Fluoride has always been a controversial topic. Experts cannot agree on a clear opinion. We suggest conducting a study of the facts and drawing your own conclusions. How can a chemical element code-named “fluorine” be dangerous to human health?
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In 2006, a series of experiments were conducted comparing 5 potential neurotoxins. Dr. Philippe Grandjean and Dr. Philip J. Landrigan reports that fluoride should be added to the list of toxic elements for the environment. Scientists remind that fluorine was previously included in the list of toxic substances, which includes lead, mercury and arsenic. Neurotoxins, when reaching a certain volume, affect development and can cause various systemic disorders of human functions.
The elements have a particularly toxic effect on the child in the womb and on children from one to three years old, when the brain is sensitive to all kinds of interventions.
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Can fluoride accumulate in the body and can it be removed?
Initially, fluoride was never involved in the human body. We are not talking about a substance found in fresh food. The element may accumulate as a result of prolonged use.
Where can you find fluoride? For example, while brushing your teeth. You cannot completely protect yourself from the element entering the body; substances are also absorbed through the tissues of the oral cavity. Fluoride consumption harms brain tissue, being a neurotoxin, disrupting the hormonal system, being an endocrine disruptor. Of course, it is possible to remove the “chemistry”, but the process is slow. We recommend paying attention to your daily habits and avoiding fluoride products. Today there are a huge number of alternatives on the market.
Features of use
Most often we find sodium monofluorophosphate in toothpaste, but sometimes fluoride compounds are prescribed for internal use. In this embodiment, the substance is effectively absorbed, the absorption level reaches 97%. The effectiveness of the process does not depend on the fact of food absorption. The maximum concentration in the circulatory system is recorded four hours after administration. Regardless of the dosage, half of the total ingested volume accumulates in the bones and hard tissues of the teeth. Fluoride, which is not involved in mineralization processes, is eliminated by the renal system.
Can fluoride provoke severe and hereditary diseases?
Scientists were able to find a relationship between water fluoridation and a 30% increase in the level of thyroid pathologies. Another analysis suggests that 2-5 mg of fluoride consumed over several months does lead to hypothyroidism.
It is a fact that toxic substances negatively affect our health, and by receiving doses of such substances in the form of pesticides in food or in water and air, we significantly increase the risk of irreversible consequences for our brain activity.
Excess of the substance destroys tooth enamel and bone structure. WHO states that fluoride levels above 1.5 mg per liter lead to crumbling of tooth enamel and deposits on bones. Values above 10 mg per liter threaten disability due to fluorosis.
Fluoride can also accumulate in large quantities in the pineal gland. This gland in the brain synthesizes and produces melatonin. The hormone is known as the basis for a drug to help you fall asleep quickly, but few people know that it also determines the onset of puberty in girls, which has become much younger over the past decade. Fluoride in water and in oral care is becoming a key factor in serious diseases, especially against the backdrop of a worsening environmental situation.
Pharmacological features
Most often in our lives we come across sodium monofluorophosphate in toothpaste. Qualified doctors can tell you what this compound is. It has long been discovered in medicine that fluoride ions can stabilize calcium, and this affects mineralization processes. Fluorapatite is formed, which is difficult to dissolve - due to this compound, hard tissues obtain their density. Fluoride ions are capable of initiating osteogenesis because they stimulate the activity of cells of the skeletal system.
The use of the composition allows to reduce bone resorption. An increase in resistance to the influence of osteoclasts is observed. Correct consumption of sodium monofluorophosphate helps increase bone mass. Fluoride ions penetrate into tooth enamel, it matures more efficiently and gains sufficient strength, which means the risk of caries is reduced. In addition, the bactericidal effect of the substance was revealed, especially pronounced in relation to the pathological microflora that causes caries. Due to this compound, bacteria less actively generate dangerous acids, including lactic acid.
Why is water fluoridated?
A reasonable question arose in my head after reading it. However, the answer is more than banal: those responsible for the situation either do not have information about the real danger of the substance, or deliberately turn a blind eye to the circumstances. Experts consider adding fluoride to water supplies a dangerous way to purify water. Everyone knows the expression “the less you know, the better you sleep,” but while many are silent, people are acquiring extra pounds of harmful fluoride. In the USA, the population filed lawsuits, and the government made a brilliant decision - to recognize fluoride not only as harmless to the body, but also beneficial for teeth. This is why we are so convinced that the more fluoride in the toothpaste, the whiter the teeth.
Are toothpastes dangerous to health?
Excess fluoride in toothpaste more often than other compounds leads to poisoning in children. Pay attention to the composition, it may contain harmful sodium sulfates. Such chemical bonds are even added to washing powders. When choosing these products, read the labels and look for the “eco” or “fluoride-free” label. Teeth naturally clean themselves and a number of factors influence the processes of demineralization and remineralization of teeth. Reflux, hidden gluten intolerance and/or microperforation of the intestinal walls, deficiency of fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E and K). The above and other factors can lead to the development of caries. In any case, it is necessary to understand the cause for treatment to be effective.
Fluoride is a temporary band aid. For teeth, it is important to use exactly those minerals that are part of the natural composition of dental tissue. Remember in the article “8 myths about the thyroid gland” we talked about the drug thyroxine, which is harmless because it is identical to the hormone in our body? A similar principle works here. Use a probiotic paste to optimize your oral flora, and more alkaline rinses and reduced intake of acidic foods may help balance your mouth's pH levels. However, even these recommendations are just an addition to the basic care regimen. Tooth decay is an external symptom through which the body speaks to us and tells us that there is a problem. Your task is to find and treat the sore point in a timely manner.
Connection Features
Currently, in industry, sodium monofluorophosphate is mainly used for the production of toothpastes. In this case, an active free ion is generated during the hydrolysis reaction that occurs when brushing teeth. The more acidic the environment, the faster this chemical reaction will occur.
Pastes containing sodium monofluorophosphate are especially actively advertised both by manufacturers and as part of social programs aimed at improving public health. It is not difficult to use such therapeutic and preventive products for cleaning the oral cavity, their price is no different from other products, and the benefits are obvious.
For industrial use, sodium monofluorophosphate is obtained by treating silver, ammonium monofluorophosphates or neutralizing monofluorophosphoric acid. It is noted that the industry needs to refine the methods for producing the chemical, since all the methods available today do not produce an insufficiently pure product.
How to read the ingredients in toothpaste?
Manufacturers are encrypted. On the packaging, look for words like “fluoride,” “flour,” and any related phrases. It is important to note that there are different chemical forms of fluorine, which should not be used interchangeably, but are often used that way. Sodium fluoride is less toxic than other forms of fluoride - sodium hexafluoroaluminate and hexafluorosilicylic acid. But such substances also cause harm to humans.
The other two more toxic forms (fluoroaluminates) degrade slowly and are not suitable for replacing fluoride. Among other things, these compounds cause aluminum ions to accumulate in the brain, and laboratory studies in mice showed that animals that drank water containing high levels of fluoride began to experience symptoms and manifestations similar to Alzheimer's disease.
However, these compounds are still used for fluoridation of tap water due to the low cost of the material. Research that has been and is still being conducted around the world is striking how acute the problem is and how urgent it is to pay attention to it.
Is fluoride beneficial?
This representative of the periodic table must be present in living organisms, including humans. Under natural conditions, it can be found in minerals such as fluorite and fluorapatite, as well as in water, but clean!, soil and a number of food products. To cover the daily requirement of this substance, it is enough to receive it in an amount of 0.5-4 mg. To do this, you need to eat foods like bran, buckwheat, rice and oatmeal, potatoes and onions. Foods of animal origin include liver, milk, eggs and meat. Fluoride can be found in peanuts, hazelnuts and pistachios.
What is fluoride?
Fluorine itself is a gas. In its unchanged state, it is found quite rarely in nature. When meeting any substances, this element quickly reacts.
Combining with other trace elements, it is converted into fluorides. For example, when interacting with calcium, sodium, silver, it is transformed into the corresponding fluoride (calcium fluoride, sodium fluoride, silver fluoride). Therefore, such compounds are called any chemical fusion of fluorine with other substances.
As a natural element, it is also one of the constituent parts of the earth's crust. Accordingly, a small dose of fluoride is always found in natural water sources.
Is it possible to drink tap water because it is fluoridated?
Consumption of liquid, which often also contains chlorine and boron, can cause serious poisoning, and a daily habit will turn your body into a piggy bank of a substance that is almost impossible to remove.
Please note that during pregnancy you should not drink tap water. Poison in drinking water is dangerous for children. Scientists have found that fluoridation, which is used in water treatment in Russia, is one of the causes of brain damage in children. To obtain specific results, indicators such as iodine deficiency and lead exposure were taken into account. In many countries, electrochemical methods are used to purify water, that is, anodes made of graphite, ruthenium or manganese and cathodes made of iron, nickel or molybdenum. At the moment, these methods have their drawbacks, which require additional maintenance of the water supply system, which is not always possible.
In any case, drinking tap water will harm your health. There is no effective and relatively inexpensive method of water purification in Russia yet, so use bottled water from a trusted manufacturer. Carefully study the composition of the water on the packaging.
How and what kind of water to drink then?
Water can become both a dangerous weapon, as we have already found out, and a medicine. Today, research has established that not only water with high mineralization, but also drinking water is active water. It is important to find good bottled water, only then will it be beneficial. The question legitimately arises: “when, how much and what kind of water to drink?” We want to know how a transparent substance will help us be healthy.
Treatment and prevention of diseases must begin with cleansing the intestines. If you notice excessive consumption of fluoride, start taking mineral waters “Stelmas Mg” and “Svetla mineral”, “Izhevskaya”, “Batalinskaya”, they allow you to simultaneously cleanse the intestines, liver, kidneys, blood vessels, cells and MP; lower blood pressure, sugar, cholesterol; lose weight; strengthen the immune system and much more, i.e. normalize metabolism.
And most importantly, according to WHO, our health depends 20% on the environment, 12% on the help of doctors and 48% on yourself. Take preventive measures, help your body, analyze your habits. Your health depends on you.
