Friday Feb 12, 2106 (foodconsumer.org) -- Chronic exposure to aluminum can drastically increase risk for Alzheimer's disease - a major form of dementia, according to a new study published this year in Neuroscience Letters.

The study based on data from 10,567 individuals enrolled in eight cohort and case-control studies shows that people who were chronically exposed to aluminum were 70% more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than those who were not.

Aluminum can be found everywhere even in foods and drinking water.  High amounts of aluminum can be found in foods like cheese and baked products.  Baking powder and artificial colorants are known to have high levels of aluminum.  This is not the first study that link aluminum exposure to dementia like Alzheimer's disease.

Zengjin Wang, Xiaomin Wei, Junlin Yang, Jinning Suo, Jingyi Chen, Xianchen Liu, Xiulan Zhao, Chronic exposure to aluminum and risk of Alzheimer’s disease: A meta-analysis, Neuroscience Letters, Volume 610, 1 January 2016, Pages 200–206