Re: Fluoride in green tea-again

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doihavtasay wrote:

> /http://www.mercola.com/2000/sep/10/green_tea_fluoride_thyroid.htm/

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> /This was on Mercola, what do you guys make of this?/

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> /I know the discussion came up once before regarding this and the

> consensus was the fluoride was the organic type./

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> /After reading this, do you still think this is the case?/

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> /I give this to for the anti-oxidant/cancer fighting

> properties and hate to stop. I don’t even mind the organic fluoride as

> it may be of REAL help to her teeth, but I don’t want to be

> overloading her with the inorganic type./

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> //Carol in IL//

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Hi Carol,

Interesting article to be sure. Other than green tea there are other

ways of getting polyphenols into ones body. So antioxidants should not

be a problem for . First off let me state that there are no

particular teas listed in this article. You are going to have to do some

research and find the original articles to find out which types of teas

and from which areas. Now most likely, and this is just my opinion, but

the teas they may have studied were from India or places where chemical

factories are close by or steel mills or such. As these industries use a

lot of sodium fluoride.

This article also doesn't make the distinction between sodium fluoride

or calcium fluoride. The first is toxic and is what is used in

toothpaste, mouthwashes, your drinking water, and the dentist is very

happy to slap onto your teeth. The second only comes from plants and is

the only form of fluoride that the human body can utilize in any of its

processes. All research into the toxic effects of fluroide are done

using sodium fluoride and not calcium fluoride. Also suspect in this

article it any reference to what else any healthy volunteers were

drinking or eathing while doing any of this highly scientific testing.

This kind of article is very bad in that it makes no distinction and

doesn't even try to. This leads the less than knowledgable consumer to

draw conclusion based on false or missing data.

Now I am not advocating drinking lots of green tea or black teas.

Neither one is that good for you and should only be used in moderation.

However, it is worth investigating where your choice of teas come from.

There are teas and there are teas. Some teas only come from high up in

mountainous regions where industry doesn't go. This does not mean there

is no smog but there is no polluted ground or ground water. Personally I

think it would be best to research your teas and only purchase those

that come from way up as opposed to the low lying foot hills surrounding

Bhopal or Beijing or even Tokyo, etc.

This is just my opinion so take it for what it is worth. As far as I am

aware of, most fluoride in tea and other plants is of the calcium

fluoride variety. This does not mean that sodium fluoride doesn't exist

in there too. However, as I mentioned previously, polyphenols can be

found in lots of other foods besides tea.

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