How many of us must have heard our doctors say, You need to load up on fluoride in your drink, in your food, in your toothpaste, a high-fluoride mouthwash… or these ‘beginning cavities’ will develop, But it’s all in the past now.
Researchers have proved that fluoride is bad for health.
Be it kids, adults, the old, fluoride was considered good and recommended for one and all alike. But over a period of time science has proved the ill effects of fluoride. Researchers claim that fluoride is a toxin detrimental not only to one’s body and brain but even teeth.
The institutions are taking the brain damage research forward and have had very alarming things to disclose. Studies in China have confirmed the results on the basis of animal studies that elevated fluoride use leads to reduced I.Q. in children.
Cognitive ability worsens if your child is showing iodine deficiency already. Excessive use of fluoride also leads to impairment in learning and memory process. Teachers who have been teaching young ones for more than decade or two are noticing this disability among the pupil much more than what they did 10 or 20 years back.
Use of fluoride leads to reduction in lipid content and can impair anti-oxidant defense systems. Some more ill effects of fluoride include damaged hippocampus, purkinje cells, may also lead to increased uptake of aluminum, and accumulation of fluoride in your pineal gland.
Replace your fluoride-laden toothpaste with non-fluoride toothpaste. Families, which encourage diet with very little sugar and minimum processed foods, have very low rates of tooth decay. Avoid taking fluoride-laden treatments from your doctor. Do not give your kids additional fluoride supplements.
The most difficult part is being able to remove fluoride from your drinking water. Some chemicals added to your drinking water may evaporate, but fluoride is not one of them.
Most of you may be surprised to know that nothing -cooking, food processing, regular filtration, or even digestion can remove fluoride from drinking water.
The only known way to get ride of fluoride from water is by way of using a reverse osmosis filter. It is also worth remembering that you should filter not only the water you drink, but also the water you use to wash and cook the veggies with, or make ice cubes.
