{"id":18898,"date":"2018-07-14T02:35:53","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T16:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=18898"},"modified":"2018-07-14T02:35:53","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T16:35:53","slug":"heres-how-fluoride-destroys-your-health-in-obvious-and-not-so-obvious-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=18898","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s how fluoride destroys your health in obvious, and not so obvious, ways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Few people realize just how far-reaching the effects of long-term exposure to fluoride can be. Dental fluorosis may be the most obvious manifestation of fluoride damage as it discolors and pits people\u2019s teeth, but much of the other harm it causes is not as easy to see and is often blamed on something else. Here\u2019s a look at a few of the ways in which fluoride destroys your health.<br \/>\nCognitive and IQ problems<br \/>\nMany people feel fluoridated water is a big reason for the general \u201cdumbing down\u201d of society we\u2019ve seen in recent years. It makes sense when you consider that fluoride is a neurotoxin and 50 human studies have linked exposure to it with lower intelligence.<br \/>\nIt affects people of all ages, with fetal brain development also suffering from fluoride exposure. One study from Harvard Medical School linked elevated levels of fluoride to lowered IQs in children. Other studies have found that it can cause memory impairments and even brain damage.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/australiannationalreview.com\/2018\/07\/10\/heres-how-fluoride-destroys-your-health-in-obvious-and-not-so-obvious-ways\/?inf_contact_key=d18524200f4c7709b2c5ea6aa3b327045d2c99d042de11a85fb4a96860acaa25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/australiannationalreview.com\/2018\/07\/10\/heres-how-fluoride-destroys-your-health-in-obvious-and-not-so-obvious-ways\/?inf_contact_key=d18524200f4c7709b2c5ea6aa3b327045d2c99d042de11a85fb4a96860acaa25<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Few people realize just how far-reaching the effects of long-term exposure to fluoride can be. Dental fluorosis may be the most obvious manifestation of fluoride damage as it discolors and pits people\u2019s teeth, but much of the other harm it causes is not as easy to see and is often blamed on something else. Here\u2019s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=18898\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Here\u2019s how fluoride destroys your health in obvious, and not so obvious, ways&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}