Two discussions came up with my clients about a week ago. Toothpaste and shower filter. Some of them were asking, "Which toothpaste brand is safe to use?". Are commercial toothpaste brands safe for humans, and what's the ingredients hidden where most people are not aware? Another question came up, "Is shower filter necessary during showers?" Let's find out.
As I've blogged previously about fluoride, some of you would have known about this neurotoxin. A lot more people start to realize about this dangerous toxin, but are you exposed to fluoride from other sources apart from toothpaste? Well, fluoride is found in many sources especially treated municipal water supply. In my country, the household water supply is loaded with tons of toxins and chemicals. Fluoride is one of them. We have been told that fluoride is safe and can prevent tooth decay, but this is another fat lie from the government and dental industry. Almost every commercial toothpaste products contain sodium fluoride, and our water supply is contaminated with fluoride and other toxins such as chlorine, lead, aluminum, cadmium, pesticides, and even pharmaceutical drugs! Imagine our body ingest or absorb nasty pharma drugs such as statins and SSRI? It is as scary as it sounds, we are loading our body with even more toxins then we already did.
In today's post, I would like to discuss about 3 toxins, which will impact thyroid health, thus, leading to a whole host of other health complications and diseases. Fluoride, chlorine and bromine. Most people have heard about chlorine, but probably not much about fluoride and bromine. Apart from water supply and toothpaste products, what are other sources of fluoride? Well, if you dine regularly outside, ensure you are drinking RO or distilled water. Unless the restaurant can confirm you are drinking purified or distilled water, you are ingesting tap water (including fresh juices or teas and coffee). Soft drinks is another common source of fluoride, and the accumulated fluoride ingestion will bind to fat cells, bone cells and neurological tissues. Thyroid gland, is one of them. Some of you may ask, how can I then dine outside drinking beverage without ingesting fluoride? Well, the goal is to eliminate as much of this neurotoxin as possible whenever you can. You could bring your own water bottle and that would pretty much lessen the worry.
How about chlorine? Most people heard about this dangerous potent toxin. When you spend time in swimming pool, you bath yourself with high level of chlorine, apart from absorbing other chemicals. Most people think swimming is a good exercise, and I have to agree, but not swimming in toxic commercial pools. We were never evolved to swim in the pools, and dipping in the lake, river and sea, would make more sense, if you love the nature and swimming is your passion. Wonder why your hair and skin become so dry and damage after one swim in the pool? Or maybe after your shower time in the toilet? Most people tend to filter drinking water, but how about shower filter? Most people forget about the substance or products which we apply on our skin, and the air quality that we breathe. Clean diet and water, is a good protocol to be integrated in our daily lives, but whatever we apply on our skin and body (externally), some of it (if not most of it) will be absorbed into our body and blood stream. And shower water, is one of the most common source of chlorine, which can damage the skin, hair, liver, lungs, etc.
As I'm trying to educate most of my clients to filter their showers, it could be one of the most important health investment one could make. Merely 10 mins of hot shower is equivalent to drinking a gallon of unfiltered tap water. Do the math yourself. The chlorine vapor in the toilet which we inhale, damage our lungs and nervous system, while some of the vital organs including our skin suffer from it. Remember, any shower filter is ideal, else, your body will be the filter! Meanwhile, applying skin moisturizer will only add up the load of toxins and chemicals in your body, further overloading your liver function, due to harmful ingredients in most products. Unless, coconut oil is your only preference for skin health, which I doubt.
I've personally tried setting up triple filtration system at home, and performed chlorine water test. You can notice a significant amount of chlorine level from 1st, 2nd and 3rd filtration. There is also a huge difference between unfiltered and filtered water shower. Results? Skin and hair become less dry and manageable. The reduction in fluoride reduced tremendously too, but there is no way we could totally remove all the fluoride and chlorine in the water.
Now, how about bromine? Not many people heard of this toxic compound. Where is this substance found? It is commonly found in baked goods, soft drinks and even vegetable oils. If you love baked goods, good luck. If you drink tons of fruit flavored beverages or soft drinks, good luck again. This chemical is highly toxic, and there is no safe level for human consumption. The food industry do not need to label this toxic ingredient in any of their food and beverage product, and most people are ingesting tons of it on regular basis.
By now, you must be asking, what do these 3 substances have in common. Apart from being a dangerous toxin, these compounds bind to thyroid tissues and cause a long list of health problems. From weight loss to cold hands and feet, and fatigue to sluggish metabolism, the negative consequences are just plentiful. Thyroid dysfunction/disorder, is commonly misdiagnosed condition by most doctors, especially thyroid autoimmune disease. Thyroid cancer, is the currently fastest growing cancer of all cancers, and thyroid medications is the 4th most prescribed drugs in USA.
If you suffers from any thyroid related problem, go get 2nd opinion, and working with naturopathic doctor or certified clinical nutritionist would be a better option. In women, thyroid disorder is very common, and autoimmune thyroid disease is on the rise, and more people is suffering from it. For people who work so hard trying to lose weight or body fat, exercising more and reducing calories may not be the way to go. Remember, every cell in the body has receptor site, and that will determine he efficiency of metabolism and ability to utilize energy. With poor thyroid functions, or if you suffer from thyroid disorders, you will expect poor gut motility, and digestion, assimiliation and elimination will suffer too. Please bear in mind that thyroid hormones also strongly influence the tight junctions in the stomach and small intestines. Your thyroid, is crucially important to achieving efficient metabolism and digestion, as well as maintaining optimum health. Without functioning thyroid, you will never be healthy again.
Journals (Thyroid- Gut Motility)
- http://gut.bmj.com/content/12/2/172.full.pdf
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1940412
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3929142/
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12269922
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15788986
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20351569
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11710797
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12741459
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6706068
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