brain is what kills the neurons in Alzheimer’s.”
Aluminum used to be the culprit, based on a withdrawn research paper.
What causes iron loading?
Humans are equatorially evolved: we ate mostly meat with plenty of iron and sweated 24/7. 12 hours of quality sweat has the iron loss equivalent of a pint of blood. Since we aren’t sweating out the iron we are obviously retaining it.
The modern lifestyle offers further exacerbations: since 1940 the fda has mandated that all of our baked goods be supplemented with pharmaceutical iron. Since 1969 all formula milk for babies has 30 times as much iron as breast milk.
Humans are equatorially evolved: we ate mostly meat with plenty of iron and sweated 24/7. 12 hours of quality sweat has the iron loss equivalent of a pint of blood. Since we aren’t sweating out the iron we are obviously retaining it.
The modern lifestyle offers further exacerbations: since 1940 the fda has mandated that all of our baked goods be supplemented with pharmaceutical iron. Since 1969 all formula milk for babies has 30 times as much iron as breast milk.