Food, Not Fluoride, Reduces Cavities
For reasons beyond my understanding, City Governments go on campaigns to put
Fluoride in peoples water "for their better health." Where the money goes on
this, and who's pocket is getting lined, I have yet to find out. This is going
on in a place where I spend a great deal of time, Clearwater, Florida area, where
the Fluoride Lobby is at it again to force our citizens to drink
and bathe in fluorinated water. You can oppose it and should. Fluoride does
not prevent cavities and its toxic to boot. Here are some facts so you can
really understand the issue and if you have a choice, "for your better
health" vote against it.
Cavities occur in sixty-percent of U.S. preschool children, and more
often in the poorly nourished, according to the January 2004 Journal
of the American Dental Association(1).
Those skipping breakfast and fruits and vegetables have more cavities, according
to researchers, Dye et al.
Because skipped breakfast is associated with higher caloric intake, poor nutrient
intake and obesity, Dye and colleagues used skipped daily breakfast as an indicator
of poor nutrition along with not eating required 5 fruits and vegetables daily.
Over sixty years ago, dental researcher Weston Price examined various countries'
inhabitants and their diets and reported that bad teeth and health are linked
to poor diet(2).
"In their zeal to promote fluoride, dentistry, ignoring diet, may have helped
create a billion-dollar toothpaste industry while enabling an appalling tooth
decay national epidemic(3) to fester and grow like the unfilled cavities in Medicaid
patients who are often refused dental treatment(4)," says lawyer Paul Beeber,
President, New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation (NYSCOF).
Federal statistics back up the poor health/more tooth loss association, regardless
of fluoridation levels.
For example, 87% of West Virginians drink fluoridated water(5); yet, they are
the most toothless in the country(6). West Virginia is also one of the least
healthy states for heart disease(7) and diabetes(8a,b), two diet-related diseases.
Conversely, in Utah, where only 2.8% of water supplies are fluoridated, residents
lose the fewest teeth in the country due to decay and gum disease. Utah ranks
as one of the best in state health rankings by United Health Foundation(7)
and are least likely to develop heart disease - a measure of obesity, hypertension
and sedentary lifestyle. Utah is also one of four states with the lowest diabetes
rate(8).
Despite excellent dental health, fluoridation, costing over $4.5 million(9a),
is being forced on more Utahans while low-income families with the most dental
needs are neglected(9b).
Fluoridation failed Kentucky, too(12a,b).
"Obviously, the public is being sold a 'bill-of-goods' by the fluoridation promoters," says
Beeber.
The Centers for Disease Control asserts that fluoridated water saves from $7
to $42 in dental care for every fluoridation dollar spent(10).
However, after decades of water fluoridation, virtually all Americans consume
a fluoridated food and/or water supply. Yet, "dental spending outpaces economic
growth, continuing a trend," reports the American Dental Association(11)
New York State is 70% fluoridated but two very populous counties, Nassau and
Suffolk (Long Island) are totally fluoridation free. In New York State 18.3%,
lost 6 or more teeth due to decay or gum disease(13a) while only 16.2% of Long
Islanders did.(13b)
New York City is 100% fluoridated, yet 20.9% of Brooklyn(14a) and 19.9% of
Queens(14b) residents lost six or more teeth, more than non-fluoridated Long
Island and partially fluoridated New York State.
Past news releases show that New York City's poor children have more tooth
decay than the national average.(15a,b)
Actually, dental crises appear in many fluoridated cities. (See: Cavity Crises
In Fluoridated Cities http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof2/_pgg5.php3)
If you have kids, you owe it to yourself to: Check
this website out www.aquasafe.us It's
very informative .
References:
(1) "The relationship between healthful eating practices and
dental caries in children aged 2-5 years in the United States,
1988-1994," Journal of
the American Dental Association, January 2004
http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/pubs/jada/
(2) "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration," by Weston Price
http://www.westonaprice.org/book_reviews/nutrition_physical.html
(3) First Ever U.S. Surgeon General's report on Oral Health
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/news/052500.asp
(4) "Low-income families have limited access to dentists," American
Public Health Association, The Nation's Health
http://www.apha.org/journal/nation/dentalexcl1200.htm
(5) U.S. Centers for Disease Control, "Percentage of State Population
Served by Public Water Systems Receiving Fluoridated Water?2002,"
http://www2a.cdc.gov/nccdphp/doh/synopses/WaterFluoridationV.asp?Year=2002&sort=2
(6) U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, Prevalence Data, Oral health - 2002; Lost 6 or more teeth due to
decay or gum disease
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/list.asp?cat=OH&yr=2002&qkey=6605&state=US
(7) "State Health Rankings 2002," United Health Foundation "http://www.unitedhealthfoundation.org/shr2002/components/outcomes/HeartDisease.html
(8a) U.S. Centers for Disease Control, "State-specific Estimates of
Diagnosed Diabetes Among Adults,"
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/prev/state/f6dt2002.htm
(8b) U.S. Centers for Disease Control, "State-specific Estimates of
Diagnosed Diabetes Among Adults,"
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/prev/state/table16.htm
(9a) "On the up & up Fluoridation costs much higher than health
department estimate," Tuesday, January 13, 2004, Standard-Examiner Davis
Bureau, by Matthew Flitton
http://www.standard.net/standard/search_bykey.html (Sign-up required)
(9b) "Filling a Big Cavity," The Salt Lake Tribune, January 29,
2004, Editorial
http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Jan/01292004/opinion/opinion.asp
(10) U.S. Centers for Disease Control, "Preventing Dental Caries,"
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/pe_factsheets/pe_oh.htm
(11) "Dental spending outpaces economic growth, continuing a trend," January
19, 2004, ADA News
http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/pubs/adanews/current.asp
12a) "State's poor dental health part of larger problem," by William
Allen, February 1, 2004, Courier-Journal,
http://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2004/02/01ky/wir-front-tooth0201-12144.html
12b) More Teeth Lost as Fluoride Use Increases
http://www.suite101.com/print_article.cfm/11749/103747
13a) http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/display.asp?cat=OH&yr=2002&qkey=6605&state=NY
13b) http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss-smart/MMSARiskChart.asp?yr=2002&MMSA=83&cat=OH&qkey=6605&grp=0
14a) http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss-smart/MMSACtyRiskChart.asp?MMSA=61&yr2=2002&qkey=6605&CtyCode=91&cat=OH#OH
14b) http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss-smart/MMSACtyRiskChart.asp?MMSA=61&yr2=2002&qkey=6605&CtyCode=92&cat=OH#OH
15a) http://www.enn.com/direct/display-release.asp?objid=D1D1364E000000F3733F2C0618E21B27
15b) http://www.enn.com/direct/display-release.asp?objid=D1D1364E000000F31139E7E76C7308FB
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