The Aluminum Age & The Brain: Research, Correlations, & Solutions

Having just returned back from my 5th A4M meeting in Las Vegas, we collectively scanned around 500 people at our booth. Over the past 9 years now, I've scanned over 6,500 people with the Oligoscan. My methodology is that whenever I scan someone, I actually try to disprove the Oligoscan report. I want further proof that what the test report Is showing me Is an accurate representation of the known. I do this by asking as many questions as I have time for regarding lifestyle & consumer choices (made both currently & in the past) regarding diet, water, medications, symptoms, perspiration, etc. If the correlations are strong (and if they haven't been over these past 9 years then I would be doing something different with my life...probably caring for horses or stewarding land), then I know where to look & focus.

The most common metal that I see in people from the age of 45-75 is Mercury. It's estimated that 55-60% of adults in the USA historically had some mercury amalgam restoration documented in clinical exam data. Thankfully due to awareness and public outcry, this practice is less common with safer options used. I will save the rest on Mercury for a future blog post.

The most common metal that I see in people, across ALL ages is unequivocally Aluminum. Why? Because it's everywhere in our Modern Life.

Aluminum (Adults typically ingest 7-9mg daily from food)

Antagonist: Silica, Boron, Magnesium, Lithium

• Geoengineering (contaminating the rain & soil)

• Aluminum Cookware (“non stick” pots & pans)

• Aluminum Cans (Food, drinks)

• Anti-Perspirant Deodorant (Aluminum Hydroxide)

• Municipal Water (Alum Sulfate > Part of Water Treatment Process)

• Anti-Acid Medications (Pepcid AC, Zantac, TUMS, Diarrhea/hemorrhoid medicine)

• Aspartame (60%+ Alum)

• Aspirin (buffered)

• Baked Goods/Processed Foods

• Cheese- processed, single slices. 1 slice of individually wrapped processed cheese can contain up to 50mg of Aluminum.

• Colgate Brand toothpaste

• Cooking with Aluminum Foil

• Cosmetics- makeup & eye shadow

• Fluoride- Known neurotoxin and interacts with Aluminum to increase toxicity of both

food additives in the USA have 6 aluminum salts (i.e sodium aluminum phosphates), added to cake/pancake mixes, self rising flours, processed cheese products

• Nespresso Coffee Makers

• Pickles that contain "alum" will contain aluminum and attack the bone. An average sized pickle contains 5 to 10 mg if

it has been treated in an alum solution which is common. Alum is a form of aluminum sulfate that is used in the

pickling solution to firm up the cucumbers.

• Processed Foods (Frozen Pizzas, Pancake mix), cheap baking powder

• Tea (attaches to oxalates)

• Steamers and strainers made from aluminum used in cooking contaminate vegetables.

• Vaccinations

• Drugs High In Aluminum Oxide Excipients (https://www.drugs.com/inactive/aluminum-oxide-40.html)

Autism & Alzheimer, in my opinion, are both brain related issues. One is likely an acute exposure that penetrated the blood brain barrier in a quick fashion. The other is a slow accumulation over time. Read more here: https://www.quantum.yoga/articles-blog/2025/6-30-aluminum-the-bone-and-brain-breaker

Aluminum serves absolutely no beneficial purpose in human biology. In my opinion, the best way to reduce the overall burden of Aluminum in the body is:

1.) Reduce the amount of Aluminum coming in:

2.) Maximize the Synergists (minerals, building blocks that Aluminum (Antagonist) competes with, prevents the absorption of

3.) Maximize excretion out of the body. This includes a.) most importantly sweat, perspiration and b.) proper kidney health, urinary tract

#1 we have 90% control over. We can spend a day going through our modern life, looking at top sources and going through the appliances & products that we use and foods that we consume and try and pinpoint and reduce the culprits. 10%, (Geoengineering- read more here) we can't really control (yet- until we realize our collective power). We have to do the best we can.

#3 is very important. One question that I ask when I see High Aluminum is always, "Do you have a hard time breaking a sweat?" 9/10 times the answer is yes or "I don't sweat".

What does the word Anti-Perspirant mean? It means Anti- Sweat. Anti-Perspirant consists of Aluminum and it's used to block the excretion of the underarm. This blocks the elimination/excretion pathway & likely the lymphatic system at the underarm down. Why is breast cancer on the rise? Multiple reasons, but I wouldn't overlook the lymphatic system.

Sweating is absolutely essential. It is quite literally the definition of excreting. We are either excreting or we are accumulating. A sauna (or a membership to a gym with a Sauna) and a proper water filter for ones house are my two top recommendations to positively Impact overall health.

Epsom Salt baths (w/ Borax, Baking Soda, real Essential Oils, and Iodine) are also an amazing way to transdermally help the lymphatic system. I also like Herbalix Restoratives and Ionic Footbaths. We need to be moving the body.

Lastly, #2

300 years ago, we wouldn't need to be supplementing with Silica, Boron, Magnesium, Lithium because exposure to Aluminum would have been negligible- we weren't yet mining it from the ground. However, Today, when you have an over abundance of a metal entering the body (Al), you need to provide the body with the Synergist Minerals to counter uptake of the Metal. It's really that simple.

Ideally, my philosophy is to strive to get as many minerals as possible from Food. However, the main problem, and I'll say it again because this is the main problem regarding deficiency across the board... is our soil. For the past 50+ years, our country has been growing the same crops in the same soil via Big Agricultural practices. This is dependent on NPK or phosphate fertilizer. Will NPK fertilizer grow a plant? Yes. Do Mono cropped plants have the same mineral profile as a plant grown in healthy soil (I.e fertilized with animal poop, like nature Intended) via regenerative practices? Not a chance. The plants absorb what is in the soil. If there is no trace minerals in the soil, it's not going to magically appear in the fruit, no matter how much Apeel It has on It at the store. In addition, organic is a term that can nowadays be bought. Pesticides are almost unavoidable and even if a Big Ag farm is "organic" I'd love to ask the majority of them what kid of water they are using to irrigate their crops. I'd bet it's municipal or a low surface well.

The point is that most Americans have an overabundance of Aluminum coming in and not enough Silica, Boron, Lithium, or Magnesium coming in via their diets. Providing the mineral synergists is 1/3 of the equation, but we need to address all 3 simultaneously. To bridge the gap, my colleague Jonathan and I created Aluminum Export. For more information on each mineral and their importance you can check out our website: IonomeLabs.com

For the past year, my focus has shifted more and more towards mineral balancing. I still think [slow]chelation has value in certain scenarios where toxic accumulation is present. This is often because a metal was coming in, 24/7 (I.e Dental Filling) for years and the body's excretion pathways couldn't keep up with the Intoxication. In these cases, Chelation could help but remember, Chelation can redistribute metals to other parts of the body & can put immense stress on the body (i.e. Kidneys). There is a reason why the body doesn't dump all that built up Mercury at once out of the body... because it would cause severe damage to the organs. Think about It logically.

But regarding prevention of further heavy metal accumulation, I look to the Periodic table.

I'll close with this. I read a fantastic book this summer called Starving to Heal in Siberia. It's a true story about a lady that dealt with severe Chronic Lyme. She tried everything and it got to the point where assisted suicide was on her radar. She discovered a Russian doctor in Siberia who facilitated dry fasting retreats. She decided to give it one last shot and booked a trip to the Taiga. Hearing the details of her trip and experience was incredibly powerful and... no more lyme. The body healed itself. It's a powerful reminder that the best detoxer on this planet is YOU. The body has built in detox pathways for a reason. Why are we sick? Because we're nutrient malnourished and poisoned. We have to give the body a chance to heal and give it the good and stop giving it the poison. If it took 30 years to accumulate metals, why do we expect and demand the body to detox all that metal in 3 months? The answer is the Ego.

With Love, Jeff

The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now