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Doctor Yourself NEWSLETTER (Vol. 6, No. 5 April, 2006)

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:43:16 -0500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

" The aim of a research project is not to discover new facts. We

already know; we are merely furnishing scientific proof. " (Col.

Wilhelm Klink, Hogan's Heroes, Season Two, Show #1)

 

 

 

The DOCTOR YOURSELF NEWSLETTER (Vol. 6, No. 5 April, 2006)

 

" Free of charge, free of advertising, and free of the A.M.A. "

 

 

 

Copyright 2006 by Andrew W. Saul of http://www.doctoryourself.com ,

which now welcomes nearly two million visitors annually. Commercial

use of the website or the contents of this Newsletter is strictly

prohibited.

 

 

 

IN THIS ISSUE:

 

 

 

1. THINKIN' LINCOLN

 

2. PICS AND BIOS OF VITAMIN THERAPY PIONEERS

 

3. GINKGO: HYPE OR HELP?

 

4. LOW FAT DIETS

 

5. NORMAN W. WALKER

 

6. VITAMIN BASHING BY " MODERN " MEDICINE

 

7. MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: MORE SUCCESS

 

8. BROCCOLI, CABBAGE HALT CANCER

 

9. NIACINAMIDE REVERSES FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME

 

10. READERS SAY

 

11. FLUORIDE IS NOT PREVENTING TOOTH DECAY

 

 

 

LINCOLN, LINCOLN, I'VE BEEN THINKIN'

 

Abraham Lincoln said, " Every man over 40 is responsible for his face. "

 

 

 

Let's see, now: At three squares a day, you eat just under 1,100 meals

a year. That means, if you are forty years old, you have eaten over

43,000 meals.

 

 

 

Let's face it: Lincoln was right. We are what we eat. Our 30 trillion

or so body cells are entirely made up from what we breathe, drink and

eat. Not one cell in your body is made from a drug. Prevention and

cure of disease must therefore be nutrition-based.

 

 

 

In 1968, twice Nobel Prize laureate Linus Pauling first gave

megavitamin nutrition therapy its scientific name: orthomolecular

medicine. I first wandered into the field as a young whippersnapper

back in 1976. It gradually became clear to me that we need to stop

living with illness, and learn to live without it. The way to do this

is by education, not medication.

 

 

 

Now, thirty years later, this Newsletter, my

http://www.doctoryourself.com

website and my books (http://www.doctoryourself.com/saulbooks.html and

http://www.doctoryourself.com/fyd.html ) share with you what I've

learned about getting well and staying well. Most of what I know today

came from simply standing on the shoulders of scientific giants like

Dr. Pauling, Dr. Max Gerson, Dr. Abram Hoffer, and many other

nutrition therapy pioneers.

 

 

 

I also learned a thing or two the hard way, mostly from raising my

children. At 3 in the morning, every parent is their family's doctor.

( http://www.doctoryourself.com/faq.html )

 

 

 

This week, I was promoted to the post of Assistant Editor of the

Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine. It is a genuine honor and privilege.

 

 

 

Over the years, the www.DoctorYourself.com website has grown beyond

all expectations. We are now approaching 50,000 hits a DAY. I have

published the Doctor Yourself Newsletter for six years. It started as

a bi-weekly, then a few years back it became a monthly. Now, because

of my increased workload, I am making it a bi-monthly publication. The

good news is that it will indeed continue, and remain free of charge

and free of advertising. Yes, that will be me haranguing your inbox,

but only six times a year and not twelve.

 

 

 

If you want additional mega-nutrition news updates, please sign up to

receive the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service. It is free of

charge, and, since I am the editor, you will have the dubious

satisfaction of hearing from me more often. Just click on

http://orthomolecular.org/.html

 

 

 

And, of course, you can access my searchable 2 million word website

24/7.

 

 

 

PICTURES OF VITAMIN THERAPY PIONEERS: http://naturalhealthline.com/

 

BIOGRAPHIES OF VITAMIN THERAPY PIONEERS:

http://orthomolecular.org/history/index.shtml

 

 

 

DOCTOR YOURSELF ON ROCK RADIO

 

It's true: I will be on national Canadian radio on two consecutive

Sundays (March 19th and March 26th) between 8-9 AM Eastern time. The

segment on March 19 will be on " Can Vitamin Supplements Substitute for

an Unhealthy Diet? " The following Sunday, March 26, the topic will be

" Toxicology of Vitamins. " Wherever in the world you are, you may

listen free of charge, 8 AM till 9 AM either day, at

 

http://www.1050chum.com/index_listenlive.aspx# (or, go to

http://www.1050chum.com and click the " Listen Live " link in the center

of the page.)

 

 

 

GINKGO: HYPE OR HELP?

 

Ginkgo biloba trees, often considered living fossils, can live for two

or three thousand years. The tree predates the dinosaurs. Wouldn't it

be somewhat surprising if a botanical that is some 250 million years

old did not have medicinal properties?

 

 

 

The leaves and seeds have been used in Asian medicine for thousands of

years to treat circulatory and respiratory diseases. Ginkgo seems to

improve blood flow, especially in the smallest blood vessels

(capillaries) and most especially in the brain. Ginkgo also reduces

platelet aggregation (clumping, clotting). Modern research has found

ginkgo extract useful as an antioxidant and for improving memory. Very

recent scientific evidence more than suggests that ginkgo is

beneficial for prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's Disease (1)

Plus, the latest studies demonstrate that ginkgo seems to reduce

the risk of cancer, and enhance the effectiveness of conventional

cancer therapies. (2,3,4)

 

 

 

I believe safe and effective herbal medicines are a serious financial

threat to the pharmaceutical industry That is why herbals are so

heavily criticized by in the mass media, who make a fortune from drug

company advertising money. So-called studies claiming to devalue

ginkgo were, in my opinion, preordained to fail because they were

poorly controlled and used inadequate doses. Until we have a sure cure

for Alzheimer's disease and cancer, I think we should continue to

fully investigate ginkgo.

 

 

 

There is virtually no risk in so doing: there is not one death per

year from ginkgo. (5) There are at least 106,000 deaths annually from

pharmaceutical drug side effects, even when the drugs are properly

prescribed and taken as directed. (6) In the USA in the year 2003,

there was a death from " Cream/lotion/makeup, " a death from " Granular

laundry detergent, " one death from " Gun bluing, " one death from plain

soap, one death from baking soda, and one death from table salt. Other

deaths reported by the American Association of Poison Control Centers

included: aerosol air fresheners: 2 deaths; nailpolish remover: 2

deaths; perfume/cologne/aftershave: 2 deaths; charcoal: 3 deaths;

dishwashing detergent: 3 deaths.

 

( http://www.doctoryourself.com/testimony.htm )

 

 

 

Again, there were zero deaths from ginkgo, an enviable safety record

indeed.

 

 

 

Ginkgo, an antioxidant as are carotene and vitamins C and E, is likely

a cancer preventer and probably a cancer fighter. What will it take to

move this forward? Motivated, educated consumers that refuse to humbly

bow down to drug doctors' dogma. Pharmaceutically-trained doctors are

not qualified to pronounce on herbal therapy. News reporters still

less so. Read the research for yourself, and make up your own mind.

One's life may depend on knowing one's alternatives.

 

 

 

References:

 

1. Luo Y. Alzheimer's disease, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans,

and ginkgo biloba leaf extract. Life Sci. 2006 Feb 26. " A standardized

extract of Ginkgo biloba leaves EGb 761 is a popular dietary

supplement taken by the general public to enhance mental focus and by

the elderly to delay onset of age-related loss of cognitive function.

.. (Our) findings suggest that EGb 761 has a clear therapeutic

potential for prevention and/or treatment of AD. "

 

 

 

2. Eli R, Fasciano JA. An adjunctive preventive treatment for cancer:

Ultraviolet light and ginkgo biloba, together with other antioxidants,

are a safe and powerful, but largely ignored, treatment option for the

prevention of cancer. Med Hypotheses. 2006 Feb 14. " (A) number of

botanical agents such as ginkgo biloba, vitamins E and C, carotenoids,

selenium and proanthocyanidins can prevent the risk of skin cancer.

Ginkgo biloba also possess the following additional cancer

chemopreventive qualities: (1) promoting apoptosis of cancer cells;

(2) an anti-clastogenic effect on chromosomes by repairing and

reconstituting broken and damaged chromosomes;

(3) a powerful therapeutic effect on the treatment of fibrosis-related

cancer; (4) a therapeutic effect on free radical-induced cancer; (5) a

therapeutic effect on the treatment of cancer incident to the result

of numerous carcinogens; (6) a therapeutic effect on preventing free

radical-induced cancer; (7) an enhancing effect on radiation therapy

in the treatment of cancer; and (8) a therapeutic effect on reducing

the size of cancer tumors. Ginkgo biloba is widely-used and has few

adverse effects. "

 

 

 

3. Eli R. Ginkgo biloba, may significantly reduce gastrointestinal

pain: It may also reduce the risk of stomach cancer that is associated

with the wide-spread use of proton pump inhibitors. Med Hypotheses.

2006 Feb 24.

 

 

 

4. Pretner E, Amri H, Li W, Brown R, Lin CS, Makariou E, Defeudis FV,

Drieu K, Papadopoulos V. Cancer-related overexpression of the

peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor and cytostatic anticancer

effects of Ginkgo biloba

extract (EGb 761). Anticancer Res. 2006 Jan-Feb;26(1A):9-22.

 

 

 

5. 2003 Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers

Toxic Exposures Surveillance System. In: American Journal of Emergency

Medicine,

Vol. 22, No. 5, September 2004.

 

 

 

6. Saul AW. Vitamins and Food Supplements: Safe and Effective.

Testimony by Andrew W. Saul before the Government of Canada, House of

Commons Standing Committee on Health, regarding natural health product

safety Ottawa, May 12,

2005. http://www.doctoryourself.com/testimony.htm and also

http://www.doctoryourself.com/news/v5n9.txt

 

 

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, you may want to look at the excellent Ginko

pages at

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kwanten/index.htm

 

 

 

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS UNDER ATTACK, AGAIN

 

Matthias Rath, M.D., tells the whole sordid story at

 

http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/us/downloads/DSHEA_Attack_20060309.pdf

 

 

 

Compare with this next link, and see that, once again, governments are

after the wrong culprit. Drugs are dangerous, vitamins are not.

 

 

 

MASSIVE OTC DRUG RECALL: " Not generally recognized as safe and

effective "

http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/ppa

 

 

 

HIGH COST FOR A LOW-BENEFIT STUDY

 

by Jack Challem

 

 

 

In February 2006, the Journal of the American Medical Association

published three articles analyzing results from the $415 million

Women's Health Initiative study, which tracked the health and eating

habits of almost 50,000 women.

 

 

 

Headlines immediately screamed that low-fat diets, which half the

women followed, failed to reduce the risk of breast and colon cancer,

heart attacks, or strokes.The eight-year study shows just how much

money can be wasted in research. It should have been stopped in the

1990s when other research clearly showed that there are good and bad

dietary fats.

 

 

 

Women assigned to eat low-fat diets were never asked to distinguish

between types of fat, so olive oil was grouped with lard and trans

fats. You don't have to be a nutritionist to know there's a difference.

 

 

 

Furthermore, the low-fat group didn't eat a low-fat diet. They were

asked to reduce their fat intake to 20 percent of their calories, but

less than one-third of the women were able to do this during the first

year, and by the final year of the study, only one-eighth of the women

continued eating a low-fat diet. Overall, the low-fat dieters ate

almost the same amount of fat, fruits and vegetables, and whole grains

as did the women who were allowed to eat whatever they wanted. So the

differences between the low fat and anything-you-want-to-eat groups

were negligible.

 

 

 

Did the study prove anything? It did show that a low-fat diet is very

difficult to follow, even with coaching from nutritionists. The study

never showed whether a healthy-fat diet might be better and easier to

follow than a diet loaded with unhealthy fats - but then, you and I

didn't need $415 million to figure that out.

 

 

 

Reprinted with permission from The Nutrition Reporter newsletter,

April 2006. Copyright Jack Challem. www.nutritionreporter.com

 

 

 

MAY I INTRODUCE YOU TO A VERY OLD, VERY HEALTHY FRIEND?

 

Dr. Norman W. Walker is generally credited with being one of the

originators of vegetable juice therapy back in the 1930's. He wrote,

decades ago, that " deficiency of certain elements, such as vital

organic minerals and salts, and consequently of vitamins, from our

customary diet is the primary cause of nearly every sickness and

disease. " He was an energetic man, often tellingpeople, " I can

truthfully say that I am never conscious of my age.

Since I reached maturity, I have never been aware of being any older,

and I can say, without equivocation or mental reservation, that I feel

more alive, alert, and full of enthusiasm today than I did when I was

30 years old. "

 

 

 

Dr. Walker lived to be over 100. I think he is a good example well

worth following. Some of his most popular books include:

 

 

 

Walker NW. Fresh Vegetable and Fruit Juices.

 

Walker NW. Colon Health: Key to Vibrant Life.

 

Walker NW. Pure and Simple Natural Weight Control.

 

Walker NW. The Natural Way to Vibrant Health.

 

Walker NW. The Vegetarian Guide to Diet and Salad.

 

Walker NW. Become Younger.

 

 

 

These practical and inspiring books are readily available from a

variety of internet sources, and likely through your public library by

interlibrary loan.

 

 

 

" Dr. Walker has, for the first time in history, written a complete

guide of the therapeutic uses of our more common, everyday vegetables

when taken in the form of fresh, raw juices. "

 

(R. D. Pope, M.D.)

 

 

 

VITAMIN BASHING BY " MODERN " MEDICINE

 

(from Goodwin JS and Tangum MR. Battling Quackery: Attitudes About

Micronutrient Supplements in American Academic Medicine. Archives of

Internal Medicine, Vol. 158 No. 20, November 9, 1998, p 2187-2191.)

 

 

 

" Throughout the 20th century American academic medicine has resisted

the concept that supplementation with micronutrients might have health

benefits.

This resistance is evident in several ways: (1) by the uncritical

acceptance of news of toxicity, such as the belief that vitamin C

supplements cause kidney stones; (2) by the angry, scornful tone used

in discussions of micronutrient supplementation in the leading

textbooks of medicine; and (3) by ignoring evidence for possible

efficacy of a micronutrient supplement, such as the use of vitamin E

for intermittent claudication. . .

 

 

 

" [L]et us review some of the words [used to describe vitamins and

vitamin therapy in standard medical textbooks]: 'massive,

carelessness, useless, indiscriminate, false, indefensible, wasteful,

insidious, unnecessary, deplored, and poor medical practice.'

 

 

 

" There are many factors that influence the adoption of new medical

treatments other than strict consideration of efficacy, toxic effects,

and cost.[5,6,54-57] For example, the financial incentives conferred

by patent protection that stimulate the aggressive marketing of new

pharmaceuticals were lacking in the case of micronutrients.[55]

However, these factors do not explain the anger and scorn illustrated

in the quotations from medical textbooks given earlier. Where did the

emotion come from? Why did academic medicine deploy the language of

denunciation against proponents of vitamin supplements? "

 

 

 

You may read (for a fee, most likely) the full text of this excellent

article at

 

http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/158/20/2187 , or ask you

local public librarian to help you get a copy. (The Doctor Yourself

Newsletter does not provide such a service.)

 

 

 

ORTHOMOLECULAR NUTRITION CONFERENCE

 

I will be attending and speaking at the 35th Annual International

Nutritional Medicine Today Conference in Vancouver, BC, April 27-30,

2006 Dr. Abram Hoffer and many other outstanding nutritional

physicians will be participating.

 

 

 

Friday morning, I will be presenting a paper on MEDLINE bias. Then on

Saturday evening, I am honored to once again be the master of

ceremonies for the Third Annual Orthomolecular Medicine Hall of Fame

inductions.

 

 

 

A complete program and registration information is posted at

http://orthomed.org/NMT/nmt.html .

 

 

 

MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY SUCCESS

 

Remember the little boy with muscular dystrophy, whose very smart

parents and grandparents got him taking large doses of vitamins? (The

story up until now is towards the end of

http://www.doctoryourself.com/dystrophy.html

)

 

 

 

Well, here's the latest:

 

 

 

" The school that my muscular dystrophy grandson attends is handing out

registration forms for Spring Soccer for the kids. He wants to sign

up! My daughter took this form to the physical therapist where she

takes the boy for weekly visits. She asked the PT, " Do you think this

is something that he can do? " Without any hesitation he answered, " Of

course he can do it. It will be good exercise for him! " That day was

the first time he jumped off a step with both feet and landed on both

feet. "

 

 

 

BROCCOLI, CABBAGE COMPOUND HALTS BREAST CANCER

 

" Sulforaphane, a compound found in broccoli and other vegetables from

the cruciferous (cabbage) family, has the ability to block cell growth

in late stage human breast cancer cells. . . (W)ithin twenty-four

hours the compound had significantly blocked cell division compared to

controls and disrupted the cells' microtubules, which are necessary

for the separation of duplicated chromosomes during cell division. "

(Jackson SJ, Singletary KW. Sulforaphane inhibits human MCF-7 mammary

cancer cell mitotic progression and tubulin polymerization. J Nutr.

2004 Sep;134(9):2229-36.)

 

 

 

Scroll down towards the bottom of the page at

http://www.lef.org/whatshot/2004_09.htm for the entire story.

 

 

 

BROCCOLI FIGHTS BREAST CANCER, ULCERS

 

" The Journal of Nutrition (September 2004, mentioned above) reports

that sulforaphane in broccoli can disrupt the cell divisions that lead

to breast cancer. The same compound was identified by Johns Hopkins

researcher Jed Fahey as more efficient than commercial drugs in

clearing up ulcers. This is a lifesaver for people in Africa, Asia and

South America who can't afford drugs, Fahey said. This suggests the

reason why there's no trend toward food-based treatments in the

medical system. Foods require no specialized degrees or prescriptions

written in a dead language and confer no job monopoly on anyone. Worse

still, foods are not made of scarce materials that can be patented by

corporations. Why can't the health care system pick up the cost of

local, fresh, nutrient-rich foods that have documented medical

benefits? "

 

 

 

(From Roberts W. Health care on drugs: Pharmacare subsidizes drug

giants and

sidelines proven food cures. NOW Toronto Online, Vol. 24, No. 3, Sep

16 - 22, 2004.)

 

 

 

Read the complete article at

http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2004-09-16/news_story2.php )

 

 

 

DOCTOR YOURSELF NEWSLETTER COMMENT:

 

57 years ago, Garnett Cheney. M.D., conducted hospital studies showing

that raw cabbage juice cures ulcers better than medication does. It's

true: he published his findings starting in 1949. More on Dr. Cheney's

work, plus how the broccoli-cabbage family fights IBS, Crohn's

disease, and other serious gastrointestinal problems at

http://www.doctoryourself.com/colitis.html

 

 

 

Here's additional good news on how whole natural foods win the fight

against the big C:

 

 

 

BROCCOLI, CABBAGE, SOY FIGHT BREAST, PROSTATE CANCER

 

" In a new (2006) study published in the British Journal of Cancer and

by the journal Nature the researchers show that in laboratory tests, a

compound called indole-3-carinol (I3C), found in broccoli, cauliflower

and cabbage, and a chemical called genistein, found in soy beans, can

increase the levels of two specific proteins that repair damaged DNA.

.. . (T)he study's senior author, Eliot M. Rosen, MD, PhD says: " It is

now clear that the function of crucial cancer genes can be influenced

by compounds in the things we eat. "

 

 

 

(Fan S, Meng Q, Auborn K, Carter T, Rosen EM. BRCA1 and BRCA2 as

molecular targets for phytochemicals indole-3-carbinol and genistein

in breast and prostate cancer cells. Br J Cancer. 2006 Feb

13;94(3):407-26.)

 

Read the story at

http://www.organicconsumers.org/foodsafety/cancer021206.cfm and at

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-10-09.asp#anchor7

 

 

 

NIACINAMIDE (Vitamin B-3) REVERSES FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME

 

" B-3 (niacinamide) can reverse the molecular, cellular, and behavioral

effects of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) in mice, according to a study

by physician-scientists at Weill Medical College of

 

Cornell University. . . . The findings may also have implications for

children born with other neurological diseases such as cerebral palsy. "

 

 

 

They researchers " report that B-3 reversed the increase in

hyperactivity and the decrease in fear caused by ethanol exposure, and

prevented the impairment in learning and memory induced by ethanol. .

.. FAS is estimated to be the most common, preventable cause of mental

retardation in the western world. "

 

 

 

(You can read the entire article for free at

http://www.lef.org/news/LefDailyNews.htm?NewsID=3432 & Section=NUTRITION

)

 

 

 

READERS SAY

 

D. L. writes:

 

" After searching the internet, I came across your web site. I was

frantically looking for something to help my husband. He was diagnosed

with Hepatitis C in 1996. For at least a year he had a sore on his

back that every time he barely touched it is would bleed. He had

bruise like spots on the top of his feet that were always there. He

started having blood in the urine a little but very bloody semen. Then

he started physically feeling really bad. The last stage was really

bloody gums. He had gone to the doctor and she said that she thought

he had very thin blood and to take vitamin K.

He did that but when the gums started to bleed so bad that blood would

run out the sides of his mouth, he said " if I didn't know better I

would think I have scurvy " . When he read Dr. Cathcart's article posted

at your website " Vitamin C and Acute Scurvy, "

 

( http://www.doctoryourself.com/titration.html ) he immediately

starting taking high doses of vitamin C crystals at five thousand

milligrams per dose. He was taking 5,000 mg every waking hour. He has

done that for 2 weeks and his bruises have totally disappeared, the

bleeding on his back has stopped, his gums have stopped bleeding and

he no longer has blood in his semen (which had been going on for

months). He feels like a new person. I want to thank you so very much

for your wonderful website and the most valuable information. It has

literally saved my husband's life. This is sure evidence that vitamin

C can cure just about anything. I have started telling many people

about your site and will continue to do so. "

 

 

 

Thank you for this wonderful report. I must pass all credit onto Dr.

Robert F. Cathcart III, the brilliant physician from whom I learned

many very important things, two of which were oral bowel tolerance of

ascorbate, and the value of the internet to communicate knowledge of

the same. Dr. Cathcart's excellent and incredibly informative website

is indexed at http://www.orthomed.com/index2.htm . After my faculty

colleagues started leaning on me about my advocacy pf megadoses of

vitamin C, I used to tell my college students that UNDER NO

CIRCUMSTANCES should they EVER even think of looking at Dr. Cathcart's

webpage.

 

 

 

Heh, heh, heh.

 

 

 

FLUORIDE IS NOT PREVENTING TOOTH DECAY

 

Fluoride is not stopping cavities and is causing discolored teeth. For

example:

 

 

 

Researchers following children from birth in the Iowa Fluoride Study

found almost double the dental fluorosis in early erupting permanent

teeth of 9 year-olds drinking optimally fluoridated water compared to

children drinking sub-optimally fluoridated water (41% vs. 21%); but

no less tooth decay. (1)

 

 

 

Researchers found no significant relationship between fluoride

exposure and cavities in permanent teeth of 6 to 9-year-olds in

Campeche, Mexico (2). Previously, it was reported that 56% of this

group has dental fluorosis. (3)

 

 

 

A U.S. national study reports cavity prevalence increased by 15% in 2

to 5-year-olds, in surveys taken between 1988-1994 and 1999-2002, (4)

despite 60 years of water fluoridation reaching 2/3 of Americans on

public water supplies and virtually 100% via the food supply. However,

the Centers for Disease Control report that 1/3 to 1/2 of U.S.

schoolchildren display dental fluorosis. (4a)

 

 

 

Another U.S. study shows that breastfed children have less cavities

than non-breastfed. (5) even though breast milk has 100 times less

fluoride than dentists claim is optimal to reduce cavities.

Breastfeeding is also protective against fluorosis. (5a)

 

 

 

Although New York City fluoridated in 1965, NYC children of Chinese

descent suffer a much higher prevalence and severity of tooth decay

than the national average (63% vs 38%). (6)

 

 

 

About half of 7 to14-year-old children from fluoridated Rochester, NY,

have cavities. Latino children had significantly higher caries

experience than African-American and Caucasian children, thus

indicating that disparities exist among different ethnic groups even

when the water is fluoridated. (7)

 

 

 

In fluoridated Detroit, 91% of African American low-income children, 5

years and younger, have tooth decay. (8)

 

 

 

" Today, fluoridation puts American children at risk of dental

fluorosis without any benefit of less tooth decay, " says Paul Beeber,

NYSCOF President and General Counsel. " And growing evidence links

fluoride to hypersensitivities, bone damage, thyroid problems and

more. " (Contact Paul Beeber at nyscof )

 

 

 

These studies add to a growing body of evidence pointing to fluoride's

ineffectiveness and lack of safety.

http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/teeth/caries/fluoridation.html#top

 

 

 

SOURCE: NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc.

www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof

 

Also see www.FluorideAction.Net

 

 

 

References:

 

(1) American Association for Dental Research (AADR) 35th Annual

Meeting in Orlando, FL, March 8-11, 2006: Abstract # 0153 - Dental

caries and fluorosis in relation to water fluoride levels, I Hong, SM

Levy, J Warren, B Broffitt

http://snipurl.com/n8hg

 

 

 

(2) AADR Abstract # 1995 - Cross-Sectional analysis of dental caries

in children with mixed dentition, AA Vallejos-Sanchez, CE

Mendina-Solis, JF Casanova-Rosado, G Maupome, AJ Casanova-Rosado, M

Minaya-Sanchez http://snipurl.com/n8i9

 

 

 

(3) Prevalence of dental fluorosis and additional sources of exposure

to

fluoride as risk factors to dental fluorosis in schoolchildren of

Campeche, Mexico, PR Beltran-Valladares, H Cocom-Tun, JF

Casanova-Rosado, AA Vallejos-Sanchez, CE Medina-Solis, G Maupome, Rev

Invest Clin. 2005 Uly-Aug;57(4):532-9

 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt=Abstra\

ct & list_uids=16315637 & query_hl=1 & itool=pubmed_docsum

 

 

 

(4) AADR Abstract # 0458 - Trends in Dental Caries of Primary Teeth,

United States, 1988-2002, F Jaramillo, E Beltran, L Barker, S Griffin,

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://snipurl.com/n8jq

 

 

 

(4a) Beltrán-Aguilar et al. Surveillance for Dental Caries, Dental

Sealants, Tooth Retention, Edentulism and Enamel Fluorosis - United

States, 1988-1994 and 1999-2002. MMWR. CDC August 26, 2005

 

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5403a1.htm

 

 

 

(5) AADR Abstract # 0881 - No association between breastfeeding and

early childhood caries: NHANES 1999-2002, H Iida, P Auinger, M

Weitzman, RJ Billings http://snipurl.com/n8jw

 

 

 

(5a) Breastfeeding is Protective Against Dental Fluorosis in a

Nonfluoridated Rural Area of Ontario, Canada, D Brothwell, H Limeback,

Journal of Human Lactation, Vol. 19, No. 4, 386-390 (2003)

http://jhl.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/19/4/386

 

 

 

(6) AADR Abstract # 0l50 - Caries Experience among Chinese-American

Children and Adolescents in Lower Manhattan, CH Chinn

http://snipurl.com/n8k9

 

 

 

(7) AADR Abstract # 0478 - Dental Caries in Latino Elementary School

Children, S Gajendra http://snipurl.com/n8lz

 

 

 

(8) AADR Abstract # 1992 - Severity of Dental Caries Among African

American Children in Detroit, AI Ismail, M Tellez http://snipurl.com/n8m2

 

 

 

 

 

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