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Old 11-12-2010, 03:55 PM
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How do you get "too much aluminum" in your system?
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Old 11-12-2010, 04:17 PM
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How do you get "too much aluminum" in your system?
From aluminum cookware.

Also, a lot of vaccines contain aluminum.

Those are the two most common ways, but there are others.

What I want to know is how Smoothie got fecal matter in his brain.
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Old 11-15-2010, 10:09 AM
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From aluminum cookware.

Also, a lot of vaccines contain aluminum.

Those are the two most common ways.
This is incorrect (sorry, Charlie). A single antacid tablet has 1,000 times more aluminum in it than a vaccine. And I imagine antacids are probably part of the average horse trainer's diet. Vaccines are not a notable source of aluminum. A baby ingests more from his momma's milk than he gets in a full course of vaccines. (Pause while I push my nerd glasses back up my nose)

But you're right; you do get it from a number of sources. American cheese is fairly high in it, and if you drink soda or beer from cans you're ingesting it, too. That said, aluminum reaching toxic levels in someone's body is pretty rare; it's likely Larry Jones has a predisposition to it. In any event, glad he's feeling better and back to training.
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Old 11-15-2010, 10:28 AM
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This is incorrect (sorry, Charlie). A single antacid tablet has 1,000 times more aluminum in it than a vaccine. And I imagine antacids are probably part of the average horse trainer's diet. Vaccines are not a notable source of aluminum. A baby ingests more from his momma's milk than he gets in a full course of vaccines. (Pause while I push my nerd glasses back up my nose)

But you're right; you do get it from a number of sources. American cheese is fairly high in it, and if you drink soda or beer from cans you're ingesting it, too. That said, aluminum reaching toxic levels in someone's body is pretty rare; it's likely Larry Jones has a predisposition to it. In any event, glad he's feeling better and back to training.
I forgot about antacids. However, there is a difference between ingesting it and having it injected into your blood.
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Old 11-15-2010, 10:35 AM
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That was quick. I hope when I retire, that's it.
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Old 11-15-2010, 02:55 PM
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That was quick. I hope when I retire, that's it.
Let's hope your retirement isn't encouraged by thousands of idiot strangers telling you that, in spite of caring for, loving and devoting your life to horses, you are a horse killer that deserves to die.

I'm glad he's decided to put himself in the public spotlight again. There was no valid reason for him to have to leave it in the first place.
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