For gut disorders, don’t go for aluminium

Re bowel disease (WDDTY vol 15 no 1), almost everyone with IBS, colitis or cancer of the gut is hypersensitive to aluminium. The main sources are cooking utensils, using foil when cooking, aluminium-lined cartons (the plastic layer is not protective), drink cans and teabags (other than Twinings’). – P. Tatham, Durham