Is your water upping your risk of diabetes?
The numbers are almost unbelievable. Right now, close to 30 million Americans have type 2 diabetes.
The reasons, as we’ve all been told, are genetics and lifestyle. Things such as being obese and not eating a healthy diet.
But there’s something else. You might say it’s the best kept secret there is about type 2 diabetes.
Research has (again) confirmed a link between this devastating condition and something in our water. And this toxic substance didn’t get there by accident.
It was deliberately added by officials in towns and cities all across the U.S.
For years I’ve been telling you about the biggest toxic threat we face every day — the fluoride added to our drinking water.
And it seems that despite all the warnings from scientists around the world, the myth about water fluoridation preventing cavities goes on.
But at this point it doesn’t really matter whether fluoride stops tooth decay or not — it’s just too toxic a chemical to deliberately add to our water supply.
Now, the fluoride/diabetes connection has come up again. And maybe this time people will start paying attention.
Researcher Kyle Fluegge, PhD., took a close look at public water systems in 22 states. And what he found was unmistakable — if your water is fluoridated with either of two types of commonly used fluoride, you’re much more likely to become diabetic.
Now, it would be frightening enough if Dr. Fluegge, whose study was published in the Journal of Water and Health, was a lone voice in the wilderness about fluoride and diabetes.
But he’s not.
More than 10 years ago, the National Research Council — a century-old nonprofit research organization — came to a similar conclusion. It found that when people are exposed to enough fluoride, it can increase blood glucose and impair glucose tolerance, as well as “increase the severity of some types of diabetes.”
The NRC also said that since diabetics often drink more water, that can expose them to even higher levels of fluoride. It’s like a vicious cycle!
Other studies out of China, India, Argentina and Poland — in people, not laboratory animals — have found a link between fluoride and diabetes.
And some of these studies go back two and three decades!
But despite all of the findings about fluoride and blood sugar, the CDC still calls water fluoridation one of the top ten “public health achievements of the 20th century.”
Yeah, right. Maybe if you’re Big Pharma with a boatload of diabetes drugs to sell it is.
As I’ve been saying for years now, the only “safe” amount of fluoride in your water is zero.
So, the first thing you need to do is to find out if your water is fluoridated by looking here (if your state is one of a handful not on this list, you’ll have to call your local water authority).
If your water is fluoridated, you should take steps immediately to get it out.
To do that you’ll need a reverse osmosis system or another type of filtration device that removes it. Many, including “activated carbon” filters don’t.
You would think that in 2016 in the USA our tap water would be safe to drink.
But until that time comes when federal officials wake up to what science is telling us about fluoride, it will be up to us to keep ourselves and our families safe.
Sources:
“Fluoride linked to diabetes” Sylvia Booth Hubbard, August 18, 2016, Newsmax, newsmax.com
