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phate, which drains the energy source, ATP, from victories of public health mandates, the PHS in Selenium
the cells and promotes a dramatic inflammatory fact has paid little attention to the harmful physi-
response. Gary Taubes explains in his books, cal effects of fluoride on the human body. No appears to be
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Good Calories, Bad Calories and Why We Get government funds are available to explore the an anti-aging
Fat, that it is fructose, not saturated fats, that topic of fluoridation dangers. Existing research nutrient in
contribute to high insulin levels and insulin re- on fluoride’s insidious effects on the body comes
sistance, promoting adipocyte formation around from scientists in other countries such as India, that it
the liver and midsection, and increasing insulin where ground water contains extremely high protects
and leptin levels, all factors associated with amounts of fluoride and all want it out, not in. humans from
premature aging. In addition, fructose elevates The Chinese government recently funded a series
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blood cholesterol, uric acid, urea nitrogen and of studies on fluoride and IQ. 25,26 the pro-
lactate production. Ingestion of fluoride induces adverse effects oxidant effects
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AGEs cause inflammation, which promotes not only in teeth and bones, but also in various of fluoride on
heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, soft tissues such as brain, skeletal muscle, kidney
liver damage, and other chronic degenerative and liver, and interferes with reproductive func- the brain and
diseases. When receptors for AGEs bond with tions, such as the production of sperm. Fluoride body.
scar tissue in the endothelium of blood vessels, is a powerful central nervous system toxin and
arterial plaques are formed. Collagen, the lens adversely affects brain function even at low
of the eye (cataracts), myelin, and DNA also ac- doses, and causes neuron death along with im-
cumulate AGEs. Glycation can be determined by paired memory and learning. Fluoride disturbs
a test for hemoglobin A1c, which is a marker of the antioxidant enzyme activities in the brain.
long-term blood sugar levels and how the body Fluoride fed to rats caused DNA damage in their
processes sugar. 20 brain cells and epigenetic changes in the brain
tissue of offspring of the exposed rats. 27
FLUORIDE HASTENS AGING In rats treated with sodium fluoride (NaF)
Fluoride has been added to community (the pharmaceutical form of fluoride), adminis-
water supplies in the U.S. since the 1940s and tration of vitamin D significantly lessened the
continues to be a goal of the Public Health Ser- skeletal and visceral abnormalities of skeletal
vice (PHS), which considers water fluoridation fluorosis. Altered serum enzyme activities and
“one of the ten greatest achievements of the lipids in the livers of male rats with fluorosis
20th century.” Yet for all this lip service to the recovered to normal levels when the rats were

STATIN, STATIN, ON THE WALL, THE DRUG MOST AGING OF THEM ALL

Senior citizens are targets for pill-pushing physicians; many become dumping grounds for drugs, taking up to ten or
more per day, most of them unnecessary. Often seniors in decline will recover their health and energy simply by going
off all their drugs.
By far the drugs that age us the most are the statin (cholesterol-lowering) drugs, prescribed today to almost all seniors,
male and female alike. The side effects of statins read like a description of aging: sore muscles, back pain, shuffling gait,
slowed reactions, type 2 diabetes, digestive problems, liver disease, depression, Parkinson's disease, mental confusion
and memory loss. When patients complain about these side effects, their doctors usually brush off their concernes with
the observation, "You're getting older, these are the normal signs of aging." But there is no need for seniors at any age to
suffer from these symptoms.
Most seniors are unaware of the cruel irony—cholesterol lowering does not help you live longer. In fact lower choles-
terol levels in the elderly are associated with increased rates of death from cancer, suicide, stroke and intestinal diseases.
Several studies have shown that once past the age of sixty, the higher your cholesterol, the longer you live.
Seniors with all their mental faculities can just say no to cholesterol-lowering drugs. Those in long-term care facilities
will receive cholesterol-lowering drugs as a routine unless family members make it very clear that they don't want them
given—repeating the instruction every few months and checking the medication list to make sure their instructions are
not forgotten.
For more information, see "Dangers of Statin Drugs," by Mary G. Enig, PhD and Sally Fallon at westonaprice.org.

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