Thyroid Tidbit: FLUORIDE in our water is poison to our thyroids

Even 1 1/2 years ago, over 2000 pro­fes­sio­nals from a variety of dis­ci­pli­nes called the US Con­gress to end Fluo­ri­da­tion of water, citing it’s toxi­city and the decep­tion of put­ting it in our water. You can read their call to action here.

The impor­tance of this call lies in each of us with thy­roid disease, since fluo­ride is a KNOWN inhi­bi­tor of our thy­roid function.

As of Feb. 9^th, 2009, the Cou­rier Post Online of South Jer­sey has an exce­llent article on the pro­blem of our extreme expo­sure to fluo­ride.  This article cites the follo­wing facts:

1) 53 US cities rejec­ted fluo­ri­da­tion during our last Novem­ber elec­tion
2) Inges­ted fluo­ride can damage kid­ney patients, bones, the thy­roid gland, high water drin­kers, and children’s teeth
3) Stu­dies lin­king fluo­ride to can­cer and lowe­red IQ are plau­si­ble.
4) In 2007, the Bri­tish Medi­cal Jour­nal indi­ca­ted that fluo­ri­da­tion never was pro­ven safe or effec­tive and may be unethi­cal.
5) Health Canada says the govern­ment should cut the recom­men­ded amount in drin­king water, encou­rage the use of low-fluoride tooth­paste by chil­dren and have makers of infant for­mula reduce levels.

I per­so­nally made a point to stop using any tooth­paste with Fluo­ride a few years ago.  I also sup­ple­ment with iodine, since fluo­ride dis­pla­ces iodine levels. Sadly, I still love iced tea, which con­tains fluo­ride.  But YOU can avoid more fluo­ride expo­sure by fin­ding a way to get off anti-depressants and osteo­po­ro­sis medi­ca­tions which con­tain fluo­ride, and that is espe­cially pos­si­ble when you are opti­mal with Armour desic­ca­ted thy­roid in pre­sence of strong adre­nals or opti­mal cor­ti­sol supplementation.