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
