Research on silica water and Alzheimerās from Samantha Davenwarda, Peter Benthamb, Jan Wrightb, Peter Cromec, Deborah Jobc Anthony Polwartd and Christopher Exleya,ā
Abstract. There has been a plausible link between human exposure to aluminum and Alzheimerās disease for several decades. We contend that the only direct and ethically acceptable experimental test of the āaluminum hypothesisā, which would provide unequivocal data specific to the link, is to test the null hypothesis that a reduction in the body burden of aluminum to its lowest practical limit would have no influence upon the incidence, progression, or severity of Alzheimerās disease. Herein we are testing the hypothesis that silicon-rich mineral waters can be used as non-invasive methods to reduce the body burden of aluminum in individuals with Alzheimerās disease and a control group consisting of their carers and partners. We have shown that drinking up to 1 L of a silicon-rich mineral water each day for 12 weeks facilitated the removal of aluminum via the urine in both patient and control groups without any concomitant affect upon the urinary excretion of the essential metals, iron and copper. We have provided preliminary evidence that over 12 weeks of silicon-rich mineral water therapy the body burden of aluminum fell in individuals with Alzheimerās disease and, concomitantly, cognitive performance showed clinically relevant improvements in at least 3 out of 15 individuals. This is a first step in a much needed rigorous test of the āaluminum hypothesis of Alzheimerās diseaseā and a longer term study involving many more individuals is now warranted.