Hi Sharon, What I have read some where is that most fresh produce you buy in the grecery store is now contaminated with a high lever of flouride. The reason for it is that the fertilizer manufacturers donset get all the flouride out of the fertilizer when it gets manufacterd and then the plants take it in. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=fluoride+in+fertilizer&btnG=Google+Search
Take care, V > Actually, we have been on well water for years now, and there is no > flouride present ( tested ). However I am sure that any processed foods > will have had flouride in them, so there would be some exposure there. > I did discontinue use of flouride toothpaste a while back for me, and > the kids. So I guess if my levels are still low it is not due entirely > to flouride. > Thanks for the info! > Sharon > On Mar 16, 2005, at 7:43 PM, Denise Every wrote: >> Fluoride depresses thyroid function. In fact, years ago, before >> doctors started using radioactive iodide to squelch thyroid function >> in hyperthyroidism, they used to use fluoride! (Which REALLY begs the >> question why fluoride was ever added to municipal water systems... is >> it any coincidence that hypothyroidism is practically a pandemic in >> people, and even in our dogs???) >> >> However, one thing to consider regarding hypothyroidism is that the >> amount of functioning gland tissue varies with each individual. For >> some people who have mild hypothyroidism, fluoride and other >> goitrogenic substances like soy and cruciferious vegetables (broccoli, >> cabbage, cauliflower, kale, etc. in their raw states, cooking seems to >> destroy the goitrogenic compounds), stopping their intake might well >> help their thyroid function return to normal or near-normal levels. >> But others, who have more severe hypothyroidism, may have little or no >> thyroid function left, and thus may not have any improvement when >> stopping their use. >> >> I feel a wise course would be to stop goitrogenic substances (things >> that depress thyroid function), like fluoride, soy, and raw >> cruciferous vegetables, and NOT change your thyroid medication until >> you have a thyroid function test to see what effect stopping them >> might have. If stopping them has had a beneficial effect on your >> thyroid, your blood levels will reflect that and then the medication >> can be decreased accordingly, or even stopped. >> >> But since the thyroid is SUCH an important gland (and one whose >> importance I think is often underestimated), you would be doing your >> body a great disservice by just stopping the medication because you're >> not using fluoride products any longer. >> >> Denise >> >> >> >> >> >> Subject: Re: CS>No more toothpaste >> >> >>> Get out! Really?? >>> How much thyroid were you taking??? Synthetic or natural. I am >>> hypothyroid too. I would LOVE to be able to stop taking the pills. Is >>> it supposed to be the flouride? >>> >>> Sharon >>> >>> >>> On Mar 16, 2005, at 5:40 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> That was great information on teeth, a friend also suggusted that if >>>> i have a hypothyroid that I stop using toothpaste for the toothpaste >>>> was causing the problem, I quit using toothpaste hypothyroid >>>> condition is gone. >>>> >>>> -------------- Original message from sol <[email protected]>: >>>> -------------- >>>> >>>> >>>> > http://www.geocities.com/missionstmichael/Dental2.html >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > sol >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Sharon Cooper wrote: >>>> > >>>> > > interesting, the hygenist just recommended to me that I get a >>>> flouride >>>> > > rinse for my tooth sensitivity. After she explained the mechanism >>>> by >>>> > > which sensitivity is normally stopped, I wondered how good would >>>> it be >>>> > > to have flouride in your mouth, hardened and blocking those >>>> pores? >>>> I >>>> > > think I'd rather have silver particles in there blocking the >>>> pores >>>> ( >>>> > > assuming that is how it works ). She also told me that once your >>>> gums >>>> > > have started to recede they will not come back. Anyone have any >>>> good >>>> > > news on that front? >>>> > > >>>> >! > Sharon >>>> > > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > No virus found in this outgoing message. >>>> > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>>> > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.3 - Release Date: >>>> 3/15/2005 >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal >>>> Silver. >>>> > >>>> > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org >>>> > >>>> > To post, address your message to: [email protected] >>>> > Silver List archive: >>>> http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html >>>> > >>>> > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] >>>> > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html >>>> > >>>> > List maintainer: Mike Devour >>>> > >>> >>> >> >> --
