Hematologists (physicians specialized in disorders of the blood) at Heidelberg in Germany have encountered several dialysis patients with typical iron-deficiency anemia who nevertheless had a perfectly adequate intake of iron. Reporting their findings in the Lancet (1:1390), these physicians managed to track down the cause of this seemingly incongruous manifestation of iron deficiency “amid plenty.” Aluminum was the culprit.
Aluminum, apparently, accumulates in the bone marrow cells responsible for red blood cell formation and so occupies them that it is no longer possible for them to absorb and utilize iron. Thus, although absorbed into the body quite normally, the iron cannot be used any more for red blood cell production. Here is one more example of the sinister biological effects of aluminum.
Aluminum can slowly accumulate in the tissues over a lifetime to bring about both thinning of the bones with fractures and brain damage. Furthermore, as we have noted in the previous articles, an increasing number of experts on aging believe that aluminum build-up in the brain is at least a contributory cause, if not the main one, of Alzheimer’s disease.
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