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Thought fluoride was overblown until I saw the teeth on kids in this one town in Idaho
I spent last weekend in Rexburg, Idaho visiting my cousin and her three kids. I'd been pretty set on the whole fluoride debate being overhyped, mostly because I read a bunch of stuff online that made it sound like a nothing issue. But then I actually looked at these kids' teeth, all three of them, ages 6 to 11, and not a single cavity between them. My cousin said the water there is naturally high in fluoride and they've never done anything special. Now I'm sitting here wondering if I got this one wrong for like 5 years. Anyone else live somewhere with naturally high fluoride and notice the same thing?
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elliot451d ago
Did you ever get your own water tested to see where it lands on the fluoride scale? I used to roll my eyes at the whole thing too, figured it was just people freaking out over nothing since my tap water growing up was pretty low in it. Then I moved to a spot outside Boise where the well water has around 1.5 mg/L naturally and my dentist actually commented on how strong my enamel was at my last checkup, which never happened before. Not saying it's some magic cure but it definitely made me stop brushing off the whole debate.
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abby_black1d ago
What about the moms though, did your cousin ever mention what pregnancies and births were like for women there? I've read stuff about high fluoride and thyroid stuff that never gets talked about when everyone's busy counting cavities.
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