You are right. Crest is .15%. That is 1500 ppm. Flouride is considered toxic and deadly above 2 or 3 ppm. I guess one needs to really wash their mouth out very well.
Marshall Ode Coyote wrote: > Read the tube > AIM with baking soda: > Warning:as with all flouride toothpastes, keep out of reach of children under > 6 years of age. If you accidentally swallow more than used for brushing, seek > professional assistance or contact a poison control center immediately. > Active ingrediant: Sodium Monoflourophosphate (.14% wt/vol of flouride ion) > > The dentist 'prescribes' 5% flouride paste or mouthwash if you have potential > cavities. > I have used CS instead with 100% success in preventing those potential > cavities from progressing since 1987...something that 5% flouride has never > done. > That's not to say that flouride does nothing to prevent decay, just that CS > does much better. > Ken > > At 10:11 AM 11/20/00 -0500, you wrote: > >>>> > > [email protected] wrote: > > If the acid were then ingested, what does it do to the pH level of > the body. > Aren't there certain pH levels that are healthy to maintain, and > would this > disrupt the long term pH level, or is it thought to correct body pH > levels? > > Hydrocholric acid is what is termed an organic acid in the nutrician > field (but not in the chemistry field). Organic acids do NOT effect the ph of > the body, since the body can easily change them between acid salt and > alkaline with either potassium or sodium. Ie, it is easily nutralized with > sodium to become table salt. > > As for muriatic acid, we have used is several times to strip the > old varnish > from furniture. After seeing what it does to old varnish, I don't > think I > could ever feel comfortable getting it close to food. Maybe there > are many > kinds of muriatic acid? > > Muratic acid is an impure form of HCL which is what the stomach uses to > digest food. > > Regarding other acids, Grandma used to mix (apple cider) vinegar > and honey > and take several tablespoons daily, as a folk remedy for arthritis. > She did > it for years, and was active into her 90's. > > Apple cider is acid, but it becomes alkaline in the body. That helps > maintain the proper ph of the blood, and proper calcium distribution. You > have to look at the ash acidity, not what it is when you eat it. > > Hubby use CS for brushing the teeth sometimes, and we generally use > CS as a > gargle and for cleaning the tongue. He thinks it makes a great > difference > with breath. We quit using commercial tooth paste due to the > fluoride it > contained. Sometimes use baking soda and water. > > Anyone know how much floride is in tooth paste? I always assumed that > since you spit it out, there would be virtually none entering the body, but > of course that would depend on the original amount in the toothpaste. > > Marshall > > <<<< > > -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the > word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: > http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike > Devour
