Fluoride

Sources

• Aluminium cookware and utensils
• Certain drinking water
• Dental products - toothpaste, mouthwash, fluoride varnish and others
• Found naturally in the environment - rock, soil, water, air, plants
• Grape products, dried fruit, dried beans, cocoa powder, walnuts. All from fluoride pesticide use
• Glass-etching or chrome-cleaning agents
• ​Industrial work settings
• Processed beverages - beer, wine, fizzy drinks, certain sports drinks, sugar/fructose drinks
• Pesticides 
• Tea drinks - tea plants absorb fluoride from the soil

​Conditions associated with a deficiency

• N/A

​Conditions which can be associated with toxicity

• Atherosclerosis
• Alzheimer's disease
  
• Brain fog
  
• ​Chronic fatigue
  
• Dental fluorosis
• Depression
  
• Dizziness
  
• Headaches
  
• Immune system dysfunction
  
• Kidney problems
• Liver dysfunction
  
• Mental health conditions
• Muscle weakness
  
• Neurodevelopment issues in children
• Nausea 
• Suppressive effect on the thyroid
• Stomach problems
• Weakening of bones and an increase in hip and wrist fractures