Is Sodium Fluoride In Water Healthy?

Many years back, I didn't give a whole lot of attention to my tap water.  Like most people, I thought that the treatment of the water would take care of making it safe and clean to drink. 

There were times when I would visit other areas and the water would taste different, but I still didn't think that it mattered.

Then as I got older, I began to learn more about how important clean drinking water was.  In fact, it is known that most people could only last 3 days without any water.  Water is vital to a healthy life.  Clean water can help our immune system to heal us, while dirty water can kill us.  All you have to do it look at the recent Cholera outbreak in Haiti to know how dirty water can quickly take out populations.

So as I began to research more about clean drinking water, I learned about an additive called sodium fluoride.  The claims are made that by adding it to drinking water, it helps to build stronger teeth and prevent cavities. 

However, one day someone told me to read the label on a tube of toothpaste.  What surprised me was that there was a warning label.  It actually states to contact poison control if ingested.  HUH?

Wait a minute...I use this daily, in my mouth, and am not supposed to swallow it or I could be poisoned? 

Now I am not a scientist, doctor, or anyone other than a consumer with some common sense.  Common sense tells me that if there is poison in something the LAST thing you want to do is put it in your mouth.  Your mouth absorbs many things very quickly.  That is why some drugs are put underneath the tongue.

Have you ever seen one of those older movies where someone has a heart attack, and they are given a pill that is quickly put underneath the tongue to stop it?  So if the mouth absorbs things that quick, why wouldn't the poison of fluoride be absorbed as well?

That led me on the search to learn all I can about fluoride.  I found one site that really does help to give all the details, and educate people.  It is called the Fluoride Action Network.  That is a good place for anyone who wants to know the truth.

It didn't take long for me to really be disappointed in what I learned about how fluoride made it into our drinking water.  At first I was shocked to learn, that it was actually a way for large corporations to get rid of their toxic wastes!  I was so mad and then sad that other humans would allow this to happen.

I also learned that other countries do not allow the poisoning of their drinking water with fluoride.  Are we Americans so busy that we don't take the time to learn what is happening to us?  I suppose so. 

The question is then, what can we do about it?

Well, of course the best thing would be to get the fluoride out of the water, along with all the other toxins that are now in our drinking water.  There are many different methods, but one of the easiest at this time is through water purification and filtration.

Removing fluoride is just the beginning.  Once you start really understanding the quality of water and how beneficial it is to make sure it is as clean as possible, you will be amazed at how different you feel.

There are a lot of ways to go about cleaning up the drinking water while we are waiting on the rest of the country to wake up and do it on a broader scale.

However, fluoride removal is not as easy as picking up a carbon filter.  There are special filters needed to remove fluoride.  And at this time, there are only ones that can remove it from drinking water at a lower cost.  Removing it from the whole house is the ideal situation because heating up fluoridated water, like when you are in the shower, is actually allowing you to absorb it through your skin as well as breathing it.

A personal example of this, is that when I was staying with my mother for a few months, my asthma disappeared.  Didn't realize that it had to do with breathing the heated fluoridated water.   There is no fluoride where she lives.  It was nice being able to get a full workout in and not be gasping.  However, when I returned home, where my water is fluoridated, within a few days, I noticed my breathing was becoming labored. 

So at the moment, the options are to remove fluoride from your drinking water.  Finding a water filter with fluoride filters is the only way. 

You can even build one yourself if you are handy.  I actually did that and will be doing another hub on how, with pictures and instructions, here in the near future.  In the meantime, there are some options you can choose to remove the fluoride and get on the path to better health.

There are some people who will tell you that distilled or alkaline water are good choices.  However, I encourage you to do your due diligence and research to find what works best in your situation.

Distilled water is good in a situation where you have no other options.  But it is vital to add back some of the minerals that the distillation process removes.  Alkaline water is also good to take from time to time, but not for an ongoing lifestyle, you need fresh clean drinking water with the proper balance of minerals and the proper PH to get the most benefits.

To Your Health!