Fluoride is poison…yes it really is!

Fluoride is Poison

When I walked into my dentist’s office last month for my semi-annual teeth cleaning appointment, I was greeted by a very large, definitely hard to miss poster telling me not to forget to have my fluoride treatment to protect my teeth against cavities.

I know at some point I’ve had a fluoride treatment, but not for many years.

For the past few years, as I’ve become more health conscious and frankly less trusting of what the mainstream media/advertising tells me I should be doing/eating/using, I’ve been avoiding fluoride in any form like the plague.

Did you know that in the U.S. it’s illegal to add fluoride to food or to salt, but it’s perfectly acceptable, even required in many areas to add it to the water supply? I’m fortunate that I have well water, so I am not forced to drink fluoridated water.

As early as 1909, it was known that fluoride was an industrial pollutant that harmed plants, animals, and humans. In fact, it was banned as a food additive in that same year by the Pennsylvania General Assembly!

The fluoride now found in approximately 90% of drinking water is hydrofluoric acid. It’s a compound of fluorine which is a chemical byproduct of aluminum, cement, phosphate, steel and nuclear weapons manufacturing. In this manmade form, fluoride has no nutrient value at all. In fact, it’s one of the most caustic industrial chemicals. So caustic in fact, that it’s the toxin in rat poison and cockroach powder.

Fluoride in the body destroys enzymes by changing their shape so they no longer “fit”. The body now recognizes them as foreign and begins to defend itself, turning on and destroying itself, and an autoimmune situation is born.

Did you ever wonder why there is a warning on your tube of fluoridated toothpaste warning you not to swallow it? Well, consider this quote from Procter & Gamble: “A seven ounce tube of toothpaste, theoretically at least, contains enough fluoride to kill a small child.”

And here are a two more factoids for you to mull over while you’re brushing your teeth with that minty fresh poison:

• Taylor Study, University of Austin: fluoride concentration of 1PPM (parts per million) increases tumor growth rate by 25%
• Fluoride is more poisonous than lead, and just less poisonous than arsenic – Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products — 1984

Fluoride also fast forwards the aging process. It dissolves the body’s glue by preventing new collagen from being formed. This prevention of collagen formation affects many parts of our bodies… bones, genetic damage, brain damage, teeth; in fact, discoloration and crumbling of teeth as a result of fluoride exposure and ingestion is known as dental fluorosis.

Bottom line: Avoid fluoride as much as you possibly can. If your water is fluoridated, get a really good filter for your tap, and find a toothpaste that doesn’t contain fluoride. It’s not as easy as you might think. Trader Joe’s has one, and you can always make your own…save money and improve your health!

Make Major Improvements in Your Life!

Cheryl A Major