Today, we know a lot more about the dangers of fluoride…but unfortunately, as with many things, the status quo is STUCK in an outdated paradigm. It may take hundreds of years to change the system (if ever) - and that is why it’s up to us - the people that want to see positive change NOW - to understand what is going on and what to do about it.
WHAT DOES FLUORIDE DO TO YOUR BODY?
As soon as fluoride enters your body, it begins to interfere with your natural biochemistry in fundamental ways. Not only does fluoride block important enzymes, but it also works with aluminum (commercial deodorant, anyone?) to prevent signals between growth factors, hormones, and neurotransmitters. This ultimately makes fluoride an endocrine disruptor that can harm everything from your bones and brain to thyroid gland.
Since a healthy adult kidney can only excrete a portion of the fluoride ingested each day, all remaining fluoride accumulates into calcified tissues in the bones and pineal glands. This is bad news for anybody, but children are particularly vulnerable to the complications of fluoride since their kidneys can't effectively filter and excrete fluoride.
Bottle-fed babies are the most vulnerable to dangerously high levels of fluoride. Unless parents use fluoride-free water, their babies ingest fluoride with every bottle of formula. When compared to all other children and adults, bottle-fed babies receive the highest doses of fluoride by body weight.
More than anything else, as a neurotoxin, fluoride presents unique threats to your brain, spinal cord, and overall nervous system.
HIDDEN FLOURIDE IN YOUR HOME
Because you’ve been reading all of our emails, you may have already been using our best selling fluoride-free Dirty Mouth Tooth Powder and eliminated fluoride from your drinking water supply.
But what about your skincare? Damn…is anything safe anymore?!?
As you know, fluoride is in our water supply. In fact, in addition to it being a naturally occurring element, 75% of cities ADD fluoride to their city’s water supply.
That means if your skincare has water listed as an ingredient (and guarantee 99% of your products in your medicine cabinet do) THIS is how fluoride is getting into your body. Through your body’s largest organ - your skin.
We call the water in your skincare CRAP-WATER - because it contains heavy metals (including fluoride, mercury, lead, cadmium, arsenic, manganese, aluminum, chromium, copper and nickel)
Heavy metals can bioaccumulate in the body and cause liver and kidney damage, neurotoxicity, cancer, and other risks.
If you are using skincare that lists WATER (non-purified) as an ingredient, you are getting a daily dose of the following:
- Fluoride: transforms normal cells into cancer cells
- Manganese: nervous system toxicity
- Lead: accumulates in your body and has several toxic effects on your brain, liver, kidney, and bones.
- Arsenic: Short term effects of arsenic exposure include skin discoloration, stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Long term effects include heart, lung, liver, immune, nervous system and reproductive disorders, diabetes and cancer of the bladder, lungs, skin, kidney, liver, and prostate.
- Chromium: known to cause cancer. It affects the human liver and kidney and is known to cause circulatory disorders and nerve damage.
- Copper: excess can cause vomiting, diarrhea and stomach cramps. Copper has also been associated with liver and kidney disease.
- Nickel: a potent human carcinogen at high doses, in lower doses it can lead to decreased lung function and allergic reaction
- Aluminum: nervous system toxicant with possible links to dementia and Alzheimer’s
That’s why at Primal Life, our facial cleansers and serums DO NOT contain water. It’s 100% pure, natural ingredients. No toxins, preservatives, or chemicals.
The bottom line is, fluoride is a BIG deal. And because it is EVERYWHERE, it’s up to you to make conscious choices to eliminate it from your life.
The good news is, you’ve already taken the first few steps! By reading and learning about the toxins in your dental and skincare products, you’re already WAY farther ahead than most people.
So give yourself a big pat on your back! Then go to your bathroom and get busy reading the labels of your dental and skincare products. If they list “water” and it doesn’t say “purified water”, make the decision to replace it and get rid of toxins for good.
