Fluoride
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 12:31 pm
1 Corinthians 6:19 says, "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?" Our bodies are to be instruments of righteousness, and we should therefore be careful of what we put in them, as to not corrupt His temple. One of the most common, but also most toxic chemicals pushed at us to ingest one way or another is sodium fluoride.
While you can read all you ever wanted to know about fluoride, its sources and dangers here, I’ll summarize some of the pertinent facts.
Dangers of Fluoride
Charles Perkins, a research chemist, in a 1954 letter, had this to say about the dangers of fluoride:
1. Fluoride accumulates in the body, typically in the bones and pineal gland, as healthy adult kidneys excrete only 50 – 60% of the fluoride ingested daily.
2. Bottle-fed Babies have the highest exposure to fluoride, which is present in most formulas and bottled water. The kidneys of healthy babies only excrete about 20% of the fluoride ingested daily, leaving them at high risk for fluorosis later in life.
3. Fluoride increases the rate of infertility, by reducing testosterone levels in men.
4. Fluoride accumulates in the brain and alters mental behavior and studies show that long term fluoride ingestion can contribute to Alzheimer’s disease.
5. Studies show that there is an association between Fluoride exposure and lowered IQ.
6. Fluoride reduces melatonin production and leads to early puberty.
7. Fluoride is a halogen chemical that mimics iodide, which is needed for proper thyroid function. Our bodies therefore reject the good halogen when bombarded with the bad. This leads to hypothyroidism, with symptoms such as depression, fatigue, weight gain, muscle and joint pains, increased cholesterol levels, and heart disease.
8. Because fluoride accumulates in the bones, a fluoride-induced bone and joint disease called Skeletal fluorosis mimics the symptoms of arthritis.
9. Fluoride causes bone defects in children, as well as increased frequency of bone fractures.
10. Fluoride also increases the risk of hip fractures in the elderly.
Sources of Fluoride
Dental Products – Toothpaste, mouthwash
Processed Food and Beverages – most are made with fluoridated water
Baby formula
Pesticides – used for insect control especially on grapes,
Tea and tea drinks– especially high in fluoride and contributor to skeletal fluorosis
Mechanically deboned chicken (i.e. chicken nuggets)
Teflon – Teflon is made from fluorine, and leaches into whatever is cooked in it
Pharmaceuticals – everything from antihistamines to anti-depression drugs can be and often are fluorinated.
Cigarettes
How Do You Avoid Fluoride?
Use only fluoride free toothpaste (see recipes below)
Eat fresh, organic foods
Drink and cook with well water or filtered and/or distilled water only
Stay away from bottled waters (unless specified as spring water) and all bottled drinks including soda, ice tea, and fruit juices. Buy concentrated organic juices (except grape) and mix with your own pure water.
Don’t cook with Teflon
Ok, Some Recipes
While I do occasionally buy fluoride-free toothpastes, they are hard to find and expensive. So here are some recipes we have used:
Tooth Powder – We put this in old glass spice jars for each member of the family, keeping cooties to a minimum and leaving some flexibility for flavors. You just wet your tooth brush and dip into powder.
½ cup baking soda
¼ teaspoon stevia (we use the pure powder kind, not with the added junk)
10-15 drops favorite essential oil – we use peppermint, cinnamon, citrus, rosemary (good for the gums), tea tree oil (just a drop or two for antibacterial properties), clove oil (good for sensitive teeth or gums), etc. Play with flavors and amounts to see what you like best.
*note – you can also add about 1 teaspoon of sea salt to the powder, for mild abrasion and antibacterial properties, and the minerals are supposed to be good for your teeth, but we thought it was <yuck>
Toothpaste – Children like to make this in a baggie so they can mush it with their fingers, and then just cut the corner of the baggie to dispense. Or just mix and keep it in a small container and dip brush into it.
2 tablespoons of coconut oil (you want this to be warmer than 75 degrees so it mixes easily)
3 tablespoons baking soda
1/8 teaspoon Stevia (again, we use the pure powder kind, not with the added junk)
8-10 drops favorite essential oil
*note - you'll want to brush with warm water as coconut oil gets hard when going under 75 degrees. Also, rinse your sink with warm water to avoid it being coated with solidified oil. If the toothpaste is too hard to dispense, just knead it in the baggie for a bit.
While you can read all you ever wanted to know about fluoride, its sources and dangers here, I’ll summarize some of the pertinent facts.
Dangers of Fluoride
Charles Perkins, a research chemist, in a 1954 letter, had this to say about the dangers of fluoride:
Here are some other tidbits:"I have your letter of September 29 asking for further documentation regarding a statement made in my book, "The Truth about Water Fluoridation", to the effect that the idea of water fluoridation was brought to England from Russia by the Russian Communist Kreminoff. In the 1930's Hitler and the German Nazis envisioned a world to be dominated and controlled by a Nazi philosophy of pan-Germanism. The German chemists worked out a very ingenious and far-reaching plan of mass-control which was submitted to and adopted by the German General Staff. This plan was to control the population in any given area through mass medication of drinking water supplies. By this method they could control the population in whole areas, reduce population by water medication that would produce sterility in women, and so on. In this scheme of mass-control, sodium fluoride occupied a prominent place.
Repeated doses of infinitesimal amounts of fluoride will in time reduce an individual's power to resist domination, by slowly poisoning and narcotizing a certain area of the brain, thus making him submissive to the will of those who wish to govern him.
The real reason behind water fluoridation is not to benefit children's teeth. If this were the real reason there are many ways in which it could be done that are much easier, cheaper, and far more effective. The real purpose behind water fluoridation is to reduce the resistance of the masses to domination and control and loss of liberty.
When the Nazis under Hitler decided to go to Poland, both the German General Staff and the Russian General Staff exchanged scientific and military ideas, plans, and personnel, and the scheme of mass control through water medication was seized upon by the Russian Communists because it fitted ideally into their plans to communize the world.
I was told of this entire scheme by a German chemist who was an official of the great I.G. Farben chemical industries and was also prominent in the Nazi movement at the time. I say this with all the earnestness and sincerity of a scientist who has spent nearly 20 years' research into the chemistry, biochemistry, physiology and pathology of fluorine --- any person who drinks artificially fluorinated water for a period of one year or more will never again be the same person mentally or physically."
1. Fluoride accumulates in the body, typically in the bones and pineal gland, as healthy adult kidneys excrete only 50 – 60% of the fluoride ingested daily.
2. Bottle-fed Babies have the highest exposure to fluoride, which is present in most formulas and bottled water. The kidneys of healthy babies only excrete about 20% of the fluoride ingested daily, leaving them at high risk for fluorosis later in life.
3. Fluoride increases the rate of infertility, by reducing testosterone levels in men.
4. Fluoride accumulates in the brain and alters mental behavior and studies show that long term fluoride ingestion can contribute to Alzheimer’s disease.
5. Studies show that there is an association between Fluoride exposure and lowered IQ.
6. Fluoride reduces melatonin production and leads to early puberty.
7. Fluoride is a halogen chemical that mimics iodide, which is needed for proper thyroid function. Our bodies therefore reject the good halogen when bombarded with the bad. This leads to hypothyroidism, with symptoms such as depression, fatigue, weight gain, muscle and joint pains, increased cholesterol levels, and heart disease.
8. Because fluoride accumulates in the bones, a fluoride-induced bone and joint disease called Skeletal fluorosis mimics the symptoms of arthritis.
9. Fluoride causes bone defects in children, as well as increased frequency of bone fractures.
10. Fluoride also increases the risk of hip fractures in the elderly.
Sources of Fluoride
Dental Products – Toothpaste, mouthwash
Processed Food and Beverages – most are made with fluoridated water
Baby formula
Pesticides – used for insect control especially on grapes,
Tea and tea drinks– especially high in fluoride and contributor to skeletal fluorosis
Mechanically deboned chicken (i.e. chicken nuggets)
Teflon – Teflon is made from fluorine, and leaches into whatever is cooked in it
Pharmaceuticals – everything from antihistamines to anti-depression drugs can be and often are fluorinated.
Cigarettes
How Do You Avoid Fluoride?
Use only fluoride free toothpaste (see recipes below)
Eat fresh, organic foods
Drink and cook with well water or filtered and/or distilled water only
Stay away from bottled waters (unless specified as spring water) and all bottled drinks including soda, ice tea, and fruit juices. Buy concentrated organic juices (except grape) and mix with your own pure water.
Don’t cook with Teflon
Ok, Some Recipes
While I do occasionally buy fluoride-free toothpastes, they are hard to find and expensive. So here are some recipes we have used:
Tooth Powder – We put this in old glass spice jars for each member of the family, keeping cooties to a minimum and leaving some flexibility for flavors. You just wet your tooth brush and dip into powder.
½ cup baking soda
¼ teaspoon stevia (we use the pure powder kind, not with the added junk)
10-15 drops favorite essential oil – we use peppermint, cinnamon, citrus, rosemary (good for the gums), tea tree oil (just a drop or two for antibacterial properties), clove oil (good for sensitive teeth or gums), etc. Play with flavors and amounts to see what you like best.
*note – you can also add about 1 teaspoon of sea salt to the powder, for mild abrasion and antibacterial properties, and the minerals are supposed to be good for your teeth, but we thought it was <yuck>
Toothpaste – Children like to make this in a baggie so they can mush it with their fingers, and then just cut the corner of the baggie to dispense. Or just mix and keep it in a small container and dip brush into it.
2 tablespoons of coconut oil (you want this to be warmer than 75 degrees so it mixes easily)
3 tablespoons baking soda
1/8 teaspoon Stevia (again, we use the pure powder kind, not with the added junk)
8-10 drops favorite essential oil
*note - you'll want to brush with warm water as coconut oil gets hard when going under 75 degrees. Also, rinse your sink with warm water to avoid it being coated with solidified oil. If the toothpaste is too hard to dispense, just knead it in the baggie for a bit.