Q. Could you please clear something up for once and for all. Is there really a connection between drinking fruit or vegetable juices out of aluminum cans and developing Alzheimer’s disease?
A. It is unlikely that drinking fruit or vegetable juice from aluminum cans would increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. That’s because aluminum cans are coated with a plastic lining to prevent corrosion and protect the juice from acquiring a metallic flavor.
These plastic liners are not completely innocuous, we fear. Many of them contain bisphenol A (BPA), a compound that mimics estrogen. A recent analysis in Consumer Reports (Dec., 2009) notes that some juice and canned foods contain measurable amounts of BPA in the food or beverage.
To learn more about the health risks of BPA, you may wish listen to some of the country’s leading experts on estrogen discuss their concerns and recommendations about BPA. Our hour-long radio show interview on Sex Hormone Disruption is available on CD and as an MP3.
