flouride, skeletal fluorosis, athritis and tea

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Thyroid was recently mentioned in relation to fluoride; skeletal

fluorosis is another manifestation of the degneration that

fluoride causes in chronic tea drinkers; most of the fluorine

damage relates to chronic oxidative stress as fluorine is a very

potent oxidizer and toxin.

Brick tea has long been known to cause skeletal fluorosis, longer

than instant tea. Here are 197 cites from PubMed:

http://tinyurl.com/hn8oh

Similarly, a Goooogle search ( " Brick tea " " skeletal fluorosis " )

turns up plenty of information on it: http://tinyurl.com/mbttu

http://www.greenteahaus.com/group-r.htm has a few references

including a couple to the powerful synergy that occurs in the

presence of aluminum, a very plentiful element.

In " Brick tea fluoride as a main source of adult fluorosis "

published in Food Chem Toxicol. in 2003 quotes:

" The adult daily fluoride intake reached 12 mg, of which 99%

originated from the brick tea-containing foods. The positive rate

of clinical symptoms by physical examination was 89%;

furthermore, 42 of the 111 subjects were diagnosed by X-ray. The

positive examination rate was 83%. Although the osteosclerosis-

type skeletal fluorosis (overall increased bone matrix density)

affected 74%, arthropathy and arthritis affected a significant

number of the patients, resulting in functional disability. The

results suggest that this brick tea-type fluorosis had even more

severe adverse effects on human health compared with both the

water-type and coal combustion-type fluorosis that occurred in

other areas of China. "

Duncan Crow