Fluoride in tea!?

[ustane]

I found this and thought it to be of interest:

http://www.earlytorise.com/2008/11/28/brewing-up-a-pot-of-fluoride.html

[hagbard_celine]

I found this and thought it to be of interest:

http://www.earlytorise.com/2008/11/28/brewing-up-a-pot-of-fluoride.html


Oh dear. :(:confused: So the tea actually accumulates fluoride from the environment and not from deliberate human addition? That's scarey because it makes it harder to get purely organic tea. What's the answer?

[ustane]

Oh dear. :(:confused: So the tea actually accumulates fluoride from the environment and not from deliberate human addition? That's scarey because it makes it harder to get purely organic tea. What's the answer?

Drink coffee! (That's my answer anyway)

[psych641]

I missed the tea at first, but soon saw it as a good excuse to eat more chocolate.

cannabis is another plant that has an unusually high bio-accumulation.

[cafetimes1991]

2. Go for White. While all true teas come from the Camellia sinensis plant, the amount of fluoride varies with the different “colors.” Green tea contains the most, black tea is next, and white tea contains the least. Instant tea mixes have been found to contain very high levels of fluoride.

Good tip from the website.

[clozaril]

gees i've just put kettle on for a cup of green tea :mad:

[aya_rei]

This is interesting, considering green tea has been pushed as the ideal drink here for a while.

They mostly focus on its slimming powers when they have a green tea advert here. Makes sense they'd market it that way and quite a good way to push lipton green tea - with fluoride and hfcs - in America this way.

[pacoquerak]

Since you never actually see the tea plants, does it matter to the producers what condition the plants are in by the time of harvest? I bet it isn't their first priority. Why would you want to drink tea from some massive distributor coming from god knows where instead of your own garden? You don't need a tea plant to make it, there are many thousands of plants that make great teas! You don't even have to boil your tea, you can make sun tea and leave all the enzymes intact! Better yet, ferment your tea into kombucha kvass!

[measle_weasel]

Folks, do not forget about red tea. Red tea contains the most fluoride, along with black tea.

Ive read a different article about teas with fluoride, and it stated that black and red had the highest fluoride in them, followed by green, with a moderate amount, and then white, with almost none

No matter, whichever article is right, white tea is the way to go, if you love tea, and hate fluoride :D But its the most expensive, as well

[kiwimaj]

Since you never actually see the tea plants, does it matter to the producers what condition the plants are in by the time of harvest? I bet it isn't their first priority. Why would you want to drink tea from some massive distributor coming from god knows where instead of your own garden? You don't need a tea plant to make it, there are many thousands of plants that make great teas! You don't even have to boil your tea, you can make sun tea and leave all the enzymes intact! Better yet, ferment your tea into kombucha kvass!


Great post !!! Another raw fooder on the forum??

You can even go out and forage or wild dandelion leaves if you don't have your own garden. I love dandelion tea.

;)

[sunnysummerday]

Study, Fluoridation Benefits Doubtful, Thanks to, nyscof, thank you.

Thanks to, nyscof
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Submitted on 2009/01/09 at 4:32pm
Study: Fluoridation Benefits Doubtful

New York – January 9 — Achieving cavity-free status has little to do with fluoride intake, reports a study in the Fall 2008 Journal of Public Health Dentistry.

The ongoing Iowa Fluoride Study (IFS) begun in 1992, follows a cohort of children from birth. Researchers measure fluoride use and ingestion, count cavities and document fluorosis – white spotted, yellow and/or brown stained teeth – the outward sign of fluoride over-ingestion.

IFS researchers report, “The benefits of fluoride are mostly topical…while fluorosis is clearly more dependent on fluoride intake.”

They explain that when fluoridation began in the 1940’s, “it was believed that fluoride needed to be ingested early in life to provide [cavity] prevention…Today, evidence suggests that…the benefits of fluoride are mostly topical.”

Fluoride chemicals are added to 70% of public water supplies at so-called “optimal” levels (0.7 parts per million – 1.2 ppm), once believed to prevent cavities.

The IFS researchers find that “firmly recommending an ‘optimal’ fluoride intake is problematic.” They agree with fluoride researchers Burt and Eklund that the term “optimal fluoride intake” be dropped from common usage.

Quantifying fluoride intake is more complex than it was several decades ago because of the widespread use of fluoridated dental products and increased fluoride content of foods, they report.

“Thus, it is doubtful that parents or clinicians could adequately track children’s fluoride intake and compare it with the recommended level, rendering the concept of an “optimal” or target intake relatively moot,” they write.

In 2003, IFS researchers wrote, “There is no specific nutritional requirement for fluoride.” They described the fluoride content of some foods. For example:

n Processed chicken: 4.4 ppm and 10.0 ppm fluoride

In Cereals: 3.8 to 6.3 ppm

In Creamed spinach: 2 ppm

In Soft drinks: up to 1.55 ppm

In Decaffeinated tea: 3.19 ppm

In White grape juice: 4 ppm

In Ready-to-feed infant formula: from 0.15 to 0.30 ppm

“This well-done, long-term study by respected fluoride researchers, and published piecemeal in several scientific journals, tells us that fluoride ingestion, such as fluoridated water and supplements, is causing dental defects with little, if any, benefit,” says attorney Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc.

“With the financial crunch almost every city and state is facing, stopping fluoridation is a win, win, win situation. Stopping fluoridation will save money, teeth and health,” says Beeber.

Take action to end fluoridation here: http://congress.FluorideAction.Net

References:

Journal of Public Health Dentistry, Fall 2008, “Considerations on Optimal Fluoride Intake Using Dental Fluorosis and Dental Caries Outcomes – A Longitudinal Study,” by Warren, et al.

Dental Clinics of North America 47(2003), “Current and future role of fluoride in nutrition,” by Warren & Levy, 225-243

http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof

http://www.FluorideAction.Net

Fluoridation News Releases
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SOURCE: New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc.

http://www.planetnetopia.com/blog/view/id_137/title_study-fluoridation-benefits-doubtful-thanks-to/

[now here]

Folks, do not forget about red tea. Red tea contains the most fluoride, along with black tea.

Ive read a different article about teas with fluoride, and it stated that black and red had the highest fluoride in them, followed by green, with a moderate amount, and then white, with almost none

No matter, whichever article is right, white tea is the way to go, if you love tea, and hate fluoride :D But its the most expensive, as well

White tea is my favorite. :)
I also like rooibos (red tea)... Where did you read about such high fluoride content in rooibos?
Is it possible that green or white rooibos is ok?