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Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Introduction to book titled: Discovering the Magic in Water that Makes Life on Earth Possible (publication date December 2025)

 

Introduction to: 

Discovering the Magic in Water that Makes Life on Earth Possible

Preventing & Treating Mismatch Diseases: Alzheimer’s, Autism,

Arterial Hardening, Colorectal Cancer, Childhood Epilepsy,

and Male Infertility

 

 

Author:  Dr. Dennis N. Crouse, BSc Biochemistry, - Harvard College, Ph.D. Organic Chemistry - Harvard University - Chemistry Department, Post-graduate courses:  Understanding Dementia - Wicking Faculty of Health, University of Tasmania, Fundamentals of Neuroscience - Harvard.


Introduction

I became interested in human evolution in high school with my study of local artesian spring waters and the ability of some to magically support life while others were relatively sterile. The question I posed years ago as a scientific inquiry was “Is there magic in the water that makes life on earth possible and could this magic prevent and treat certain human diseases?” This book focuses on answering this question by first discussing how humans evolved to protect themselves from an environmental toxin that is a causal (i.e. etiological) factor of the following diseases:

·       Autism

·       Childhood Epilepsy

·       Alzheimer’s Disease

·       Coronary Heart Disease

·       Colorectal Cancer

·       Male Infertility 

In 2013 I read a book that changed the way I viewed these idiopathic diseases titled “The Story of The Human Body” by Daniel E. Liberman an evolutionary biologist at Harvard6. In his book Professor Liberman points out that over thousands of years humans have evolved protection against toxins in our environment. This protection has worked well until recently when the amount of some toxins have risen, due to dysevolutionary cultural practices, to levels that exceed our evolved protection mechanisms. This mismatch between levels of toxins versus levels of evolved protection results in the above list of idiopathic diseases called “Mismatch Diseases”.

The rising prevalence during the last 100 years of these mismatch diseases with no evolutionary advantage can’t be explained by genetic mutations. Only genetic mutations with an evolutionary advantage can upset the evolutionary equilibrium. Therefore, mismatch diseases are caused by increasing human exposure to noninfectious environmental xenobiotic toxins.

My inquiry into mismatch diseases and dysevolutionary cultural practices began when my 85-year-old mother was diagnosed with two health issues:

·       Cardiovascular disease (CVD) that required several stents

·       Cognitive impairment that was progressing to Alzheimer’s disease (AD)

As a son I wanted to help my mother by both avoiding end-stage AD and prolonging her life. I was successful in this regard as she lived to 97 without having end-stage AD. As a scientist I became interested in finding what caused these diseases in my mother. Without knowing the cause of a disease, it is almost impossible to prevent or cure the disease. My mother’s health issues made me wonder if these two diseases had a common cause.    

Arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and atherosclerosis (plaque on arterial inner walls) are associated with Alzheimer’s disease1-3. In fact, in autopsied brains of 84% of aged subjects, morphology is seen as a characteristic of both AD and CVD4. Deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD) surged 60% globally over the last 30 years. In 2023 it was reported by the World Heart Association that deaths from CVD jumped globally from 12.1million in 1990 to 20.5million in 2021 making CVD the leading cause of death5. This rapid growth in CVD deaths points to an environmental factor, that is exponentially increasing with time, as being a causal factor of CVD. This book presents data that shows the environmental factor aluminum is a causal factor of CVD. In 2022 I published a book titled “Finding a Cause and Potential Cures for Alzheimer’s Disease” in which aluminum is shown to be a causal factor of AD35.  

CVD, and AD are mismatch diseases where increasing exposure to aluminum exceeds the body’s evolved protection mechanisms6. Humans have slowly evolved over millions of years to protect themselves from aluminum, the third most abundant element in the earth’s crust. This evolution resulted in unique human evolutionary advantages that are described in this book. Dysevolutionary cultural practices are those practices that impair our ability to use our evolutionary advantages. The dysevolutionary cultural practices discussed in this book are:

·       Accepting Worldwide Declining Male Fertility

·       Adding Aluminum to Drinking Water

·       Vaccinating Children with Aluminum Containing Vaccines

·       Drinking From an Aluminum Can, Cup, or Bottle

·       Cooking in Aluminum Cookware

·       Baking with an Aluminum Containing Baking Powder

·       Avoiding a Good Sweat

Treating CVD with Fiji Water is an example of a cultural evolution fueled by social media moving much quicker through a population than genetic mutations. This anecdotal information was posted on March 17th 2025 at my wife’s (Laurie Adamson’s) Facebook group - Alzheimer’s: Late and Early Onset, APOE-4:

“We are winning too! My husband who is 75 had hypoxia issues, … out of control C-reactive protein, homocysteine, and blood pressure. My husband has the APOE4 gene and the MTHFR gene. He has never taken a statin. We decided never on that as the brain needs cholesterol.

 

We’ve been on this Journey 4 plus years. Prior to January of 2024 we used the Bredesen Protocol, along with Bredesen trained ND (Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine). We added drinking Fiji water almost a year ago in late January of 2024, because I trusted the science behind heavy metals and inflammation, and really there is no risk in trying this. 

 

His August 2024 blood work and tests of his carotid artery showed a reduction to about 9-12 percent blockage from 78 percent blockage in 2021 and 2023. For the first time in 4 years his CRP and homocysteine levels were in the normal range. His blood pressure, previously considered uncontrollable, is now in the 117/80 range.

   

His tests were performed by Lifeline screening, who we have used since 2010, and Labcorp for blood work. These were done August 29th and 30th of 2024 and are the latest results. His carotid artery is now showing mild risk down from significant risk in 2021 to 2023.

 

His vascular surgeon, Dr. Hirchfeld in Las Vegas, had been monitoring him since late 2021 when his carotid artery was just under 80 percent occluded. Also, Labcorp results in August of 2024 for C-reactive protein were 1.05mg/L. Thats down from the 3.5 to 3.9mg/L we were seeing up to and including 2023 testing. This was part of our NDs full range of tests begun in the fall of 2021 in response to my husband’s declining cognition.

 

Was lucky to find your group and your husband's book which is helping to take us the rest of the way. Drinking 1 liter of Fiji water a day was the only change we made from January of 2024 to December of 2024 and then 0.5 liter a day in 2025. Read the book. Do tests for metal detox, food sensitivity, and blood work. Knowledge of what issues can be addressed is important”.

 

Treating AD with Fiji Water is another example of how cultural evolution works. This anecdotal information was posted on October 10th 2025 at my wife’s (Laurie Adamson’s) Facebook group - Alzheimer’s: Late and Early Onset, APOE-4:

This may be too short a time period to attribute my husband's improvements to the Fiji water. But here's what happened:


He is currently 89 and was diagnosed with Alzheimer's almost two years ago. He has had numerous neurological evaluations plus an MRI and a Pet scan. His last evaluation, he achieved a score of 19 (
Mini-Mental Status Exam) .


In June of this year, he started drinking 32 ounces of Fiji water a day. Two months later, he had another neurological evaluation and his score was 25. His doctor said she had never seen this happen and that he has almost tested out of Alzheimer's. We were there to possibly start him on the infusions, but now we are taking a wait and see attitude.


His short-term memory is still not good, but it is a lot better than it was. While, he still has some problems with sundowners that's getting a lot better as well. I'm very hopeful! Oct. 2025


These two anecdotal descriptions of treating CVD and AD with Fiji Water are examples of many more reported in this book that describe reversal of the above listed human mismatch diseases with waters rich in orthosilicic acid (OSA) the magic in water. 


 Table of Contents

About the Author and Two Artesian Springs. 6

Introduction. 9

Chapter 1. Finding the Magic in Paleolithic Drinking Water 13

Chapter 2. Discovering OSA’s Magic. 17

Chapter 3. Human Evolutionary Advantages of OSA’s Magic. 24

Chapter 4. Dysevolution is Not Taking Advantage of OSA’s Magic. 35

Chapter 5. Aluminum Induced Mismatch Diseases. 53

Chapter 6. Biomarkers for Aluminum Accumulation. 55

Chapter 7. Discovering How to Make the Magic. 61

Chapter 8. Preventing and Treating the Mismatch Disease Autism.. 70

Chapter 9. Preventing and Treating Childhood Epilepsy. 88

Chapter 10. Preventing and Treating Alzheimer’s Disease. 92

Chapter 11. Preventing and Treating Cardiovascular Disease. 95

Chapter 12. Preventing and Treating Colorectal Cancer 108

Conclusion. 109

References. 110

 

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Good News ! Reduction of aluminum in body by 40%

My wife, Laurie and I have been drinking silica water for 8 years and did our first test for aluminum 2 years ago. We recently did another 24 hour urine test for aluminum (October 2023). We reduced our body burden of aluminum by 40% in the past 2 years by drinking silica rich mineral water.

We are now below the Healthy Adult category. I am 77 and Laurie is 69 years old. See table below.

Here is a link for ordering the test in the US. You have to have a lab near you and some states do not allow you to use this service. order 24 hour urine test
These results are incredible as they prove that drinking 4 cups of OSA rich water each day and avoiding dietary aluminum can lower “aluminum accumulation”. This AD biomarker, can be reduced and maintained at levels below that of an average 22-year-old by drinking Silicade daily for 6 years and can be further reduced 40% by drinking Silicade daily for 2 more years. (Silicade is the recipe Dennis developed for making your own silica water)
Here are our results for 2021 and 2023

· Total 24-hour urinary aluminum levels in 2021:
· 0.74mmoles/24hr for Dennis
· 0.44mmoles/24hr for Laurie
· 2021 Healthy young adult category

· Total 24-hour urinary aluminum levels in 2023:
· 0.55mmoles/24hr for Dennis
· 0.33mmoles/24hr for Laurie
We also work hard at eliminating sources of aluminum we are exposed to.
Here is the table.

Here is a link with more information on doing a 24 hour urine test for aluminum and how to interpret the results. How to test for aluminum

Improvements we have seen from drinking silica water:

Laurie and I did not have any noticeable cognitive issues prior to drinking silica water but we have seen improvements in our cognition. 

At 77 I have no major medical conditions and I am in shape enough to lead a large group of new parents on a 1 ½ hour 3 mile hike in the woods every week. My skin is still very flexible and my hairdresser commented that my face does not have any wrinkles despite the fact I have a few wrinkles. I have no pain in my joints, hips, and knees. My eyesight is good with no pathology. 

My brain power remains undiminished as evidenced by the publication of my 4th book this year. Do I attribute this all to drinking silica water for 7 years, no. Silica water is responsible for my continuing to have low blood pressure (both my parents had/have heart disease). Silica water has helped maintain and improve my cognition. My word recall and my ability to retain what I have read and apply it have improved. I also attribute my good health to routine daily aerobic exercise which I have being doing my entire adult life (45 minutes every other day). In the morning I sometimes experience stiffness and for the first few minutes hiking. This has decreased somewhat since starting silica water.  

The cognitive changes Laurie has noticed from drinking silica water are a “sharper brain”. For example, less word finding problems, less “senior moments” and her thinking is clearer and faster. 
The biggest surprise was we lost weight. We did not consider ourselves needing to loose weight when we started drinking silica water. We lost the weight slowly over a year or so. I am now back to the weight I was in high school. Dennis is back to his weight in college.  Aluminum inhibits two key steps in metabolizing carbohydrates and fats for energy generation.   Here is more information.  Remove aluminum loose weight

Here is a link to more anecdotal information from people with MCI and Alzheimer's.  Improvements

Friday, May 5, 2023

Silicade - Measuring Spoons Alert - Change in product 2023

 

Measuring Spoons for Making Silicade 5/5/23

In 2014, when the recipe for Silicade was developed, measuring spoons listed as Norpro 3061D Mini Measuring Sets were available online at Dine Company’s Restaurant Store.

                                         


By 2023 Norpro and Dine no longer sell 3061D measuring spoons and Norpro now sells newly designed 3061 oversized measuring spoons. Beware online as some companies, such as “Lily’s TV Items”, claim to sell Norpro 3061D measuring spoons but they ship only the new 3061 oversized measuring spoons.

In 2023 there are a number of similar commercially available measuring spoons, some of which are nearly identical to the 3061D and some of which are not identical in spite of attempts at standardization (see references).  In 2023 a half dozen of these similar commercially available measuring spoons were tested by filling them to level, not heaping, with water on a balance with 1mg resolution.  The measuring spoons sold on Amazon by three companies: Yellrin, Beryler, and Dostien, were found to be nearly identical to 2014 Norpro 3061D measuring spoons (see below table).

Do not buy Norpro 3061 or 3080 or Table Craft H723 measuring spoons as they all have over-sized level smidgens and the Norpro spoons also have non-standard incorrect level dash volumes.

Water Volume in Cubic Centimeters (cc) of Level Dash and Smidgen Measuring Spoons

Vendor / Year Purchased

ASIN (Amazon Number)

Bar Code

Each Engraved with Fraction of tsp

Volume of Level Dash

Volume of Level Smidgen

Norpro 3061D (Dine) / 2014

No Longer Available

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No

0.50cc

0.16cc

Yellrin (Amazon)   / 2023

B0958CDQS4

X0031NIPLZ

Yes

0.52cc

0.15cc

Beryler (Amazon) / 2023

B091SW8BD5

X002UZ3227

Yes

0.51cc

0.15cc

Dostien MS-5PC (Amazon) / 2023

B0BBKRJXGK

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Yes

0.51cc

0.15cc

The Following Measuring Spoons are Not Recommended

Norpro 3080  (Amazon) / 2023

B016VDB512

28901 03080 3

No

0.42cc

0.17cc

Norpro 3061 (Amazon) / 2023

B0002IK4PQ

28901 03061 2

No

0.72cc

0.25cc

TableCraft H723 / 2023

Available from Webstaurant

27875 05972 7

No

0.52cc

0.21cc

Note: making Silicade with Norpro 3061 measuring spoons will make it 40% stronger and making Silicade with Norpro 3080 measuring spoons will make it 17% weaker than recommended.

In the Silicade recipe one dash and two smidgens of sodium silicate monohydrate and one dash of sodium bisulfate are dissolved together in a gallon of tap water.  The following table shows the amount of these chemicals per dash and smidgen:

Volume (mg) of Level Dash and Smidgens of Silicade Ingredients

Measuring Spoon Type

Volume of a Level Dash of Sodium Silicate

Volume of a Level Smidgen of Sodium Silicate

Volume of a Level Dash of Sodium Bisulfate

Yellrin

350mg

125mg

830mg

Beryler

350mg

125mg

830mg

Dostien

350mg

125mg

830mg

 

Note: All three of these recommended measuring spoon types have their fraction of a teaspoon (tsp) engraved on the handle. Spoons that do not have this fraction of a tsp engraved on their handles are not recommended.

The Silicade recipe calls for a level dash and two level smidgens totaling 600mg (6.17mM) of sodium silicate monohydrate and a level dash of 830mg (6.01mM) of sodium bisulfate monohydrate added to a gallon of tap water (pH <8.5) resulting in Silicade (pH 4-5). If your tap water’s pH is greater than or equal to 8.5, in order to get the pH to just below 5 may require an added smidgen of sodium bisulfate monohydrate. After filtration through a Brita filter, two smidgens of sodium bicarbonate (i.e., baking soda) are added in order to elevate the pH of Silicade to 6.5 or greater.

References

1)     Pinch, Dash, and Smidgen; Internet Accuracy Project; https://www.accuracyproject.org/pinchdash.html (2009)

2)     Rowlett, Russ; How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement; Univ. North Carolina at Chapel Hill; http://alltootechnical.weebly.com/uploads/4/0/7/5/4075543/dict_units.pdf (December 2003) The following is quoted from this document:

“dash (ds) an informal unit of volume used in food and drink recipes. Originally the dash was usually a liquid measure, small but indefinite in amount, roughly 1/8 teaspoon or a little less. More recently it has been used as both a liquid and dry measure. Kitchen supply stores in the U.S. and other countries have begun selling sets of “minispoons” in which the dash spoon is designed to hold exactly 1/8 teaspoon, which is roughly 0.02 fluid ounce or 0.6 milliliter.” Note that this definition is of a heaping liquid 1/8 teaspoon not a level 1/8 teaspoon that is 0.51cc (0.51 milliliter).  

“smidgen a very small quantity of material. Until recently, no one thought a smidgen was an actual unit of measure, but recently kitchen supply stores in the U.S. and other countries have begun selling sets of “minispoons” in which the smallest spoon, labeled “smidgen,” is designed to hold exactly 1/2 pinch or 1/32 teaspoon, which is roughly 0.005 fluid ounce or 0.15 milliliter. The word is a diminutive of “smutch” or “smudge”; it originally meant a small spot.”

Note” milliliter is equal to cubic centimeter (cc) and 1 gram of water

Links for ordering measuring spoons:

Yellrin  https://www.amazon.com/Measuring-Spoons-Stainless-Liquid-Ingredients/dp/B09J8CDQS4/ref=sr_1_6?crid=210UDC16DVRZE&keywords=Mini%2BMeasuring%2BSpoons%2BSet%2Byellrin&qid=1683303844&s=home-garden&sprefix=mini%2Bmeasuring%2Bspoons%2Bset%2Byellrin%2Cgarden%2C85&sr=1-6&th=1

Beryler https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091SW8BD5?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1

Dsotien https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BBKRJXGK?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details