A little OT - Fluoride for Babies and Pampers = Vaccines

July 16, 2008

When I was at the dentist this past weekend, she asked me why I wanted

to know about what the ingredients were in the filling material. I

told her I am leary of fluoride leaching and I like to be an informed

consumer. Later she started talking to me (because of my almost 7

month old) about how babies are being started on " fluoride vitamins "

at 6 months. I was really shocked. Um, what? Maybe I have been in the

dark, but I hadn't heard about that before. Great, just what babies

need, to be overdosed with fluoride AND vaccines. I really didn't

want to discuss it and just laughed it off saying, " Well, my son

doesn't have teeth yet anyway " . (Read: As if you'll ever catch me

giving that to my son.) She said, " Oh, well they don't need to have

any- it's to get the fluoride in their system before the get teeth. " .

So when I was paying my copay, I couldn't help myself. I just had to

say something. I asked, her " Don't you think if children's diets were

better (they didn't eat processed food, sugar, ect) that they

wouldn't need fluoride? " She said, " Well, along time ago people

didn't eat those things and they had more cavities than

today. " . " Sure " , I said, " But then their hygiene habits then were

very bad. Today our hygiene is very good. " She looked stumped and

kept saying, " Well, studies prove that fluoride prevents cavaties... "

blah blah blah. I am not agruing about whether fluoride does or does

not prevent cavaties, but if people just ate better and continued to

take care of their teeth well, I think that would certainly alleviate

the need for fluoride. IMHO this is just as bad as vaccines! I was

really feeling so disgusted at the fact people actually pump their

babies full of fluoride. Funny enough, her assistant who was standing

right near her, asked my recommendation for a fluoride-free

toothpaste for another patient they have. LOL!

I also happened to see this too. Pampers is donating one vaccine for

every pack of diapers. Good thing I use cloth!

Amber

Mom to and my angel Abdullah

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