About Flouride

Today, fluoride is found in water, toothpaste, and many other places. The public has adopted the practice of adding water to communities' water supplies. Yet, evidence shows that fluoride has many negative consequences.

For instance, research studies have show that fluoride toxicity can lead to a wide range of problems, including lead absorption, genetic damage, cell death, arthritis, muscle disorders, bone cancer, impaired thyroid function, hyperactivity, lethargy, increased tumor and cancer growth, dimentia, brain damage, and lowered IQ. 

But what about dental caries? Doesn't fluoride helps to protect against dental caries. The reason behind dental caries is demineraliztion of the teeth by the acids formed during bacterial fermentation of dietary sugar. The reasons for tooth decay are the use of refined sugar, poor dental hygiene, mineral deficiencies, including a deficiency in magnesium. 

Out of these reasons for tooth decay, it is the excess consumption of sugar that is the leading cause of tooth decay. Thus, in nations such as the United States, where there is massive consumption of sugars, tooth decay problems are exacerbated,

However, despite the ADA, the American Dental Association, warning of increased rates of tooth decay if water flouridation would be stopped, the evidence is simply not there. The studies, however, show a different stories. For one, in Japan, flouridation has not existed widely since 1970s, and yet the rates of dental caries have declined. 

There is also similar stories in the town of Tiel in the Netherlands and in the town of Kuopio in Finland.

Thus, one has to make their own decision regarding water and fluoride, as the main benefit of fluoride seems to be nonexistent and yet there are more negative side effects.