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Are you Getting Too Much Flouride? |
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Written by Lorna Silva
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Saturday, 26 February 2011 19:29 |
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For the last 20 years, I have been told by many famous nutritionists, herbalists, iridologists and medical doctors that flouride is not good for my health. I was taught that flouride would actually weaken my bones and teeth, unlike what dentists and doctors have been telling their patients for years. In the last 5 years, I learned from Dr. David Brownstein that flouride displaces iodine. Iodine is an important mineral for every cell in your body, especially the breasts, ovaries, testes and thyroid. In fact, breast cancer survivors are being told to incorporate iodine into their diets. Too bad they were not told this prior to being diagnosed with breast cancer.
According to the Denver Post, Saturday, January 8, 2011, "Federal health officials say many Americans are getting too much flouride, and it's causing spots on children's teeth and perhaps other, more serious problems."
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human services announced plans Friday to lower the recommended level of fluoride in drinking water for the first time in nearly 50 years, based on a fresh review of the science."
Fluoride is in our water supply, bottled water, toothpaste, soda and supplements.
In fact, look at a tube of toothpaste. It states, "Any child under 6 years of age, should only use a pea-sized amount. Watch them brush and make sure they spit out the oothaste - not swallow it. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends consulting a dentists before using flouride toothpaste for a child younger than 2."
My family has been using a reverse osmosis water filtration system for 20 years. We do not brush our teeth with fluoride toothpaste. In fact, my son is 17 years old. He has never had a fluoride treatment at the dentist's office. He has never brushed his teeth with fluoride toothpaste. He received his first cavity at the age of 16.
According to Dr. Bernard Jensen, tooth decay is caused from an imbalance of calcium and phosphorus in the body, which is the result of consuming too much sugar, stress and poor nutrition.
Once again, the leaders in holistic health were accurate. |
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How Important is Vitamin D? |
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Written by Lorna Silva
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Thursday, 03 February 2011 21:15 |
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With the flu and cold season upon us, it is important to have optimal Vitamin D levels. According to Dr. Michael F. Holick, Ph.D., MD, author of the "The Vitamin D Solution," Vitamin D could prevent: heart disease, common cancers, stroke, infectious diseases from influenza to tuberculosis, type 1 and 2 diabetes, dementia, depression, insomnia, muscle weakness, joint pain, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis and hypertension.
Dr. Holick states in his book that 3 out of 4 Americans are deficient in Vitamin D. He also clarifies that Vitamin D is actually a secosteroid hormone that directly or indirectly targets more than 2000 genes or about 6% of the human genome.
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Prescription Medications for Osteoporosis Could Lead to Rare Fractures of the Thigh Bone |
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Written by Lorna Silva
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Thursday, 03 February 2011 21:13 |
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According to an article, "Reverse Effect Found in 2 Meds," published in the Denver Post on 10/17/10, bisphosphonate medications (Fosamax, Actonel and Boniva) may be causing serious health problems such as rare fractures of the thigh bone and degeneration of the jawbone.
According to Daniel Carpenter, a government professor at Harvard who is an expert on the drug agency, "the way drugs are evaluated with the emphasis on shorter-term studies before marketing does not help. Here is a wide-scale institutional failure. We have placed far more resources and requirements upon pre-market assessment of drugs than on post-market."
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Consumer Reports: Natural Doesn't Mean Safe |
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Written by Lorna Silva
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Thursday, 03 February 2011 21:12 |
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The latest Consumer Report states: Just because a supplement is labeled natural, doesn't mean it is safe, according to an investigation by Consumer Reports.
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Taking Insulin Raises Cancer Risk, Study Says |
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Written by Lorna Silva
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Thursday, 03 February 2011 20:53 |
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"Taking Insulin Raises Cancer Risk, Study Says" (Denver Post (8/25/10) - Diabetics who take insulin have a higher risk of developing cancer, according to Danish researchers who say they can't explain the link. Patients on insulin were 50 percent more likely to get cancer, compared with the general population, researchers led by Bendix Carstensen from the Steno Diabetes Center in Gentofte, Denmark, wrote in an abstract of the study posted on the website of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.
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