"Bad Cholesterol": A Myth and a Fraud

We in the medical profession, totally oblivious of the vital roles of cholesterol in the body, have been duped into thinking that it is this substance that causes arterial disease of the heart and the brain. The pharmaceutical industry has capitalized on the slogan of "bad cholesterol" and has produced toxic-to-the-body chemicals that minimally lower the level of cholesterol in the body and in the process cause liver damage to thousands of people, some who die as a result of using the medication.

It is surprising that none of the frequently quoted and media-popularized doctors has reflected on the fact that cholesterol levels are measured from blood taken from the veins, yet nowhere in medical literature is there a single case of cholesterol having caused obstruction of the veins. Venous blood moves far slower than arterial blood and thus would be more inclined to have cholesterol deposits if the assumption of "bad cholesterol" were accurate. This mistake by us in the medical community, and its capitalization by the pharmaceutical industry, has caused an ongoing fraud against society.

In truth, the so-called "bad" cholesterol is actually far more beneficial than is appreciated. The reason for its rise in the body is because of complications caused by chronic unintentional dehydration and insufficient urine production. Dehydration produces concentrated, acidic blood that becomes even more dehydrated during its passage through the lungs before reaching the heart - because of evaporation of water in the lungs during breathing. The membranes of the blood vessels of the heart and main arteries going up to the brain become vulnerable to the shearing pressure produced by the thicker, acidic blood. This shearing force of toxic blood causes abrasions and minute tears in the lining of the arteries that can peel off and cause embolisms of the brain, kidneys and other organs. To prevent the damaged blood vessel walls from peeling, low-density (so-called "bad") cholesterol coats and covers up the abrasions and protects the underlying tissue like a waterproof bandage until the tissue heals.

Thus, the vital, life-saving role of low-density cholesterol proves this substance is of utmost importance in saving the lives of those who do not adequately hydrate their bodies so that their blood can flow easily through the blood vessels without causing damage.

Cholesterol is an element from which many of our hormones are made. Vitamin D is made by the body from cholesterol in our skin that is exposed to sunlight. Cholesterol is used in the insulating membranes that cover our nerve systems. There is no such a thing as bad cholesterol. If all the primary ingredients are available for its normal functions, the human body does not engage in making things that are bad for its survival. Until now we did not know water was a vital nutrient that the body needed at all times - and in sufficient quantity.

Water itself - not caffeinated beverages that further dehydrate - is a better cholesterol-lowering medication than any chemical on the market. It is absolutely safe and is not harmful to the body like the dangerous medications now used. Please share this information with those you care for.

For more information about my medical breakthrough on the topic of chronic unintentional dehydration and the diseases it causes, other than what is posted on this site, refer to my books and tapes - products of over 20 years of fulltime research.

F. Batmanghelidj, M.D.

Lessons from the Miracle Doctors:Chapter 13 CLEANSING YOUR LIVER AND BLOOD

Lessons from the Miracle Doctors

Chapter 13


CLEANSING YOUR LIVER AND BLOOD

   Detoxifying Your Liver

 Our liver is the primary filter of our body. Good health is impossible without proper function
of the liver. Unfortunately, over time, we so abuse it and so overtax it that illness is the inevitable
result. As part of a program to rebuild and repair the liver, we must:

>Remove all the excess fat from the liver

>Get bile flowing freely again

>Eliminate toxic waste that our livers have filtered out

>Dissolve and pass out the accumulated gall stones that are stored in our livers.

>Regenerate the damaged and destroyed cells of the liver.

  Next to the skin, the liver is the largest organ in the body. In many ways, it is the most important organ in the body, and the last to be considered when it comes to health. In addition to being large, the liver is also a complicated organ involved in at least 200 separate functions. Generally speaking, the liver performs a vital role in regulating, synthesizing, storing, secreting, transforming,
and breaking down many different substances in the body. Specifically, some of these include:

>Regulation of fat stores

>Cleansing the blood and discharging waste products

>Neutralizing and destroying poisons

>Protein metabolism,including manufacturing of new body proteins

>Metabolizing alcohol

>Managing chemicals and drugs in the blood

>Aiding the digestive process by the production of bile

>Helping the body resist infections by producing immune factors and by removing bacteria from the blood stream

>Storing vitamins, minerals, and sugars

>Production of quick energy when needed

>Controlling the production and excretion of cholesterol

>Maintaining hormone balance

>Regenerating its own damaged tissue

  The liver is so important to our well-being that many healers maintain that most diseases cannot develop in the body (that, in fact, no form of cell degeneration can occur) if the liver is functioning in an efficient, healthy manner. Conversely, an unhealthy liver is very likely at the root of most serious health problems.

    So What Harms the Liver?

>Too much protein in the diet. Protein metabolism is especially taxing on the liver since it is the liver which must metabolize complex proteins into simple compounds. The greater the consumption of protein, the greater the stress on the liver.

>Too many simple carbohydrates in the diet. The body converts excess simple carbohydrates into triglycerides, which are then stored in the liver as fat. The more fat stored in the liver, the harder it is for the liver to perform its full range of normal functions.

>Overeating. Too much enzyme deficient food stresses the liver.

>Drug residues. Virtually all of the drugs that we take (medicinal, recreational, chemotherapy, whatever) are processed, purified, and refined in the liver—in preparation for elimination from the body.

>Alcohol causes inflammation of the liver's tissue. Once the liver is inflamed, it can nolonger filter, which causes it to plug up with fat and become even more inflamed. If we consume enough alcohol, we overwhelm the liver's ability to regenerate itself, and the net result is cirrhosis (or hardening) of the liver.

>Toxins, heavy metals, and pesticides. Everything we breathe, eat, and absorb through our skin is purified and refined in the liver.

>Lack of exercise forces the liver to do the elimination work that should be done by the lungs and the skin.

>And of course, there's always liver disease such as chronic Hepatitis C.

    What Are the Symptoms of Liver Dysfunction?

>Digestive problems

>Constipation

>Low energy output

>Allergies and hay fever

>Arthritis

>Diabetes

>Hypertension

>Obesity

>Infertility

    So What Can Be Done About It?

  Fortunately, your liver has an astounding ability to regenerate itself—if you give it a chance.
Giving it a chance means two things:

>The Don'ts

  In Chapter 6, we discussed the elements of proper diet. Well, they particularly apply in terms of the liver. You need to eliminate (or at least cut back) the liver stressors in your diet. The sicker you are, the more cleaned up your diet needs to be. If you're suffering from serious liver problems, a raw juice diet may be required to give your liver time to regenerate.

>The Do's

  Several times a year, you need to do an herbal detox/flush of your liver. A low level cleanse using betaine hydrochloride and pancreatic enzymes is also helpful.

   You need to regularly include nutritional support for the liver. Look for formulas that contain milk thistle, dandelion root, the perennial herb Picrorhiza kurooa,[1]and artichoke or beet leaf.

     And Finally, a Word About the Gallbladder

  The poor gallbladder. Guilty by being found at the scene of the crime, it is the frequent target of the surgeon's knife. Gallbladder removal is one of the most frequently performed operations in
America.[2]

  Understand, the gallbladder is not responsible for the production of gallstones. The liver is the culprit—or rather what we do to the liver. The gallbladder is merely a holding area for bile to be used in the digestion of fats and oils. But if our diets are too high in the wrong kind of oils, if we have allergies to dairy and eggs, low levels of stomach acid, too little fiber in our diets, stress, if the liver is not functioning properly, etc., etc., etc., why then the bile produced in the liver (a mixture of cholesterol, minerals, bile salts, pigment, and lecithin) is of a type and consistency that tends to quickly harden into "stones" before it can be passed out of the gallbladder.[3]

  Removing the gallbladder does not remove the problem; it merely removes the symptoms. Yes, it's true that after gallbladder removal you're unlikely to suffer from further gallstones. But on the other hand, you've now traded one problem for two new ones:

1. Since you never corrected the underlying problem of imbalances in the liver, these problems will just continue to get worse—eventually compromising the liver itself.

2. By removing the gallbladder, you also remove its regulating effect on bile. That means that bile is continually dumping into your intestinal tract when it is not needed, and is available in only minimal amounts when it is needed. The net result is chronic digestive problems and probable long-term nutritional deficiencies.

Far better than removing the gallbladder is a seasonal liver/gallbladder flush combined with a periodic liver rebuilding program.

   Liver/Gallbladder Flush

By cleansing the liver, we're talking about inducing the liver to purge all of the fats, old cholesterol deposits, gallstones, poisons, drug residues, and toxic waste stored therein. Probably nothing else you do (including even the bowel cleanse and detox) will make a greater difference in your overall health.

[1 Picrorhiza has been shown to protect liver cells from the many degenerative changes that would normally becaused by a variety of liver toxins. It appears to be particularly useful in treating both alcoholic liver damage and chronic viral hepatitis.]

[2 Over a half-million gallbladders are removed each year in the United States.]


[3 Women, incidentally, are four times more likely than men to get gallstones.]







Note: It is vital that you do a colon cleanse before doing the liver cleanse. When the liver dumps, it dumps through the bile duct and out into the colon. If the colon (the drain pipe if you will) is plugged, the waste backs up into the blood stream and can make you feel extremely ill. This is the reason that the "Miracle Doctors" always start with the colon detox. It's the prerequisite for all the other cleanses in the body—and, of course, can also produce dramatic healings in its own right.

     The 5-Day Cleanse

  This is the Liver/Gallbladder flush recommended by Dr. Richard Schulze—and is the one most people should opt for. It is done in the morning on an empty stomach for 5 days.

  First thing on rising, drink 8 ounces of pure water to flush your digestive tract.

  An hour later, in a blender, mix up 8 ounces of any fresh squeezed citrus juice (fresh squeezed apple juice or grape juice with all the sediment will work too), one lemon, 1 clove of garlic (increase by 1 clove each day), 1 tablespoon of olive oil (increase by 1 tablespoon each day), and a piece of ginger (about 1-inch long) along with 8- ounces of pure water.

   Drink it down and follow with a fresh juice chaser to clear your mouth.

   Fifteen minutes after consuming this drink, follow with 2 cups of the liver/detox tea. It is also important to take 2 droppersful of the liver/detox tincture 3-6 times a day while on the 5-day cleanse—and continuing after until the bottle is gone.

    The Detox Diet
It is extremely beneficial to incorporate a 2-day raw food and 3-day juice fast into your 5-day cleanse.

>  Day 1

  During the morning (after your cleansing drink and stopping one hour before lunch), eat all the live fresh fruit or vegetable juice you want. Beet juice is especially good. Do not mix your fruit and vegetable juices together, and feel free to dilute your juices.

  For lunch you can have more diluted juice, or a raw vegetable or sprout salad. Absolutely do not use bottled dressing. Make your own dressing from fresh olive oil and lemon or apple cider vinegar and any fresh herbs and spices you of your choice. If you are hungry throughout the day, feel free to snack on fresh vegetables or juices.
For dinner eat fresh fruit or fruit juice or fruit smoothies.

>  Days 2-4
After your morning flush, drink diluted juices and herbal tea throughout the day—as much as you can drink. Try to consume 128 ounces during the day.

Also recommended throughout the day is to consume cups of potassium broth. Potassium broth takes advantage of the fact that the outside of a potato is one of the highest plant sources of potassium. Take the peelings (1/4" to 1/2" including the skin) of several potatoes. Do NOT use the inside. Add other well chopped vegetables to taste including carrots (with skin), celery , whole beets (including greens), fresh parsley, and lots of onion and garlic (up to 50 cloves).

  Simmer for 40-60 minutes in a covered pot using clean filtered water. Strain out the vegetables, cool and drink the broth. Refrigerate leftover broth in glass containers in the refrigerator for use over the next 2 days.

 >    Day 5

Same as Day 1

    30-Day Cleanse

Eat 1 cup of freshly grated beets mixed with olive oil and lemon for 30 days straight.

Daily use of the liver/detox tea and tincture is also required.

    What Can You Expect?
  
 If you are so inclined (and you should be) you should examine what you deposit in the toilet.
Look for "stones." The bile from the liver gives some stones their pea green color. But also look for black stones and red ones and brown ones. And look for stones with blood inside them.

  During the course of a cleanse, it's not uncommon to pass some 2,000 of these stones. Be glad. The more you pass, the healthier you become. You may also find untold numbers of tiny
white cholesterol "crystals" mixed in with the waste.

The Liver/Detox Tea & Tincture

The use of an herbal tea and tincture along with the flush is essential.

   The Tea
  The tea helps with the flushing process itself, but also helps minimize any discomfort or nausea. The key herb in the tea is dandelion root, one of the strongest herbal lipotropics known. That
is to say, it flushes fat deposits from the liver. Other herbs that you will find in a good detox tea include things like ginger, clove, cinnamon, burdock root, and horsetail.

  Incidentally, some of the other herbs used in a good liver/detox tea (such as uva ursi, parsley root, and juniper berries) are also extremely beneficial to the kidneys.

  Two cups of the tea should be consumed fifteen minutes after drinking your citrus and olive flush. But several cups can and should be consumed throughout the day. In fact, consuming the
liver/detox tea as a regular part of your diet is a pleasant and tasty way to continually optimize your health. (Feel free to sweeten the tea with honey or real maple syrup as desired.)

   The Tincture

    The tincture is crucial in that it contains herbs that help the liver to rebuild and regenerate itself. A secondary benefit is that it will significantly reduce the liver's release of LDL cholesterol. The key herbs include milk thistle, dandelion root, the perennial herb picrorhiza kurooa (sometimes called kutkin, or "Indian milk
thistle"), and artichoke or beet leaf.


   The liver/detox tincture is also a good place to include the antiparasitic herbs such as wormwood and black walnut. Along with the garlic that you are taking with the liver flush, this will
drive virtually any parasite from your body.

Take 2 droppersful 3-6 times a day (depending on your level of illness and your level of discomfort) until the entire bottle is gone.

     The Blood
  Our blood is filled with many impurities including everything from an overabundance of fats and cholesterol, to toxic heavy metals. These must be removed from the blood for optimum health.

  The idea of blood cleansing goes back to the middle ages; and, when you think about it, the concept of "cleaning" the blood probably resonates with today's medical establishment about as
well as bloodletting and philosopher's stones. Nevertheless, it works—and what's more, it even makes sense.

 The concept that we eventually overwhelm our body's ability to remove all of the toxins from our blood is not really too hard to imagine, especially if we actually think about what it is we eat
and drink. Does anyone really believe that the body is capable of removing the waste created in a life of eating high-fat fast-food burgers, french fries cooked in beef fat, countless large colas containing 32 teaspoons of sugar, and cream-filled donuts boiled in lard and packed with hydrogenated oil and sugar filling. Then, to top it all off at the end of the day, a half pound of beef jerky
and a bag of pork rinds, accompanied by a six pack of beer just to teach the liver a lesson?

  Okay, so maybe you don't do all that. But remember, what you do do, you do day after day, year after year. Eventually:

>Your blood can no longer remove everything you throw at it. It becomes "toxic" and thick—burbling like sludge through your arteries.

>The quality of your blood (cells and plasma) is compromised by the quality of the food you eat. Your blood totally replaces itself every 120 days. How can you possibly expect to be building high-quality blood on a diet of pepperoni pizza, beer, and twinkies?

  Eventually, you need to correct the problem on multiple levels, or face long term degenerative illness.

>You have to do a general cleaning of the blood


>You have to remove all of the heavy metals and excess cholesterol

>You have to address the issue of blood pH

>You have to eat the right kinds of food and supplements so that your body can beginproducing, once again, healthy blood.

    CLEANSING THE BLOOD

There is no secret as to which herbs cleanse the blood. Despite what medical doctors may think, the efficacy of these herbs has been proved over several hundred years. Just because medical
science doesn't yet know why these herbs work as blood cleansers, doesn't mean that they don't. They do. Any good blood cleansing formula will contain some, or all, of the following
herbs: Red clover blossoms, Burdock root, Chaparral, Periwinkle, and Goldenseal.[1]

   The Chelators

Over 300,000 bypasses a year are now performed in US hospitals, at well over $40,000 each. It works out to something like $15 billion dollars a year spent on coronary bypasses. At least 5%
of the patients die from the procedure; even more die not long after from complications such as stroke. But what the heck, it's a small risk and a small price to pay since there's no alternative. Right?

 Well, not exactly. As it turns out, there is an alternative that's so effective that in countries such as New Zealand, it's against the law to perform a bypass unless this alternative has been tried first. This treatment is called chelation therapy, and it could save hundreds of thousands of lives a year. Unfortunately, it costs just a fraction of what a coronary bypass or angioplasty costs. In other words, since chelation therapy would cost the medical establishment billions of dollars a year, it's not surprising they don't use it.

 Chelation therapy has two pronounced effects on the body.

 1. It chelates (or claws) onto heavy metals such as aluminum, lead, and mercury (particularly those located in the cardiovascular system) and pulls them out of your body.

 2. By removing heavy metals from the body, chelation therapy significantly reduces the production of free radicals in the blood stream and the consequent scarring of the arterial walls.

  The net result for most people is a dramatic improvement in the health and condition of their cardiovascular system. If you're in an advanced state of coronary disease, you should seriously
consider tracking down a doctor who specializes in EDTA chelation therapy.

Note: chelation therapy is not for everyone. It involves going to a doctor's office for a series of approximately 30 four-hour intravenous "drip" sessions. In addition, although it costs a fraction
of what bypass surgery costs, it is not inexpensive—usually running a little over $2,000 for the complete set of 30 sessions. On the other hand, if you are not in an "advanced state," there is an
even easier alternative.

[1 Poke root is one of the greatest blood cleansers, but the FDA has made it difficult to find any formulas that actually incorporate poke root.]

    Oral Chelation

Oral chelation is not as quick as chelation therapy, Nevertheless, given a little time, it can do an extremely effective job at cleaning out the blood. Oral chelation formulas are usually based on one of two key ingredients:

> Most formulas are based on EDTA. EDTA works great when administered directly into the blood stream through standard chelation therapy, but it's usefulness when taken orally is open to question. There are some studies that indicate that there may be
less than 5% absorption when taken orally.

> There's really only one oral chelator that's "proven." It's relatively expensive and difficult to handle, which is why you rarely find it (at adequate dosages) in oral chelation formulas. It's cysteine. Oral chelation formulas based on cysteine need to provide a
good 750 mg of cysteine[1] in a day's dosage. The tablets also need to be protected from the air since cysteine oxidizes easily and turns black and smelly when exposed to air. Keep in mind, however, that oral chelation formulas with cysteine have a couple of problems that need to be addressed.

  High doses of cysteine can cause kidney stones to form; therefore, the chelation formula must include adequate amounts of vitamin C (about 4,000-5,000 mgs a day) to prevent the formation of kidney stones.

> Also, there is a risk when high levels of cysteine are used that the body will convert it to homocysteine—not good for the heart. High levels of the B vitamins (particularly folic acid), however, will prevent conversion of the cysteine to homocysteine.

   Two Low-Cost Chelation Alternatives

 > An interesting low-cost alternative may have recently emerged. Initial studies indicate that fresh cilantro may be extremely effective in helping flush heavy metals out of the blood. Taking 400 mg of cilantro a day can pretty much clean heavy metals out of the
body in just 2-3 weeks.[2] Dr. David Williams has a great recipe for cilantro pesto in his June '98 Alternatives newsletter.

 Process one cup packed fresh cilantro and six tablespoons of olive oil in a blender until the cilantro is chopped. Add one clove garlic; a half cup almonds, cashews, or other nuts, and two tablespoons lemon juice. Blend to a lumpy paste. (Add a little hot water if necessary.) Eat a couple of teaspoons a day for three weeks to
clean out the heavy metals. Repeat 2 or 3 times a year. Be careful; it tastes incredible and is addictive. (Note: the pesto freezes nicely, so you can make several batches at once.) 

> The other chelator is malic acid. Malic acid is found in fresh apples and apple cider vinegar. Malic acid is particularly useful in removing aluminum from the body.

[1 As a comparison, the yolk of one egg contains about 250 milligrams of cysteine. But in an egg the cysteine is offset by all the other essential amino acids in the egg.]

[2 This can be determined by tracking the rise and fall of heavy metal levels found in the urine when fresh cilantro is consumed over a 3-week period.]

     Balancing pH

 Our bodies function in a very narrow range of acid/alkaline balance (pH). Our blood in particular is very sensitive to these changes. Ideally, blood pH should be slightly alkaline at about
7.45. If it varies by even as little as a few tenths of a point, severe illness and death may result. Unfortunately, most of the food we eat is highly acidic (meat, dairy, sodas, alcohol, cooked grains). In the end, it becomes too much for our bodies to handle. If we don't correct the problem by "alkalinizing" the body, disease, sickness, and death are the inevitable result.

  What is pH? It's simply the measurement of the acid/alkaline balance of anything.

>On the pH scale, water is neutral and rates a 7.0 on the scale.

>Acids (such as hydrochloric acid and citric acid) are rated as numbers less than 7.0. The further away from 7.0 the number is, the stronger the acid. Cow's milk at 6.5 is slightly acidic; Soft drinks at 3.0 are strongly acidic; and stomach acid at 1.5 is highly acidic.

>Alkaline substances include everything that rates above 7.0 on the pH scale. Again, as with acids, the further away from 7.0 the number, the more alkaline the substance. Blood at 7.45 is slightly alkaline; pancreatic juice in your intestines is strongly alkaline at 8.8, and baking soda at 12.0 is highly alkaline.

  Your body has a whole bunch of different pHs that it has to maintain. Your saliva is slightly alkaline. Your stomach is strongly acidic. Your intestines are strongly alkaline. Your urine is acid.
But of all the pHs in your body, the most crucial is your blood. If your blood pH deviates even 5/10ths of a point from its normal pH of 7.45, death is likely. Considering the importance
of pH to the body, it's well worth discussing a little further how it affects the body, and how we can help maintain the proper pH levels in our own bodies.

  The importance of pH really boils down to two things:

1. Enzymes. We've already discussed the importance of enzymes. They control every single metabolic function in our bodies, and they are integral to our immune system. As it says in Anatomy and Physiology by Anthony and Thibodeau, "Enzymes function optimally at a specific pH and become inactive if this deviates beyond narrow limits."

2. Oxygen. Every cell in our body requires oxygen for life—and to maintain optimum health. To put it simply, the more acid the blood, the less oxygen is available for use by the cells. Without going into a discussion of the chemistry involved, just understand that it's the same mechanism involved when acid rain "kills" a lake. The fish literally suffocate to death because the acid in the lake "binds up" all of the available oxygen. It's not that the oxygen has gone anywhere; it's just no longer available. Conversely, if you raise the pH of the lake, oxygen is now available and the lake comes back to life. Incidentally, it's worth noting that cancer is related to an acid environment (lack of oxygen). The higher the pH (the more oxygen present in the cells of the body), the harder it is for cancer to thrive.

  The bottom line is that a balanced pH is vital. An extended pH imbalance of any kind threatens our well-being—threatens, in fact, our very lives. Managing the pH balance of all of our bodily fluids is so important that our bodies have developed systems to monitor and balance acid-alkaline levels in every cell and bio-system.

     What Affects pH in Our Bodies

  As I just mentioned, our bodies have developed a system for maintaining pH balance in all of our body fluids. To understand this system better, we need to take a look at what changes pH (usually making us more acid), and how our bodies respond to that change.

 > When they are metabolized, carbohydrates, proteins, and fats produce various acids in our bodies. Proteins produce sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid. Carbohydrates and fats produce acetic acid and lactic acid. Since these acids are poisonous to the body, they must be eliminated. Unfortunately, they can't be eliminated through the kidneys or large intestine as they would damage these organs.

   Acid-Forming Foods
All meats, fish, poultry, eggs, dairy, cooked grains, and refined sugars. (Note: probably at the top of the list in the human diet is soda pop. Not only is it high in refined sugar, which is highly acid forming in and of itself, but most soda pop contains a large amount of phosphoric acid—not to mention carbon dioxide (an end product of the acid neutralization process).

   Alkaline-Forming Foods
 Only fresh fruits and vegetables are alkaline-forming and help your body maintain a proper pH. (Note: even though citrus fruits are highly acidic, your body treats them as alkaline so that they are highly effective alkalinizers.)

> Since the body cannot eliminate acids through the kidneys, the way it handles them is to neutralize them with the minerals sodium, calcium, potassium, and magnesium. Of these, calcium is the most important. Now, here's the key to the whole deal. Your body makes use of a priority system if there are not enough available minerals
to neutralize all of the acids present.

  Blood is at the top of the pack. Your body will steal minerals from anywhere and everywhere before it will let your blood go too acidic. Remember, even a slight deviation in blood pH results in death.

  Saliva is at the bottom of the pack. Saliva is the first place your body steals minerals from to balance the blood. That's why pH testing saliva provides an early warning system for when you are becoming too acidic. At optimum health, your saliva will test at 7.45. At 6.5-7.0, you'll find yourself frequently succumbing to colds and sickness. At 5.5 and lower, you can pretty much count on the fact that major disease has already taken hold. Virtually, all cancer patients test strongly acidic on a saliva pH test.

 Unfortunately, your saliva just doesn't contain that big a reserve of minerals so you soon run out. That places your bones next on the priority list. Surprise, your bones are your body's prime mineral reserve. That's right, if your diet is too acid forming (too much meat, dairy, carbohydrates, and sugars), your body will begin
leaching calcium from your bones to balance the pH and avoid death. In effect, your body says osteoporosis is preferable to death.

   How Can We Help?

> Change your diet. Follow the guideline laid out in Chapter 6

>In addition, there are several special alkalinizing agents available.

  Your health food store has alkalinizing teas or drops available.

  There is a machine from Japan that will "micronize" your water. What it actually does is take your tap water and divide it in two. One stream is acidic and can be used for washing and cleaning. The other steam is alkaline and is used for drinking. It works really well. Unfortunately, it's really expensive—about $1,200.

  One of the best alternatives is to simply magnetize your water. Applying a magnetic field to a pitcher of water for a short period of time will make it more alkaline. It also offers the added advantage of lessening the surface tension, which makes the water wetter and more usable by the cells of your body.

   General Recommendations

Liver

> LIVER/GALLBLADDER FLUSH. A liver/gallbladder flush 2-4 times a year (even more often if ill)to eliminate any accumulation of liver fat, toxins, and incipient gallstones ismandatory .

> LIVER REBUILDING TONIC. In addition to flushing, you need to regularly partake of a liver rebuilding tonic. Such a tonic does three things. Herbs such as milk thistle stimulate the liver to rebuild itself. Picrorhiza kurooa serves to protect the liver. And herbs such as dandelion root, barberry, artichoke, and beet leaf are lipotropics that help to clean the fat out of the liver.

> Regular consumption of fresh apple/beet juice is profoundly beneficial to the liver.

> Note: never do a liver cleanse without first cleaning out the colon to provide an outlet for the toxins released by the liver.

Blood

> CLEANSING. 2-4 times a year (even more often if ill) you need to go on an herbal cleansing of the blood.

- Note: never do a blood cleanse without first cleaning out the colon to provide an outlet for the toxins released by the blood.

> Oral Chelation. 3-4 times a year for a period of 2-3 weeks at a time, use either:

-Cilantro pesto as described earlier in the chapter.

-Malic acid tablets.

-If you want, you can also use one of the low-level oral chelators on the market.

>Alkalinize or Die.

-Cut way back on acid-producing foods such as meat, dairy, sugar, soda pop, refined grains, etc. Add alkalinizing foods to your diet.

-Drink water that has been magnetized. Magnetizing raises the pH by almost one full point.

-One final thought on pH. It really makes sense to test the pH of your saliva on a regular basis as a touchstone of your overall health. You can pick up pH paper specifically designed for this purpose at most health food stores. Make sure you test in the morning before brushing or eating as these things can temporarily alter the pH in your mouth. Just spit out a couple of times into the sink, then onto the pH paper. Ideally, your pH should be about 7.45. If it tests below 7.0, you should get aggressive in terms of alkalinizing your body.

> Fasting. There are any number of books on fasting to help guide you through the process. The principles of fasting are simple.

-First, when you deprive your body of food, your body begins to consume itself to survive. Being geared to self-survival, your body chooses to consume damaged cells and toxic cells first, saving the healthiest for later.

-It takes a tremendous amount of energy, and puts a tremendous strain on your body's organs, to process food. (Check your heart rate after eating a large meal and observe how exhausted you feel.) When you fast, your body diverts that energy to repair and rebuilding.

-No matter what medical doctors may say, the process works. In fact, a simple thought that should clue you in to the necessity for periodic fasting is the fact that human beings are the only animals that eat when they're sick. Think about that for a moment. Have you ever observed how dogs or cats, for example, stop eating while they're recovering. They intuitively understand the healing power of fasting. There are three levels of fasting worth considering.

- The pure water fast. This is the most powerful, but also produces the most toxic side effects. I do not recommend it unless you have a great deal of experience in fasting or are working directly with a qualified healer.

- Juice fasting. Fasting on fresh juices helps smooth out many of the negatives of fasting.

- Spirulina or Chlorella fasting. Even gentler is supplementing your juice fast with spirulina or chlorella throughout the day.

  The one thing you need to be careful of while fasting is the build up of ketones in the body. Make sure you drink large amounts of water to flush the ketones from your body.

 One final note on fasting. In Chapter 3, we discussed the herbal colon-activator formula that provides both cleansing and healing to the entire gastrointestinal system. It's highly recommended that you use such a formula while fasting to accelerate removal of toxins from the colon. If not, you will have to take a colonic or an enema every day. 

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OPTIMIZING YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM

Hardens Your Arteries - Odds Are 6 in 10 You're Consuming This Poison Ingredient Daily

Story at-a-glance

• Recent research shows that fluoride may be associated with an increased risk of heart disease as it causes hardening of your arteries
• Fluoride is a cumulative poison—approximately 98 percent of the fluoride you ingest in water is absorbed into your blood through your gastrointestinal tract, from where it then enters and accumulates in your body’s cellular tissues, including your kidneys, teeth and bones, pineal gland, and the walls of your blood vessels
• Common health hazards of fluoride include reduced IQ, increased lead absorption, dementia, bone fractures, dental and skeletal fluorosis, immune system disruptions, and many other health problems
• It’s important to understand that the “fluoride” added to your drinking water is not the natural mineral, nor a pharmaceutical grade fluoride. Instead, the fluoride compound most commonly used is the toxic waste product from phosphate fertilizer plants

By Dr. Mercola

It's no secret that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. But how many people realize that fluoride—which is still added to many municipal water supplies in the U.S.—is linked to heart disease?
In a new study published in the journal Nuclear Medicine Communicationsⁱ, researchers found that fluoride may be associated with an increased cardiovascular risk as it causes hardening of your arteries.
Reviewing the imaging data and cardiovascular history of patients who received whole-body sodium fluoride PET scans, the researchers found a significant correlation between a history of cardiovascular events and presence of fluoride uptake in coronary arteries.
While there are certainly many factors contributing to the rise in heart disease—poor diet likely being the most important—it certainly doesn't help to add a chemical to water supplies that will be consumed by everyone in the area regardless of health status, from toddlers to seniors, that might contribute to the problem.
The primary issue here is that there's a lack of evidence supporting the use of fluoride, and an awful lot of evidence stacked against the indiscriminate use of it, including these latest findings.
The practice of adding fluoride to tap water began in 1945. With more than 70 percent of U.S. public water supplies currently fluoridated, chances are you're one of the 170 million Americans who drink and bathe in fluoride on a daily basis.ⁱⁱ
Most likely, your dentist—along with countless government and public health officials—has praised and promoted the use of fluoride, both in toothpaste and drinking water, as one of your must-do regimens to promote strong and healthy teeth.
But let's make this point clear right from the start: fluoride is not an essential nutrient needed for your health—dental or otherwise. There is not one single process in your body that requires fluoride.

Fluoride is a Cumulative Poison

It's important to realize that fluoride is a cumulative poison. Approximately 98 percent of the fluoride you ingest in water is absorbed into your blood through your gastrointestinal tract. From there, it enters your body's cellular tissues. On average, about 50 percent of the fluoride you ingest each day gets excreted through your kidneys.
Whether this happens or not is highly dependent on the presence of calcium, magnesium, Vitamin C, and selenium in your bloodstream, to which the fluoride will bind so that it no longer is seeking calcium-rich tissues that make up so much of your body. The remainder accumulates in your teeth and bones,ⁱⁱⁱ pineal gland,^iv and other tissues, including your blood vessels.
According to the featured study:

"Fluoride uptake in vascular walls was demonstrated in 361 sites of 54 (96%) patients, whereas calcification was observed in 317 sites of 49 (88%) patients. Significant correlation between fluoride uptake and calcification was observed in most of the arterial walls, except in those of the abdominal aorta. Fluoride uptake in coronary arteries was demonstrated in 28 (46%) patients and coronary calcifications were observed in 34 (56%) patients."

The amount deposited into your bones and teeth varies depending on your age. In children, more than 50 percent of an ingested dose of fluoride is deposited in bone, but in adults only about 10 percent is stored there. As the number of research studies into the toxic effects of fluoride has increased, there is now support for a rather long list of potential health problems related to fluoride accumulation in your body.
Here's a list of 20 of the most commonly mentioned health hazards and diseases associated with fluoride exposure:^v,^vi

Lowers IQ	Hyperactivity and/or lethargyviii	Increases lead absorptionix	Disrupts synthesis of collagen
Brain damage	Dementia	Muscle disorders	Arthritis
Bone fracturesvii	Bone cancer (osteosarcoma)	Dental fluorosis (staining and pitting of teeth)	Lowers thyroid function
Disrupts immune system	Inhibits formation of antibodies	Genetic damage and cell deathx	Inactivates 62 enzymesxii
Increases tumor and cancer rate	Increases aging process	Reduces melatonin production and leads to earlier onset of pubertyxi	Damages sperm, increases infertility

Fluoride—the Toxic Drug in Your Water Supply

Prior to 1945 when communal water fluoridation took effect, fluoride was a known toxin. For example, a 1936 issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association stated that fluoride at the 1 ppm (part per million) concentration is as toxic as arsenic and lead. The Journal of the American Medical Association stated in their September 18, 1943 issue, that fluorides are general protoplasmic poisons that change the permeability of the cell membrane by certain enzymes.^xiii And, an editorial published in the Journal of the American Dental Association, October 1, 1944, stated:

"Drinking water containing as little as 1.2 ppm fluoride will cause developmental disturbances. We cannot run the risk of producing such serious systemic disturbances. The potentialities for harm outweigh those for good."

How community water fluoridation ended up being so widely implemented, and eventually even became heralded as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century, is explained in-depth in Christopher Bryson's book The Fluoride Deception.^xiv In it, he describes the intertwined interests that existed in the 1940's and 50's between the aluminum industry, the U.S. nuclear weapons program, and the dental industry, which resulted in fluoride being declared not only safe, but beneficial to human health. Once you understand the historical context, it becomes easier to grasp why anyone would ever promote water fluoridation as "a good idea."
Due to the massive amounts of fluoride required to produce bomb-grade uranium and plutonium for nuclear weapons, the Manhattan Project conducted various experiments to determine its toxic effects in 1946.
There were already several instances on record of fluoride being toxic to crops, livestock and people living downwind from the polluters, so the public concern over fluoride emissions needed to be quelled in order to avoid potentially crippling lawsuits. 
Within the now declassified files of the Manhattan Project and the Atomic Energy Commission, Christopher Bryson found that the toxicology department at the University of Rochester, under the direction of Harold Hodge, was asked to produce medical information about fluoride that could help defend the government against lawsuits where they were charged with fluoride pollution. Back in 1957, Harold Hodge was the nation's leading, most trusted scientist, and when he declared that fluoride was "absolutely safe" at 1 ppm, everyone believed him.
So, the endorsement of fluoride as a nutrient that will grace you with brilliant pearly whites, rather than the poison it really is, was born from the need to address increasingly debilitating political and industrial problems relating to fluoride pollution. The rest, as they say, is history.

What's Really Added to Your Water Supply?

It's important to understand that the "fluoride" added to your drinking water is NOT the natural mineral, nor a pharmaceutical grade fluoride. Instead, the product most commonly used is another chemical fluoride compound—a toxic waste product from phosphate fertilizer plants.
There are three basic compounds that can be used for fluoridating water supplies:^xv

1. Sodium fluoride (NaF)
2. Sodium silicofluoride
3. Hydrofluorosilicic acid

The first one of these, sodium fluoride, was the first of the fluoride waste materials to be used for fluoridation, but now is rarely used. It's the most well known, as this is the compound used as pharmaceutical grade in toxicology studies and other research into the potential health dangers of fluoride. The other two, sodium silicofluoride and hydrofluorosilicic acid, are the compounds actually used for water fluoridation, with hydrofluorosilicic acid being the most commonly used additive, according to the CDC.^xvi Sodium silicofluoride and hydrofluorosilicic acid are the waste products from the wet scrubbering systems of the fertilizer industry, and are classified as hazardous wastes. Contamination with various impurities such as arsenic is also common in these products.
Hydrofluorosilicic acid is one of the most reactive chemicals known to man. Its toxicity is well known in chemical circles. It will eat through metal and plastic pipes, and corrode stainless steel and other materials. It will dissolve rubber tires and melt concrete^xvii. This is what is added to your water—all in the name of saving children from cavities! But even the less reactive sodium fluoride is a deadly poison, even in small quantities, and in the form used for fluoridation also contains additional impurities. Other common uses for sodium fluoride include:

• Rat and cockroach poisons
• Anesthetics
• Hypnotics and psychiatric drugs

The Way Forward: Shifting the Burden of Proof

Still despite all the evidence, getting fluoride out of American water supplies has been exceedingly difficult. And it's no wonder, really, when you factor in the considerable liability the U.S. government could face were they to suddenly admit that water fluoridation was a way to hide toxic pollution, and there are detrimental health effects associated with drinking these pollutants...
Fortunately, there is a way forward.
According to Jeff Green, National Director of Citizens for Safe Drinking Water, a repeated theme in some of the recent cases where communities successfully removed fluoride from their water supply is the shifting of the burden of proof. Rather than citizens taking on the burden of proving that fluoride is harmful and shouldn't be added, a more successful strategy has been to hold those making claims and the elected officials who rely on them, accountable for delivering proof that the specific fluoridation chemical being used fulfills their health and safety claims, and is in compliance with all regulations, laws, and risk assessments already required for safe drinking water.
For example, a couple of years ago, a Tennessee town stopped adding the hydrofluosilicic acid fluoride product they had been using, while still keeping its resolution to fluoridate its water supplies intact (meaning they didn't make a decision on whether it might be harmful). They just haven't been able to find a replacement product that is compliant with existing laws, regulations and safe-water requirements, and they will not add any fluoride product that is not in compliance. To learn more, please see this previous article, which discusses these strategies more in-depth.

Join the Fight to Get Fluoride Out of Drinking Water

In summary it would seem like most rational people would conclude you should avoid using fluoride for its "preventive" benefits. You can easily choose not to take fluoride supplements or buy fluoride-free toothpaste and mouthwash. You can also dramatically reduce your fluoride exposure by opting for organic foods, on which fluoride-based pesticides are not permitted to be used. However, you're still going to be stuck with whatever your community puts in the water, and as discussed, it's very difficult to filter out of your water once it's added. Many do not have the resources or the knowledge to do so.
It's really time to stop the archaic practice of water fluoridation.
Earlier this year I joined forces with Dr. Paul Connett to help put an END to water fluoridation in the U.S and Canada. The Fluoride Action Network has a game plan to do just that. Our fluoride initiative will primarily focus on Canada since 60 percent of Canada is already non-fluoridated. If we can get Calgary and the rest of Canada to stop fluoridating their water, we believe the U.S. will be forced to follow. I urge you to join the anti-fluoride movement in Canada and the United States by contacting the representative for your area below.
Contact Information for Canadian Communities:

• If you live in Ontario, Canada, please join the ongoing effort by contacting Diane Sprules at diane.sprules@cogeco.ca.
• The point-of-contact for Toronto, Canada is Aliss Terpstra. You may email her at aliss@nutrimom.ca.
• The point-of-contact for the Peel region in Ontario, Canada is Rob Brewer. You may email him at FluorideFreePeel@ymail.com. Also see Fluoride Free Peel's Facebook pagei.

Contact Information for American Communities:
We're also going to address three US communities: New York City, Austin, and San Diego:

• New York City, NY: The anti-fluoridation movement has a great champion in New York City councilor Peter Vallone, Jr. who introduced legislation on January 18 "prohibiting the addition of fluoride to the water supply."
  
  A victory there could signal the beginning of the end of fluoridation in the U.S. If you live in the New York area I beg you to participate in this effort as your contribution could have a MAJOR difference. Remember that one person can make a difference.
  The point person for this area is Carol Kopf, at the New York Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF). Email her at NYSCOF@aol.com. Please contact her if you're interested in helping with this effort.
  
• Austin, Texas: Join the effort by contacting Rae Nadler-Olenick at either: info@fluoridefreeaustin.com or fluoride.info@yahoo.com, or by regular mail or telephone:
  POB 7486
  Austin, Texas 78713
  Phone: (512) 371-3786
  
• San Diego, California: Contact Patty Ducey-Brooks, publisher of the Presidio Sentinel at pbrooks936@aol.com.

References:

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• ⁱ Nuclear Medicine Communications January 2012
• ⁱⁱ CDC, Fluoridation Statistics 2002: Status of Water Fluoridation in the United States, December 31, 2002
• ⁱⁱⁱ Journal of Public Health Dentistry 52 (5), 288–291, September 1992, Dennis M. Eble BS, Thomas G. Deaton BS, Frank C. Wilson Jr. MD, James W. Bawden DDS, PhD, Fluoride Concentrations in Human and Rat Bone, (Accessed October 30, 2007)
• ^iv Caries Research 2001;35:125-128, J. Luke, Fluoride Deposition in the Aged Human Pineal Gland, (Accessed October 30, 2007)
• ^v Fluoride Action Network, Paul Connett PhD, 50 Reasons to oppose fluoridation,  (Accessed October 26, 2007)
• ^vi Chemical and Engineering News, August 1, 1988, pp 26-42, Hileman B., Fluoridation of water: Questions about health risks and benefits remain after more than 40 years,, (Accessed October 30, 2007)
• ^vii THE IMPACT OF WATER-BORNE FLUORIDE ON BONE DENSITY, W Czarnowski,a J Krechniak,a B Urbańska,a K Stolarska,a M Taraszewska-Czarnowska,b A Muraszko-Klaudelb Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz, Poland, (Accessed October 30, 2007)
• ^viii Fluoride Journal, Vol.35 Number 3 (2002) 204-211, Bhatnagar M. et al., Neurotoxicity of fluoride: neurodegeneration in hippocampus of female mice, (Accessed October 30, 2007)
• ^ix Neurotoxicology 2000 Dec;21(6):1091-100, Masters et.al., Association of silicofluoride treated water with elevated blood lead, (Accessed October 30, 2007)
• ^x Archives of Toxicology, Volume 74, Numbers 4-5, July 2000, Fluoride induces apoptosis by caspase-3 activation in human leukemia HL-60 cells, (Accessed October 30, 2007)
• ^xi The Effect of Fluoride on the Physiology of the Pineal Gland, Luke J., Ph.D Dissertation, School of Biological Sciences, University of Surrey, UK. 1997, (Accessed October 30, 2007)
• ^xii Waldbott GL, et. Al., 1978, Fluoridation: The Great Dilemma. Coronado Press, Inc.
• ^xiii LewRockwell.com, Donald W. Miller Jr., MD, Fluoride Follies, July 15, 2005,(Accessed October 27, 2007)
• ^xiv Fluoride Action Network, The Fluoride Deception – an interview with Christopher Bryson, April, 2006,  (Accessed October 27, 2007)
• ^xv Fluoride Action Network, Paul Connett PhD, 50 Reasons to oppose fluoridation, (Accessed October 26, 2007)
• ^xvi CDC fact sheet, Community Water Fluoridation, (Accessed October 29, 2007)
• ^xvii Mercola.com, Dr. Ted Spence, The fluoride controversy, (Accessed October 26, 2007)

Sources:

• Natural Society January 17, 2012
• Nuclear Medicine Communications January 2012

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jwillie   ⋅ Joined On Jan 13, 2011 Add as Friend | Send Message It's time to retire fluoridation because it doesn't work, wastes money and is harmful to health. Drinking it to prevent tooth decay is as foolish as drinking sunscreen to prevent sunburn. City council members may not take much interest in the science proving how dangerous fluoride is to health, but they definitely take an interest in their budgets. Consider the following:  As a Civil Engineer, I know that people drink only 1/2% (one-half percent) of the water they use. The remaining 99 ½ % of the water with this toxic industrial waste fluoride chemical (Hexafluorosilicic acid) is dumped directly into the environment through the sewer system.   For example, for every $1000 of fluoride chemical added to water, $995 would be directly wasted down the drain in toilets, showers, dishwashers, etc., $5 would be consumed in water by the people, and less than $0.50 (fifty cents) would be consumed by children, the target group for this outdated practice.  That would be comparable to buying one gallon of milk, using six-and-one-half drops of it, and pouring the rest of the gallon in the sink. The company CEO would be arrested immediately if they dumped their toxic waste fluoride into a river. The only way they can do it legally is to run it through the community drinking water system first. It is an absolutely insane condition. Fluoridation surely is in contention as the most wasteful and most polluting government program. Giving away fluoride tablets free to anyone who wants them  or adding it to salt would be far cheaper and certainly more ethical, because then we would have the freedom to choose. Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 20, 2012 11  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike ymiranthis   ⋅ Joined On Aug 01, 2010 Add as Friend | Send Message Well said, jwillie! Would you mind if other people borrow your thoughtful analogy and illustration to help convince City Councils to stop adding hydrofluorosilicic acid to muni water supplies? The pen can be mightier than the sword . . . Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend us your ears . . . We come not to bury Fluoridation, but to erase him! Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 0  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

badboy2   ⋅ Joined On Nov 15, 2010 Add as Friend | Send Message If you have ever looked at the warning labels on fluoride toothpaste where it states, "that if you swallow more than a pea size amount of paste, or .25 milligrams of fluoride, which by the way, is the equivalent dose of 8 ounces of fluoridated water, you should contact the poison control center "immediately". But should I call if I drink an 8 ounce glass of fluoridated water? (Gov. says) Naw, that's OK. It's liquid, so it's better for you and your family. (sic) If that isn't bad enought, a lot of our fluoride has been coming in from China since 2007. Why China, as if the US Gov. does not have enought of our own waste to get rid of? It's because it's cheaper! Huh!!?? The fluoride chemicals coming out of China have Arsenic and Lead levels of 40 and 50 milligrams per bag, and non-existent regulatory monitoring of the salt or acid compounds from these imports. This is insane!The definition of "insanty" is, doing the same thing over and over again, expecting to get results. Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 5  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

herbalist123   ⋅ Joined On Jun 10, 2010 Add as Friend | Send Message Linda Rector Page, ND writes in her book Healthy Healing, on page 148, 11th edition: "Historically, water fluoridation is mandated by governments but rejected by citizens. The controversy has raged since fluoride was introduced in 1945. Most developed countries have banned flouride in their water. Japan has rejected fluoridation. Europe is 98% fluoridation-free, with active opposition in Britain, Australia and New Zealand. Yet, today in the US, the federal government continues to push for the mass fluoridation of the American water supply. "On July 2, 1997, the union representing all toxicologists, chemists, biologists and other professionals at the Enviornmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC, went on record against the practice of adding fluoride to public drinking water, stating "As the professionals who are charged with assessing the safety of drinking water, we conclude that the health and welfare of the public is not served by the addition of fluoride to the public water supply". " It just goes to say, that the countries that have to foot the bill for the peoples' medical care, are much more careful about chemical exposure of their people. I have seen this repeatedly. Canada also trains their naturopathic doctors to look at root causes of disease, and not just to bandaid symptoms. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, as they say. In America,  they want the cures coming in by the pounds and even by the tons. Illness is great business. This ought to be legislated on a par with violent crime, a felony. Our government allows more than 300 new *untested* chemicals into the environment every year. In Europe, manufacturers must log into a d-base if they exceed one or two tons per year. Which of these countries profits, and which foots the bill for medical care? Bingo, we've got it. Puzzle solved. Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 5  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

amigrin   ⋅ Joined On Nov 10, 2010 Add as Friend | Send Message Just 60 seconds on fluoride and Nazi Germany:  The very first occurrence of purposefully putting fluoride into drinking water was in the German ghettos and in Nazi Germany's infamous prison camps, and was later spread to all occupied countries under the Riech. Their reason for mass-medicating water with fluoride was to STERILIZE HUMANS and force the people in their concentration camps into calm, bovine, docile submission. (See for reference: "The Crime and Punishment of I.G. Farben" written by Joseph Borkin.) In the 1930's Hitler and the German *** envisioned a world to be dominated and controlled by a Nazi philosophy of pan-Germanism. The German chemists worked out a very ingenious and far-reaching plan of mass-control which was submitted to and adopted by the German General Staff. This plan was to control the population in any given area through mass medication of drinking water supplies. By this method they could control the population in whole areas, reduce population by water medication that would produce sterility in women, and so on. In this scheme of mass-control, fluoride occupied a prominent place. Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 3  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

herbalist123   ⋅ Joined On Jun 10, 2010 Add as Friend | Send Message I think it's very wise to let them make their own decisions about fluoride and health impacts, rather than tell them the facts. I had an experience of the futility of the latter strategy. Trust me, I was soft in my approach and far from coming on strong, as a zealot, etc. I was mild-mannered and very ready to listen to them. All I did was present the facts, that fluoride and also calcium chloride in the waters, are linked with hardening of the arteries. My god, you should have heard them go on the defensive! I mean, instantly! When our house water began to taste funky for the very first time in decades, and when we suddenly got white spots at hte bottom of our pans/pots which had never been there before, the water district sent chemists to our home to check into it.  They did their token testing, for about 6 contaminants/metals and declared us clean. They attributed the white spots in our cookware to calcium chloride in the water. I thought I would be doing them a favor by letting them know what the studies are about it. Far from being concerned about public health, they got very defensive. "It will never happen. Water filtration is too costly. Money is a precious commodity" they said. "So is heart disease" I shot back. At this point, I was starting to talk rather directly with them. Prior to this ,I had been deliberately very soft. I was mad at their lack of concern, which I consider to be criminal, if heart attacks are one of the main killers USA-wide! They responded that hey, they are not the ones that are responsible, there are many contributors. As if this is a way to shake off responsibility. I suggested that we all have to do our part, everywhere, out of public duty and concern.  They wouldn't hear of it. My own experience.  Thank God the water quality here is very good, and eventually this change in the water cleared up. Must have been some construction going on, THey denied any contamination, but I raise my eyebrows and know better. Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 3  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

kolibakoliba   ⋅ Joined On Jun 19, 2011 Add as Friend | Send Message Dr. Mercola, thank you for this exciting  information. The study mentioned in your article provides additional , although  indirect evidence that fluoride is likely contributing to the epidemic of cardiovascular disease by stimulating calcification of the vascular system, including the coronary arteries. It is already well-known that vascular calcification is highly correlated with cardiovascular disease mortality. The hardening of the arteries associated with atherosclerosis is in part due to the calcification of plaque which subsequently becomes brittle and susceptible to breaking off into an artery-obstructing clot. The study  found that there was a signification correlation between fluoride uptake and calcification observed in most of the arterial walls, indicating that the fluoride  might itself  stimulate  the precipitation of calcium within the arteries. I´t should be noted that morphologic imaging techniques mainly provide information about STRUCTURAL ASPECTS  of calcified atherosclerotic lesions, such as the extent of plaque and the degree of stenosis, but fail to identify ACTIVE CALCIFICATION  of plaque. For these reasons  18F-sodium fluoride PET/CT may  may provide relevant additional information regarding plaque physiology. Thus this new   study  provides a rationale to conduct further prospective studies to determine whether 18F-sodium fluoride uptake can predict vascular events, or if it may be used to monitor  various  therapeutic and preventive  interventions. Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 2  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike kolibakoliba   ⋅ Joined On Jun 19, 2011 Add as Friend | Send Message Here is another useful link for more information on the subject  preventdisease.com/news/12/011812_Fluoride-Linked-To-A-Leading-Cause-o.. Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 2  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

kolibakoliba   ⋅ Joined On Jun 19, 2011 Add as Friend | Send Message Fluoride-induced extraskeletal calcification is not a new finding. Back in 2001, autopsies on cadavers revealed that fluoride accumulation in the pineal gland is associated with enhanced calcification of that endocrine organ.  By old age, the pineal gland has readily accumulated F and its F/Ca ratio was  higher than bone."  This study has added new knowledge on the fate and distribution of fluoride in the body. It has shown for the first time that fluoride readily accumulates in the human pineal gland,  although there was considerable inter-individual variation (14-875 mg F/kg). Source full text:  www.icnr.com/.../fluoride-deposition.html By old age, the average pineal gland contains about the same amount of fluoride as teeth (300 mg F/kg) since dentine and whole enamel contain 300 and 100 mg F/kg, respectively [Newbrun, 1986]. Unlike brain capillaries, pineal capillaries allow the free passage of fluoride through the endothelium. If there had been a bloodbrain barrier in the pineal, it would have prevented the passage of fluoride into the pinealocytes and the pineal fluoride content would have been similar to or lower than muscle. The pineal gland is a small endocrine gland in the vertebrate brain, and is sometimes called the "THIRD EYE" as it is a light sensitive, centrally-located organ with cellular features resembling the human retina. The pineal gland is best known for its role in producing the hormone  MELATONIN  from serotonin (triggered by the absence of light) and affects wake/sleep patterns and seasonal/circadian rhythms. Like a tiny pea-sized pine cone it is located near the center of the brain, between the two hemispheres and is a unique brain structure insofar as it is not protected by the blood-brain-barrier. This may also explain why it is uniquely sensitive to calcification via fluoride exposure. Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 2  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike kolibakoliba   ⋅ Joined On Jun 19, 2011 Add as Friend | Send Message Fluoride (F)  may also accumulate in a child's pineal because significant amounts of calcification have been demonstrated in the pineals from young children.  In fact, calcification of the developing enamel organs and the pineal gland occur concurrently. If  F does accumulate in the child's pineal, the pinealocytes will be exposed to  high local concentrations of F. This could affect pineal metabolism in much the same way that high local concentrations of  F in the developing enamel organ affect ameloblast function. Research is presently underway to discover whether F affects pineal physiology during childhood. F exposure is now ubiquitous, thanks to the fluoridation of public drinking water, medications like Prozac (fluoxetine), non-stick cookware, to name but a few common routes of exposure. „Prozac may represent an archetypal example of how F  affects the personality/soul. This drug (chemical name fluoxetine) is approximately 30% F by weight and marketed as an "antidepressant," even while a major side effect of its use and/or withdrawal is suicidal depression.  Modern psychiatry often treats depressive disorders - the "dark night of the soul" - as an organic disorder of the brain, targeting serotonin reuptake by any chemical means necessary. Fluoride and fluoxetine, in fact,  may accomplish their intended "therapeutic effects" by poisoning the pineal gland.  Animal studies confirm that when mice have their pineal glands removed they no longer respond to fluoxetine.“   Fluoride should be completely removed from the international water supply as it is a threat to public health. Until the proper legislation is passed, acquiring a high-quality water filter that removes fluoride is vital for the health perseverance of you and your family. GreenMedInfo from which the above mentioned  excerpt was taken  contains research on natural substances which may attenuate Fluoride Toxicity and Ectopic Calcification.: www.greenmedinfo.com/.../fluoride-calcifier-soul Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 2  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike typodrive   ⋅ Joined On Apr 24, 2012 Add as Friend | Send Message The pineal gland also produces, among other hormones, seratonin and dimethyltryptamine(DMT). Seratonin helps us to maintain our sanity and DMT allows us to be aware and tuned into this "fourth dimensional" universe. Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 0  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

dividingcricker   ⋅ Joined On Feb 25, 2012 Add as Friend | Send Message I have converted a few parents to SPRY tooth paste and got them to read labels but we all consume flouride /aluminum everday. I have been reading the levels are 100times the amount the federal government allows. California has been montering the lakes and snow , hawaii has been testing there farms and children . This is alarming and more alarming is monsanto has already been desigining seeds for this high aluminum . It could be the seed companys are going to use these seeds in areas that are high in aluminum! Maybe ? What I have been doing to remove metals in the system IODINE is a chelator but I have been reading about the dangers of too much , So I really don t know ! Zeolite powder is a mined minerial -powder that I have been taking also Ditomaceios earth both minerials are negitively charged and attract metals. Now they also are used in radiation removal so you could be helping your body remove radiation and metals at the same time. Taking these require large ammounts of water with prunes and you can still have some bowl problems, I have been using these for a month or so with just a few problems. Good luck /research it and find out !!! Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 20, 2012 2  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike dividingcricker   ⋅ Joined On Feb 25, 2012 Add as Friend | Send Message A few tips for flouride There are a few new filters that remove flouride I feel that its in your best intrest to complain to the water board and have them remove it . Most of the world has made it illegal to add to water . Plants don t fare well either, my sister has complained for years about the plants dying and I told her it was the flouride causing it she has started to write letters to everbody to have it removed. i have been reading about the first uses of flouride Rat poison. calm prisoners down fungucides. I might be wrong on a few things but everthing I read is usually no good. In dentistry the new white fillings are loaded with flouride. and there have been cases of people dying in the chair fron flouride poisioning...Should be banned!!! Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 2  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike Towellie   ⋅ Joined On May 26, 2008 Add as Friend | Send Message I took on the topic of the various threats to health fluoride poses in my latest book.  It's a very emotional topic and a lot of people can't wrap their minds around the concept that fluoride is harmful. I have installed shower filters and only drink reverse osmosis water.  I have chelated with EDTA and use iodine as well. I use zeolite in my gardens. My book talks about how to heal your pineal gland from the damage fluoride has caused it in order to normalize melatonin production.  Melatonin is a powerful antioxidant and is linked to reducing biological aging.  The GMO angle in regard to this fluoride and aluminum issue is another scary concept. Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 0  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

Catryna   ⋅ Joined On Jul 25, 2006 Add as Friend | Send Message Recently, Flouride was added to the water in San Diego County For many decades it has been fought tooth and nail not to have this poison added to the water. But, with the advent of voters of the brain washed younger generation, it finally passed. What a shame. Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 04, 2012 2  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike herbalist123   ⋅ Joined On Jun 10, 2010 Add as Friend | Send Message Regarding the brainwashed generation, I think you are making a very good point, Catryna. thank you. I suggest that posting to blogs, and writing letters to the editor, with facts based on research, and quoting highly credible sources (liked by the mainstream), is key. This will affect how the public receives it, so diligence and who the sources are, is key. With education, will come change.  Just my two cents worth. Those who believe they are not good enough writers to be published by an editor, may be wrong. Editors like to represent different cross-sectors of public opinion. (I am talking about letters to the editor, not articles in the biased mainstream. You get my point). A group writing party can be really effective. Recruit friends to all write letters together, then read your letters out loud to each other. The group becomes the editor, and this can reinforce confidence. Just ideas..... Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 3  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike kolibakoliba   ⋅ Joined On Jun 19, 2011 Add as Friend | Send Message I would say brainwashed generationS. Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 4  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike elwolf101   ⋅ Joined On Oct 21, 2008 Add as Friend | Send Message Catryna: Isn't what happened in your county was caused by relentless media disinformation? "Four legs good, two better, ba, ba, ba". "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 0  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

remitrom   ⋅ Joined On Dec 13, 2009 Add as Friend | Send Message I live in a small city that has excellent water quality-rather progressive in that they go out of their way to ensure flouride and other harmful things don't make it into our water. The city also recruits everyday citizens by ballot to accompany the workers who check and test the water to ensure transparency. HOWEVER, I still invested in a water filtration system for my entire home AND I have an extra filter on my refrigerator so my ice and cold water is of the highest quality possible. I will also be making a trip a natural spring just a few hours away to "stock up" on some of the cleanest, natural water possible, which I will use for camping and other outdoor trips where water quality is questionable. Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 1  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

lorenehas15   ⋅ Joined On Nov 02, 2011 Add as Friend | Send Message Dr. Mercola, I appreciate your e-mails, they are so informative and usually explain "why" in detail. I didn't see it mentioned as to what can be done to filter this out?  Do regular filters do a pretty good job of filtering out these pollutants and poisons i.e. flouride, chlorine, etc.? Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 1  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike Mercola.com Tony R   ⋅ Joined On Apr 25, 2011 Add as Friend | Send Message Dr. Mercola's recommendations for water testing and filtering are discussed in the attached article in further detail.  articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/01/02/tap-water-neti-.. Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 0  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

kolibakoliba   ⋅ Joined On Jun 19, 2011 Add as Friend | Send Message „Tooth decay is a disease of poor nutrition and high fluoride. Like most things American, fluoride is overblown, over-prescribed, and over-used. Along with the expansion of fast food restaurants and American waistlines, fluoride's expansion into the food supply via the water supply is out of control and may be creating instead of curing tooth decay. It's time to stop water fluoridation. Fluoride can't fix a poor diet.“ Excerpted from the article which is usefull to read: fluoridedangers.blogspot.com/2005/12/fluoride-causes-cavities.html Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 1  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

TomPetrie   ⋅ Joined On May 21, 2012 Add as Friend | Send Message This is a very good summary of the health hazards of fluoride compounds.  As for fluoride accumulating in blood vessels and contributing to heart disease, Waldott (The Great Dilemma, referenced here), described this in his 1978 book.  It is also the subject of one chapter of a forthcoming book on reversing heart disease (co-authored with Dr. Schachter). Be sure to NOT drink fluoridated water, but be careful, fluoride is also in many foods, drinks, drugs...even teflon (at high heat), releases numerous dangerous compounds,most (15 of them) of which contain fluoride.  It's also a major source of air pollution, so avoiding fluoride will take some extra effort and education.   (Go to some of the aforementioned references for more on this topic.) Tom, Nutritionist  60 Reasons to Oppose Fluoridated Drinking Water: http://tompetrie.net/page9.php Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 1  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

Doug900   ⋅ Joined On Feb 24, 2007 Add as Friend | Send Message How about the chlorine that these poor souls that live in the cities consume?  that's responsible for many cancers, and I wouldn't be surprised if it contributes to hardening of your organic piping. Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 1  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

marvellous   ⋅ Joined On Nov 23, 2010 Add as Friend | Send Message Is the Flouride found in tea any different to the flouride added to the water supply? Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 1  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike Doug900   ⋅ Joined On Feb 24, 2007 Add as Friend | Send Message Good question!  I love my green tea (organic, but does it matter, if the fluoride thing is true)?. Makes you want to stop eating all together!  It's not even safe to breath any more! Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 1  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike Mercola.com Tony R   ⋅ Joined On Apr 25, 2011 Add as Friend | Send Message Extreme caution is still urged as black and green teas are naturally high in fluoride, even if organically-grown without pesticides. This is because the plant readily absorbs fluoride through its root system, including naturally-occurring fluoride in the soil. According to Jeff Green, there are reports of people who have developed crippling skeletal fluorosis from drinking high amounts of iced tea alone.  articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/02/04/jeff-green-on-f.. Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 1  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike jamdenison   ⋅ Joined On Nov 03, 2009 Add as Friend | Send Message Why not require all tea mfgrs to test for fluoride yearly and post on product?  This would seem like a good solution.  Same for mercury in fish. If we're gonna pollute the world, there will be needed much more testing.  Parents, advise your children to become chemists and chemical engineers.  I would love a mercury tester for when I buy tuna fish or salmon. If it's too high in mercury, I want to ask for a refund. Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 3  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike kolibakoliba   ⋅ Joined On Jun 19, 2011 Add as Friend | Send Message Although it is not directly related  to the theme, it might be interesting to note that in one case study, a patient who consumed 4 litres of Earl Grey tea per day reported muscle cramps, which were attributed to the function of the BERGAPTEN  in bergamot oil as a potassium channel blocker. The symptoms subsided upon reducing his consumption of Earl Grey tea to 1 litre per day. Earl Grey tea – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 1  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike typodrive   ⋅ Joined On Apr 24, 2012 Add as Friend | Send Message One cup of black tea using unfluoridated water can contain close to 8 mg. of fluoride, enough for over 11 days worth of fluoride based on the EPA's recommended 0.7 mg/day.  Catechins be damned, green, black and white teas should be eliminated from everyone's diet.  Maybe Monsanto can genetically modify tea to eliminate fluoride absorption (hah). Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 0  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

godislove   ⋅ Joined On Oct 24, 2008 Add as Friend | Send Message If only I had the information and wisdom 23yrs ago. I fed my children fluoride daily in their multi vitamin prescribed by my pediatrician. Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 1  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

jamNjim   ⋅ Joined On Feb 20, 2008 Add as Friend | Send Message What burns me up is that I can't drill my own well on my own property. I have to get a permit and permits are only given to people who don't get city water.  More proof of conspiracy! They force you to buy their water! Why? So they can poison you. What's even more compeling to me is the history and life expectancy of my own family. Everyone who lived in the country and had wells for their water supply lived way beyond 80. Almost everyone who lived near the city and had city water is DEAD! Even the cousins my age that live in/near the city suffer from severe heart disease, diabetes, obesity, liver failure, kidney failure, etc....Besides the fact that they drink city water they also eat tons of carbohydrates. 80% of my parents siblings and cousins are dead as well. Same statistic with them. The ones that lived in the country and have well water are doing quite well and the ones who live most or all of their lives in the city are dead. Most died by the age of 60. Parkinsons. RA, MS, and Lupus are the 4 biggest killers on both sides of my familly and all of those cases except one were relatives that lived in the city and drank city water. Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 1  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike jamdenison   ⋅ Joined On Nov 03, 2009 Add as Friend | Send Message One of the ways you can shore up your cardiovascular system is the following supplements (in order of importance): Lypospheric or lyposomal vitmain C 1 to 3 mg per day, more if you have cancer, heart disease or dementia--up to 6 gr per day; vitamin d3 in the area of 80 to 100 mg/mL per day, B vitamins and probiotics are the basics.  I have more supplements listed on my Mercola Blog I am taking. MSM sulfur tabs are great too.  I take those 2x per day.  I wish you and your family healing and good health. Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 1  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike Islander   ⋅ Joined On Mar 26, 2007 Add as Friend | Send Message Jamdenison, I question your dosages. There are 60 mg of vitamin C in a glass of orange juice! Recommended intake would be in the 4-gram range, separated (I.e. one g. 4x/day). Vitamin D3 DOSAGE needs to be in the 6000-8000 IU/day range (what you're posting is the serum level, not the dosage). Liposomal vitamin C is very pricey; I recommend it for emergencies, and suggest you make your own, which is easy to do and very economical. For daily use, vitamin C caps from a reputable supplier work just fine. Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 1  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike elwolf101   ⋅ Joined On Oct 21, 2008 Add as Friend | Send Message Yeah, JamNjim: The pro fluoride people will say anecdotal. They say the same about H.J.Roberts and his stats on aspartame. Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 0  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

genevieved   ⋅ Joined On May 21, 2012 Add as Friend | Send Message Fluoride is documented in many studies to be harmful to teeth and used in prisoner of war camps to keep prisoners 'subdued'. Lets stop being prisoners of war. Sign the petition and share to remove this poison from Australian water supplies. We do not need to be subdued or have our children's health, and our DNA compromised for generations. Brisbane recently put fluoride in its water supply and accidentally overdosed in North Brisbane sending many people to hospital. www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Cease_the_Noxious_Fluoridation_of_our_Water_.. Please help us Australians! Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 1  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

Darin Steen   ⋅ Joined On Apr 21, 2009 Add as Friend | Send Message Thanks for the great reminder Doc...  I can't believe how this is still such unknown information...  When I tell some people, they look at me like I have 3 heads... Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 20, 2012 1  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

Patrick McGean   ⋅ Joined On Dec 18, 2006 Add as Friend | Send Message Why is fluoride causing arterial disease?  Our Arteries take oxygen from the blood flow, no blood vessels for blood vessels.  Fluoride atomic number 9 blocks the uptake of oxygen, atomic number 8 everywhere in our brain and in our arteries.  Stephenie Seneff discussed the evils of statins which prevent our vessels from using its food, cholesterol. and the oxygen necessary for our blood vessels cells to regenerate. City councils won't listen, they are pragmatic, but if we should capture Donald Rumsfeld and feed him fluoride until he realizes the errors of his ways.. Fluoridegate, and Donald is responsible. Donald Rumsfeld is a murderer.  Donald Rumsfeld is a murderer of those fine citizens who have died from heart disease and  his efforts to get rich. Donald you will come clean..  No place on God's Green Earth will be safe of the man who sold man down the river full of fluoride. Donald Rumsfeld is the epitome of evil, his spawn may be forced to change their names, "Rumsfled" will be spoken with the same derision as Satan, Hitler, Stalin, get the idea? City councils? write to the President and inform him that fluoride will be eliminated or we will eliminate every lying agency of which is on his watch and even his daughters don't appreciate being poison by a Republican, a slave holder, a ***, with no redeeming value. The Agents of the Crystalline Matrix ask for the head of Donald Rumsfled on a Charger, the man is without virtue, without integrity and his actions are killing the ones you love.   If the President does not have Donald arrested for murder, we can find a leader who will, and Mit is not such a man. Jesse Ventura and his Seals, has no riches to desire other than life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  How?  if you are dead? Donald Rumsfeld is a Traitor.  Lets treat him like traitor. Got Sulfur? Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 0  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

forbiddenhealing   ⋅ Joined On Feb 21, 2011 Add as Friend | Send Message    Fluorine also binds readily to aluminum, AlF crosses blood brain barrier and lodges in the brain. Alzheimer's brains display high aluminum content, easy to remember, both start with Al.    Humates like shilajit and borax have been used to clear fluoride.  Overwhelming intake of antioxidant electrons help satisfy the most electron hungry element, see greenmedinfo.com list. Mineral complexes found in nature bind it and are probably not as harmful as free fluoride ions we are so graciously supplied with in tap water.    Since fluoride makes you as stupid as the evening network news, this information is likely useless and the FDA/CDC ignores any burden of proof or even their own statistics.    Expecting corporate gangsters to come clean is like asking a pit bull to let go of your leg...try a tire iron. Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 0  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

Bilby   ⋅ Joined On May 03, 2008 Add as Friend | Send Message As far as possible I drink rainwater. Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 0  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

elwolf101   ⋅ Joined On Oct 21, 2008 Add as Friend | Send Message Folks: The pro fluoride people go: "Four legs good, two better". Ba, ba, ba, to ad nauseum. Dr Mercola and all sensible people must put a stop to the fluoride lies. Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 0  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

Jo Bee   ⋅ Joined On Jun 19, 2006 Add as Friend | Send Message My comment: Mass Medication! My Solution: Order and Install a Flouride Filter in my already 5-star all-home Filter System! I was furious when the QLD (Aust) Govt arbitrarily Flouridated our water not long ago!  Shouldn't have to go to that expense! Grrrr... Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 0  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

pacdor   ⋅ Joined On Feb 27, 2012 Add as Friend | Send Message Yes, they'll ban fluoride when they come up with something else that they can sneak past us and put into our water supply. Seems they have a quota of some sorts to make sure there is enough poison out there for us, to keep us sick. No more Jacuzzi, with all the chlorine, ammonia, fluoride getting absorbed through our skin and inhaled. A great way to get us sick, and where is the government to ban such things. The Government wants us sick, it's very obvious by how they protect those who are making us sick, and by the way they stop those who try to make us better. Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 0  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike jamdenison   ⋅ Joined On Nov 03, 2009 Add as Friend | Send Message Sign my petition to ban Fluroide and pass it on to your friends: www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-flouride-in-drinking-water-and-toothpas.. Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 21, 2012 0  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike

newyorkguy   ⋅ Joined On Jul 17, 2010 Add as Friend | Send Message What happens when we shower? Is fluoride absorbed through the skin and if so, how much compared to drinking tap water? Reply | Mark as Spam ⋅ Posted On May 20, 2012 0  Points ⋅ Like | Dislike debnkay   ⋅ Joined On Jan 23, 2011 Add as Friend | Send Message Absolutely!  Biggest problem though is that the fluoride and chlorine is vaporized by our shower heads and we inhale the stuff!  Another problem with our water...our area just moved from chlorine to chloramine... a combo of chlorine and ammonia! I had a hand held shower wand with a charcoal filter that was wonderful for filtering out the chlorine & fluoride.  What I've been told though is that only a reverse osmosis filter will remove the chloramine.   Geez, looks like if you want safe water for your shower you need to spend thousands on a water filtering system for the entire house.  I have a water distiller with charcoal filters that removes the fluoride and chlorine for drinking but the jury is still out as to whether or not it actually removes the chloramine.  Any ideas out there ya'll?