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Obvious Hypotheses may not be Correct

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hapl808

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Interesting. I started using high fluoride toothpaste recently. Worried because I haven't been to the dentist in awhile and was too weak to regularly brush my teeth for a couple years. However I was doing much worse then, and doing slightly better now (but only comparatively).
 
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Wishful

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Rufous McKinney said:
For whatever reason- FLOURIDE....I"m wondering about it.
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I was brushing my teeth (with fluoride toothpaste) and had an insight about this. Some people point to fluoride as a new, artificial, toxin, and thus responsible for the prevalence of some diseases. However, fluoride has been around before life began. There are regions of the world where levels of natural fluoride in the water are high enough to cause heath problems. If ME, or any other disease, was caused by fluoride, it should show up in prevalence plotted geographically. Such geographical studies should be a good test for 'fluoride is responsible' hypotheses.
 
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