Whenever talk turns to concerns about fluoride, the conversation usually centers on toxicity. That’s as it should be. Whenever any substance is to be put into the human body, questions about safety matter. Yet toxicity isn’t the only way a material can affect the...
A lot has changed since we last blogged about the changing fluoride landscape. Utah and Florida have both banned fluoridation. Health and Human Services head Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has said he will tell the CDC to stop recommending the practice. And just this month,...
It’s kind of mind-blowing to consider, but it looks like we may finally be nearing the end of the fluoridation era. A US federal court has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must address the risks of adding fluoride to our drinking water. Too much...
“Fluoride in drinking water,” wrote the authors after completing their analysis, “was negatively associated with cognitive function” in both tests. The greater the exposure, the more mistakes the children made on the test.
While tooth enamel is the strongest tissue in the human body, it’s not invulnerable. Sugars and acids in what you eat and drink can erode it. So can habitual clenching and grinding, not to mention acid reflux, bulimia, and even some medications. Still, your body is...
Nearly seven years ago, a coalition of nonprofit organizations petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to exercise its authority to ban fluoridation of drinking water due to the mounting evidence that fluoride is neurotoxic at levels normally seen in...
Just about a thousand years ago, tea drinking started to become a thing in Japan - thanks to a Buddhist priest named Eisai and a book he wrote called Kissa Yōjōki (喫茶養生記), or Drinking Tea for Health. It’s good for the heart, he said. It’s good for energizing body and...
We touched on what you should look for when searching for an ideal natural dentist. Now we will go into each question a little further. Is your dentist an advocate of fluoride free practices? What does that mean exactly? This video by "The Health Ranger"...