[Sca-cooks] baking powder

[Daniel Myers]

On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 02:01 PM, Decker, Terry D. wrote:

> Usually, baking powders are marketed without regard to the "single
> action"
> or "double action," but Rumsford (a phosphate/bicarbonate single
> action) is
> beginning to use the possibility aluminum ingestion is related to
> Alzheimer's to market against Calumet and Clabber Girl (sodium aluminum
> sulfate/bicarb double actions).

Just a note on the alleged aluminum/Alzheimer's connection.  I've heard
that this theory originated in a single study where large amounts of
aluminum were found in brain tissue samples of those who had
Alzheimer's when they died.  It later was realized that they had used
an aluminum-based stain in the preparation of the tissue samples, and
when the study was repeated using a non-aluminum-based stain there was
essentially no aluminum found.

- Doc


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