Fluoride detox (Page 1 of 2)

Thanks a bunch for this info. Barefoot Doc. 

About 2 years ago I gave up fluoride toothpaste, but I did so with shifty nervousness and periodically still check for cavities.    I can't help it, the programming of  NO FLUORIDE = CAVITIES  is so ingrained in me.  As a kid in the Northeast they actually administered fluroride mouth "swish" to us in school.  Once a week the school nurse came around with her tray of little paper Dixie cups full of either pink or green fluroride treatment, called "swish", because we swished it around our mouths then spit it back into the cup.   And in school they PUMMELED it into our heads, year after year about fluoride.  I literally believed until several years ago that the only thing preventing people's teeth from rotting out is fluoride.   yikes.   

(but i still nervously check for cavities....i can't help it!!)

It's so funny to watch my dentist and teeth-cleaning-people when I tell them that Floride is bad for our brains.  I do almost everytime I visit.

Last week my dentist tried to wow me with his statistics of 500 some county school children that he surveyed over a 2 year period.  The one's that used (Floride) toothpaste had less cavities.

But I asked him, did you really check to see if the other students, the ones with the cavities were also using toothpaste, but rather Floride-free toothpaste?

Well, no.  The comparison in his 'proof' was between kids who brush their teeth and kids who don't.

The point is that I don't remember a time when Floride-free toothpaste was readily available in the market.  As of now, it's more of a specialty item -- Tom's Of Maine or the like -- and costs more than the Colgate special.

Hi Jen, some of it is due the the pestasides sprayed on grapes and hops  that contain fluoride and things like orange juice made from concentrate and soft drinks where  fluorinated water can be added depending on where the factory sources its water. Organic beer and wine should be ok.

I also enjoy beer and wine in moderation you may find this table helps as it shows consumed fluoride levels in food and beverages. http://www.fluoridealert.org/f-concentrations.data.htm

Apparantly there is enough fluoride in a tube of toothpaste to kill a small child if they consumed it.

As long as we are on the subject of brushing teeth,  I recently found this on the Web when I was looking for natural ways to whiten teeth.  Didn't get the URL, sorry bout dat:

The very best whiteners and cleansers for the teeth are:

1) Peelu Dental Fibers
2) Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide 35%

Peelu, unfortunately, is not that easy to find, even in the health food stores. Sometimes in the health food stores you can find other toothpastes that contain some Peelu in them, but the Peelu fibers themselves are more difficult to find. I am trying to get the Peelu product for my website's shopping section. The Peelu fibers are a powder. You put a little of the Peelu powder into the palm of your hand. You wet your toothbrush, then dip it into the fibers - then put 2 or 3 drops of Hydrogen Peroxide 35% onto the toothbrush as well. Then brush. That's what I use now and it works extremely well for me. The Peelu Dental Fibers product claims to whiten teeth on its own and then when added with the Hydrogen Peroxide it has even more whitening power. I've heard, but not confirmed, that the tooth whitening gels that are sold on TV have Hydrogen Peroxide in them. In order to use HP in drops, put some into a "plastic" dropper bottle (don't use a dropper bottle that has rubber on the top.)

The Peelu Dental Fibers are a very different experience in brushing your teeth. It took me a while to get used to it, but now I'm completely adapted. One 2.5 oz. container of Peelu will also last a very long time - months in fact, so it is very economical. 35% Hydrogen Peroxide is also very economical. A caution about Hydrogen Peroxide 35%. If you get some on your skin, it will turn the skin white in about 5 minutes and it can also make it sting or tingle. The whiteness and sting go away after a while and are not detrimental. There are many books written about Hydrogen Proxide 35%, which can also be ingested. The rule for ingestion, as I learned it, is 1 drop HP per 1 ounce of water.<<

I found the Peelu fibers and am brushing with them now and my teeth do look better.  Haven't yet located food grade Hydrogen Peroxide.

For about 2 years now I've been using toothpaste made from aloe vera, amongst other things. I buy it from a local health food store and although it's nowhere near as cheap as ordinary toothpase it seems to do the job. My teeth appear to be in better condition than they've ever been, although that's probably more to do with the fact I consume very little sugar these days.

Anyway the toothpaste is called AloeDent. You can read about it here : http://www.optimah.com/products/aloedent/dent001.html

Andy

And if you keep your pits clean the bacteria won't build up and so there's no bad odor.  Probably just refreshing with a wet rag during the day would be enough to keep us from stinking.