Water Fluoridation and Thyroid

I mentioned recently that the best thing to drink is purified water. I realized that I really didn't tell you why purified water is so important. The problem with regular tap water is that it contains fluoride and chlorine. Fluoride competes with thyroid hormones and blocks the function of the thyroid gland.

The studies done regarding fluoridation of water were conducted in the 1940s and are very questionable as to the scientific information purported in these studies. Supposedly, fluoridation was to help decrease tooth decay in children, but that has not been shown to be effective from just drinking fluoridated water. What we have seen in the last 50 years in a dramatic increase in thyroid disease which can be directly linked to the fluoridation in water.

Another word of caution about fluorides, they are also found in toothpastes and mouth washes, so use these with caution that you may be affecting you thyroid gland.