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FLUORIDE
According to the American Dental Health Association, the optimal amount of fluoride in drinking water is 1 part per million. This may or may not be true, but regulation of fluoride added to drinking water is nearly non-existent. Doctors are now finding health issues in children that may be related to over-fluoridation. One of the symptoms is dental fluorosis, which is a discoloring of tooth enamel caused by too much fluoride. Reducing your intake of fluoride by use of a fluoride water filter in an under sink water filter system is recommended.
Fluoride affects the functions of the brain
According to the National Research Council, it is apparent that fluorides have the ability to interfere with the functions of the brain. In a review of the literature commissioned by the US Environmental Protection Agency, fluoride has been listed among about 100 chemicals for which there is substantial evidence of developmental neurotoxicity. Animal experiments show that fluoride accumulates in the brain and alters mental behavior in a manner consistent with a neurotoxic agent.
Fluoride affects the pineal gland
Studies show that fluoride accumulates in the human pineal gland to very high levels. It has been shown in animal studies that fluoride reduces melatonin production and leads to an earlier onset of puberty. One of the earliest fluoridation trials in the U.S. reported that on average young girls in the fluoridated community reached menstruation 5 months earlier than girls in the non-fluoridated community.
Fluoride affects the thyroid gland
According to the U.S. National Research Council, several lines of information indicate an effect of fluoride exposure on thyroid function. In the Ukraine, fluoride caused a lowering of thyroid function, among otherwise healthy people, at 2.3 ppm fluoride in water. In the middle of the 20th century, fluoride was prescribed by a number of European doctors to reduce the activity of the thyroid gland for those suffering from hyperthyroidism, overactive thyroid. According to a clinical study, the thyroid function of hyperthyroid patients was effectively reduced at just 2.3 to 4.5 mg/day of fluoride ion.
To put this finding in perspective, the Department of Health and Human Services has estimated that total fluoride exposure in fluoridated communities ranges from 1.6 to 6.6 mg/day. This is a remarkable fact, particularly considering the rampant and increasing problem of hypothyroidism, underactive thyroid, in the United States and other fluoridated countries. Symptoms of hypothyroidism include depression, fatigue, weight gain, muscle and joint pains, increased cholesterol levels, and heart disease. In 2010, the second most prescribed drug of the year was Synthroid which is a hormone replacement drug used to treat an underactive thyroid.
Fluorosis misdiagnosed as arthritis
Some of the early symptoms of skeletal fluorosis, which is a fluoride-induced bone and joint disease that impacts millions of people, mimic the symptoms of arthritis. According to a review on fluoridation published in Chemical & Engineering News, because some of the clinical symptoms mimic arthritis, the first two clinical phases of skeletal fluorosis could be easily misdiagnosed. Few, if any, studies have been done to determine the extent of this misdiagnosis, and whether the high prevalence of arthritis in America, being 1 in 3 Americans have some form of arthritis, and other fluoridated countries is related to growing fluoride exposure, which is highly plausible.
Please understand that these statements are not made to scare you into buying our under sink water filter, but to inform you that what you do not know can harm you. In actuality, these statements are just a sample of the ill effects of fluoride. These are some of the reasons why we include the fluoride water filter in the Encore home water filter systems.
Fluoride and your tap water
Expert opinion of fluoride from Dr. Joseph Mercola
Please note that the posting of this video does not constitute any endorsement from
Dr. Mercola for our products. This video is posted for educational purposes only.
You know how important it is to have home water filter systems that filter out contaminants, but what about the contaminants that are intentionally put into our municipal drinking water? Evidence is overwhelming that the addition of fluoride may be contributing to unhealthy bones and teeth, and overall poor health. Too many uninformed friends and neighbors are ignorant of the facts concerning the importance of including a fluoride water filter to their home water filter systems.
What do you think?
