Fried dough sticks contain aluminum. Will you get senile dementia if you eat too much? This statement is only half right.
It is true that fried dough sticks may contain aluminum, because alum, which is often added to fried dough sticks, has the scientific name of [potassium aluminum sulfate dodecahydrate].
Although some studies suggest that excessive intake of aluminum is related to the occurrence of Alzheimer’s disease, the European Food Safety Administration (EFSA) conducted a risk assessment of aluminum in diet in 2008, showing that:
Based on the available evidence, it is not believed that aluminum intake from food will lead to the risk of dementia in the elderly.
The assessments conducted by the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization (JECFA) in 2006 and 2011 also believed that the current research could not draw the conclusion that aluminum can lead to senile dementia.
Therefore, the relationship between aluminum and senile dementia is uncertain.
For us, if an adult weighing 60 kilograms eats less than 120 milligrams of aluminum per week, it will not lead to accumulation of aluminum or cause health damage.