So you have been buying toothpaste with fluoride in and drinking fluoride water just to ensure your teeth are strong and healthy. For many years, we have been convinced that fluoride is good for your teeth and health but infact ingesting too much fluoride during your developing years can cause dental fluorosis (white and brown spots on your teeth) and many more serious illnesses.

Promoters of fluoridation say that these markings, from dental fluorosis, are ‘just cosmetic’ however it is also a sign that your bones and organs including your brain have been exposed to too much fluoride.

Promoters of fluoridation admit that fluoride works from the outside of the tooth, not from inside the body, therefore why are they putting it in our water to swallow it? The fluoride added to our drinking water is infact a chemical waste product. It is not something you should be using as a supplement to your diet.

There are many other studies showing the dangers of fluoride to health and research has shown fluoride:

Increases lead absorption, disrupts synthesis of collagen, hyperactivity and/or lethargy, muscle disorders, brain damage and lowered IQ, arthritis, dementia, bone fractures, lowers thyroid function, bone cancer, increases tumor and cancer rate, disrupts immune system, damages sperm and increases infertility.

As you can see, fluoride is definitely not a health supplement and should be avoided at all costs.

A note to parents; there is research showing that adding fluoridated water to your babies formula is harmful to your babies health and development. If you are not breastfeeding (recommended method), please use filtered water for the babies formula. If you are pregnant, fluoride can pass through the placenta and harm the body so be aware of what you are putting in your mouth.

Three ways to avoid fluoride:

One. Most bottled waters have fluoride added (they do not have to say on the bottle), therefore we recommend installing a high quality water filtration system in your house such as a reverse osmosis filter that can filter out most of the fluoride and other dangerous water contaminants like disinfection by-products.

Two. Buy fluoride free toothpaste from your local health food store (some supermarkets sell this.

Three. Buy fluoride free mouthwash

This article has been written to not scare you, but make you aware of what a so called ‘health’ supplement can do to your health. For further reading we suggest Dr Connetts book – The case against fluoride.