Copper is a Possible Link To Alzhiemers

A group of researchers have experimented on rabbits in the hope of finding out a possible cause for the almost incurable disease of Alzheimer. The first thing that the researchers noticed was that when the rabbits that the where experimenting on developed fewer plaques in their brains than the ones that drank normal tap water. These plaques are a common symptom of Alzheimer's. the water seemed to have rather large amounts of copper in it. To find out whether this was a direct link to the increase of plaques in the Rabbits' brains, Larry Sparks, the leader of the survey gave each of the rabbits water with extremely high amounts of copper to see if he was correct. The result is promising. The rabbits developed significantly more plaques than the ones drinking pure distilled water. The copper rabbits also suffered from some memory loss. I think that discoveries like this, although it may lead to something big, are not always important. For example, I'm sure you have seen loads of different causes of cancer that have been found in surveys, and they may help raise awareness, but they won't help treat it. Saying that I don't mean that this fact isn't interesting, and to be honest, I think it's pretty cool, but it won't nessecarily help treat Alzeimers in the long term, in my opinion.