One of my Veggie Gal friends has asked about what the deal with fluoride is.

Here are some links from mercola.com to get you started in your learning:

http://search.mercola.com/search/Pages/results.aspx?k=fluoride

From the Weston A. Price Foundation:

http://www.westonaprice.org/search/search?q=fluoride

and from Sarah Pope, my favorite nutrition blogger over at The Healthy Home Economist:

http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/2011/10/densely-populated-florida-county-rejects-water-flouridation/

Here are some of Sarah’s words at the above link about fluoride:

“Probably the most disturbing complication from exposure to fluoride in drinking water is the likely reduction in the IQ of children who drink it.

Click here for a list of 23 published studies showing reduced IQ from fluoride exposure.

The other huge health concern is the depression of thyroid function in those drinking fluoridated water.   Hypothyroidism is at epidemic levels in modern society and contributes to weight issues among other serious health challenges.

In a nutshell, fluoride is an enzyme poison.  Its presence in the body even in small amounts competes for the receptor sites on the thyroid gland.  If fluoride occupies these sites instead of thyroid stimulating hormone, less thyroid hormone is manufactured resulting in a slow but steady decline in thyroid function.

Here’s the really scary part.

Fluoride displaces iodine in the body.   Without sufficient iodine, even less thyroid hormone will be produced and even taking iodine supplements may not help much if a constant infusion of fluoride is occurring via the drinking water, toothpaste, dental fluoride treatments etc.

In short, water fluoridation is an unmitigated public health disaster.”