Sorry for the late postage! Arguably the most essential area of the human body, your mental health is not exempt from the course of fluoride’s disastrous pathway. This is a terrifying concept, considering that your brain literally controls every other part of your body.
General studies have shown that fluoride accumulates in the hippocampus, defined as a “central processor which integrates inputs from the environment, memory, and motivational stimuli to produce behavioral decisions and modify memory.” Dummied down a bit, this means that the hippocampus is the part of the brain with which you make all your decisions (for what, when, and how you do things, and also how you remember them!). Hellooo alterations of these functions=major bad news. This impact upon the hippocampus leads to an inevitable decline in mental acuity, a less reliable memory, an inability to coordinate thoughts, and in some severe cases, a reduced ability to write. Fluoride truly is a force to be reckoned with- I mean these are basic mental activities that we take for granted, and that can be degraded by simply the water we drink.
Rats used in laboratories (aka lab rats) incidentally have strikingly similar mind-body communication to humans. Because of this connection, many studies dealing with fluoride exposure have been completed upon lab rats, and the results were congruent with human mental effects. When given fluoridated water, these lab rats’ offspring were born hyperactive and with retardation (later in the series we will get to reproductive and genetic effects of fluoride..there’s a little preview). These rats also displayed Alzheimer-like symptoms as traces of aluminum were being carried to their brains.
Extensive tests have been executed regarding the effect of fluoride on children’s IQ levels. Most recently, studies show that fluoride noticeably and significantly lowers intelligence measure by IQ (and believe me, I am fully aware that IQ is not the only measure of aptitude). Here’s the results of one specific study, done by the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine: 160 randomly selected children, whose mothers had lived in areas of .91 ppm and 4.12 ppm fluoride water concentration, took standardized IQ tests. Respectively, their average scores were 105.2 and 97.7 – an almost 8 point decrease because of the fluoridated water! Not to be neglected, 86% of the children living off the 4.12 ppm fluoridated water manifested signs of dental or skeletal fluorosis. Sure, there must have been other variables, but an 8 point difference is hard to overlook. Friday we’ll be investigating other mental effects of fluoride (like Down’s Syndrome and hormones), as if the previous wasn’t enough.
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All those blasted kids these days, doing all their fluoride and LSD. Dirty hippies
ReplyDeleteI have an alternate theory but it is based on some facts that I have already laid out in other posts. The ADA and CDC have recommended that community water supples be treated with fluoride in the amount of .7-1.2 ppm-it is tough to wrap ones mind around how MINUTE that amount is. Regardless, those recommendations were made for one reason-these are the levels that provide the MOST GOOD for the general population with causing the LEAST HARM. The study that was cited in the post compares a community of .91 ppm(within recommendation) and a community with 4.12 ppm(well OUT of the recommendations). So then one has to ask themselves, why would a community allow their drinking water to become so incredibly fluoridated? Unfortunately, in many areas of the world, fluoride exists at extreme high livels naturally and the water is not put through a process called deionization. Why? Most likely because it costs money. So this brings me full circle...Is it possible that these people that are fed 4.12 ppm of fluoride come from poor villages that lack access to health care, lack access to education resources and lack access to the world at large? I do not know the answer to these questions but have a feeling that these things are certainly contributory.
ReplyDeleteBut to the root of the issue, yes, I agree, fluoride accumulates in the body in different tissues. Where I disagree is that I have yet to see solid scientific evidece to suggest that fluoride risk outweighs fluoride benefit.
amazing statistics, yet again. who do we call to get ride of fluoride? and quick ... i'm worried about my hippocampus.
ReplyDeletewell done ... lots of research.
Good post, I like the factual backing and observations; they help a lot in your argument. It's amazing to see how fluoride can really attack almost every part of your body (granted that all of this research is true). However, I still am baffled, along with many others, of why fluoride isn't combated. Also, why do some water systems have a more concentrated amount of fluoride? I'd be interested to know. It still amazes me that fluoride is just dumped into our water...government conspiracy.
ReplyDeletei gotta get off the flouride, we wouldn't want this brilliant mind to go to waste!
ReplyDeletelaura you call the FLUOBUSTERS. Who you gunna call? (this is your cue...)
ReplyDeletei don't need fluoride playing mind games with me.
ReplyDeleteme either. i wish there was some way to get it out of our dang water!
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