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FLUORIDE: A ROOT CAUSE OF HARM TO HUMANS

Fluoride is a Bully!

For example, the thyroid hormone T-4 consists of the amino acid tyrosine that is attached to four iodine atoms. However, when you consume fluoride, it displaces the iodine and forms a “fake” thyroid hormone.

One problem is that blood tests can’t tell the difference between the real and the fake hormone. Another problem is that the fake one doesn’t work. Thus your blood tests are normal, but your body is really deficient in functional thyroid hormone—this is called Type II Hypothyroidism. You need iodine to protect you against infections and cancer, whether your thyroid is functioning normally or not.

Iodine is critical to almost every bodily function, and when displaced by fluoride
…becomes a root cause of almost every human ailment.

• Iodine kills all single-celled organisms like viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa.
   

• Iodine is the immune system’s “bug killer”. If large foreign proteins are ingested, they are inactivated by iodine, preventing them from becoming allergens.
   

• Microorganisms do not develop resistance to iodine.
   

• The parts of the body exposed to the outside world have iodine levels thirty times the level in the blood.
   

• Fetal iodine is five times the level of the mother. Low maternal iodine can lead to miscarriages, birth defects, failure to thrive and mental retardation.
   

• Iodine is critical to brain development. Iodine deficiency is a leading cause of intellectual impairment (ADD/ADHD).

You also need iodine to make every organ that secretes something work.

The thyroid gland uses iodine before it is used in other parts of the body.  However, what many people don’t know is that every gland in the body that secretes something needs large amounts of iodine.  Iodine is the “truck” that carries secretions from inside the cell to outside the cell.  Thus, most cysts can be due to iodine deficiency caused by secretions accumulating inside the cells.  What follows is a partial list of parts of the body comprising cells that secrete. Note that this list cites the same organs that are susceptible to cancer!

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FLUORIDE: SOURCE OF CHRONIC ACNE

Melissa’s story dates back to her childhood. The water supply to her family's home came from a well, so she was given fluoride pills to compensate for the non-fluoridated well water. No one realized it at the time, but the pills caused her to develop a sensitivity to fluoride.

Fast-forward 20 years. Melissa was attending Georgetown's School of Foreign Service and planned to study abroad in West Africa. Before leaving, she was treating a bad case of cystic acne on her face with Accutane. Since you're not supposed to be in the sun while on Accutane, she stopped taking it once she arrived in Africa.

Her skin remained perfectly clear the entire year she was there, which she attributed to the Accutane, even though she'd only been on it a month. When she got back to the States, her cystic acne returned. This pattern continued for the next 15 years, as Melissa traveled abroad and returned to the U.S. Whenever she was abroad—it could be Scotland or Tunisia—her skin was perfectly clear. But within two days of returning to the States, the cystic acne was back.

Ultimately she realized the problem was fluoride. She was highly sensitive to not only the fluoride in toothpaste, but also from ingesting it from other sources. Melissa assumed she had a fairly obscure condition resulting from the fluoride pills she took as a child, but she heard from a lot of readers with the same problem.

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SOLUTION

Avoid ingesting fluoride from all sources.  And since sufficient iodine is not readily available from diet alone, the easiest way to take it is as Lugol’s solution dehydrated into 12.5 mg capsules. It is often necessary to take 50 mg per day for three to four months to allow the body to catch up from its deficiency.  Then take one capsule of 12.5 mg/day. Lugol’s iodine solution is water-based and therefore more soluble (rather than “tincture of iodine” which is alcohol-based, and is harmful if ingested).

Patsy Scott, CHN
Founding Member
Fluoride Free Canada

FLUORIDE FACT

Ingested fluoride displaces iodine in the body creating iodine deficiency.  Iodized salt is NOT a viable alternative, as it contains only micrograms.  Iodized salt was only designed to prevent goiter…with no consideration for optimal health.

Also, our own Canadian scientist, Christine Till concludes in her 2018 study that:  Adults living in Canada who have moderate-to-severe iodine deficiencies and higher levels of urinary fluoride may be at an increased risk for underactive thyroid gland activity.

WHAT CAN YOU DO TODAY?

Read a new Canadian study published in July 2022 in the journal Nutrients. It found that boys born to women with both low iodine and elevated fluoride levels suffered an average IQ loss that was 58% greater than the already significant IQ loss from elevated fluoride alone.  Artificially fluoridated drinking water was the main source of the fluoride. 

Also, avoid taking fluoride from all sources possible, especially if you are pregnant!

Sincerely,

Dr. James Winter, Ph.D.

Fluoride Free Canada

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