Thread: Avoiding flouride?

Well I have heard that flouride is very harmful and damages parts of your brain that deal with imagination and dreaming so it makes sense. However, toothpaste shouldn't be a problem since it is something that is good for your teeth, as long as you make sure not to swallow any of it.

Originally Posted by siuol

Well I have heard that flouride is very harmful and damages parts of your brain that deal with imagination and dreaming so it makes sense. However, toothpaste shouldn't be a problem since it is something that is good for your teeth, as long as you make sure not to swallow any of it.

[citation needed]

Seriously, though. I'm curious if there is any truth to this. Might even be a placeholders, for all we (seem) to know.

Originally Posted by madvorak

Hi there!

Since I read that flouride lowers chances for LDs, I have been using flouride-less toothpaste. I avoid food with much flouride, too. In first 2 weeks after the change, I had a lot of LDs and some were really good.
Unfortunately, the frequency has returned to normal now. Now I have WILDs instead of DILDs and they are very short and bad.

I don't know if I should continue to avoid flouride. How much do you think it impacts LDing? Do you avoid flouride? If you do, how did your LDing change? Do you think it could hurt my teeth? I am trying to brush my teeth more carefully to compensate it.

Thx for your answers.

Originally Posted by siuol

Well I have heard that flouride is very harmful and damages parts of your brain that deal with imagination and dreaming so it makes sense. However, toothpaste shouldn't be a problem since it is something that is good for your teeth, as long as you make sure not to swallow any of it.

*Fluoride.

In short, I have the tendency to believe that fluoride in very low concentrations such as those of water and toothpaste have no effect on the human body at all.

First of all, when you use toothpaste you don't swallow it, you spit it out after use, so there isn't any danger to the human body in that respect. Second, in terms of water fluoridation which is usually the main concern of fluoride, there is no evidence that the chemical is dangerous in extremely low concentrations in water. There is currently no scientific evidence that supports claims that low concentrations of fluoride lower IQ, cause cancer, cause submissive behavior, increase stress, is a neo-nazi plot, etc. In terms of my own experience, I haven't experienced any differences in my behavior or dreams having moved from The Netherlands (no water fluoridation), to Canada (water fluoridation).

The interesting thing is, I'm actually against water fluoridation; not for health reasons but for environmental reasons because water fluoridation is not sustainable environmentally.