Five ways drinking helps your health

[eduardo89]

Are you aware there is a difference between naturally occurring fluoride and the toxic waste they add to the water supply?

There actually isn't.

Is there a difference in the effectiveness between naturally occurring fluoridated water (at optimal fluoride levels) and water that has fluoride added to reach the optimal level?

No. The dental benefits of optimally fluoridated water occur regardless of the fluoride’s source.

Fluoride is present in water as “ions” or electrically charged atoms.36 These ions are the same whether acquired by water as it seeps through rocks and sand or added to the water supply under carefully controlled conditions. When fluoride is added under controlled conditions to fluoride-deficient water, the dental benefits are the same as those obtained from naturally fluoridated water. Fluoridation is merely an increase of the level of the naturally occurring fluoride present in all drinking water sources.

Some individuals use the term “artificial fluoridation” to imply that the process of water fluoridation is unnatural and that it delivers a foreign substance into a water supply when, in fact, all water sources contain some fluoride. Community water fluoridation is a natural way to improve oral health.

http://www.ada.org/sections/newsAndEvents/pdfs/fluoridation_facts.pdf

 

[Acala]

I had an epiphany a few years ago that relates somewhat to the turn this thread has taken. I was having a discussion with a Peak Oil adherent. The discussion reached a point where his argument was reduced to essentially this: "Your sources of factual information are unreliable and my sources of factual information are reliable." I suddenly realized that the moment any discussion reaches that point, it is over. There is no rational response. From that point on it can only become "Is not!" "Is so!" Is not!" etc. Of course it is possible to go a few steps deeper and try to vet the sources, but that becomes very tedious and difficult to sustain in a discussion format. And so it dies.

 

[donnay]

 

[jtap]

When I was younger at the dentist they would let you choose a fluoride paste flavour and put trays in your mouth filled with it so that it was in direct contact with your teeth. I was also instructed not to swallow it and they sucked any out before it went down your throat. Why not just have me swallow it if it's so great for you?

Things for your teeth belong on your teeth. Things for your digestive system belong in your digestive system. If the purpose of fluoride is to get it in contact with your teeth, then it should be in the toothpaste you put on your teeth (and are also told not to swallow), not the water you ingest for a totally different reason.

It makes no sense. What percentage of the water you drink even touches your teeth? It has to be so microscopic.