Sunday, January 08, 2006
The Hastings Safe Wa
Sugar shock - Dentists expose
Please take time to read what these long serving dentists say is the true cause of tooth decay.
What these professionals expose should encourage our Councillors and MP’s to take a real stand if they really care about the cause of tooth decay. Dr Francella explained, "I thought if we optimized topical and systemic fluoride, that we would eliminate tooth decay in 30 years. I was naive, and didn't foresee that we would be drinking battery acid by the tens of thousands of litres, thanks to the sugar lobby in the United States. And the American Medical Association and the American Dental Association have caved to them, taking grant money from the sugar industry." It is exactly the same situation in Australia.
Dr J Frachella who for the past 32 years has been a paediatric, public-health dentist at the Bangor Children's Dental Clinic, “Pure water has a pH of 7, while battery acid has a pH of 1. Here's where some popular drinks fall: Coke Classic, pH 2.3; Hawaiian Punch, pH 2.82; Gatorade, pH 2.95.”
“The soda bores a hole in the tooth, then pours sugar into it," There's not enough fluoride in the world to combat that."
Dr Mark Lausier a dentist in private practice for 28yrs said, "We're seeing a big upturn in cavities from young children to teenagers now… there was less decay 10 to 15 years ago than now, so we're assuming it's dietary in nature. We started looking at how much sugar is in different products, and we were surprised."
A display in Dr Lausier’s office contains “several shelves stocked with common foods and drinks. In front of each is a small plastic bag containing the amount of sugar found in that item… Dr Lausier and his staff put up the graphic display to boldly drive home the correlation between sugar and tooth decay.
Any rise in decay in such heavily fluoridated countries such as Australia and the US brings Fluoridation into question. Sugar and its heavy promotion is the enemy. Many parents have no idea of the sugar content of fruit juice or even bread. Dr Lausier said parents should start reading labels on foods, keeping an eye peeled for ingredients such as high-fructose corn syrup, a very common form of sugar.”We've lost track of what they're putting into the food." He said.
If as much money and zeal was applied by dentists, doctors and the Health Department into the unnecessary glut of sugars in manufactured foods that we do not traditionally expect to contain sugar, we would not have the dramatic rise in tooth decay reported recently in fluoridated Sydney.
Hastings residents should ask themselves what is the real agenda of the Health Department’s expensive Fluoridation push. Is it care for the health of the people or loyalty to the Sugar and Food Manufacturing lobbies?
Yours sincerely,
Therese Mackay
President of the Hastings Safe Water Association
Please read full article below.
Full thanks to Dale McGarrigle from the Bangor Daily News http://www.bangordailynews.com/
Please take time to read what these long serving dentists say is the true cause of tooth decay.
What these professionals expose should encourage our Councillors and MP’s to take a real stand if they really care about the cause of tooth decay. Dr Francella explained, "I thought if we optimized topical and systemic fluoride, that we would eliminate tooth decay in 30 years. I was naive, and didn't foresee that we would be drinking battery acid by the tens of thousands of litres, thanks to the sugar lobby in the United States. And the American Medical Association and the American Dental Association have caved to them, taking grant money from the sugar industry." It is exactly the same situation in Australia.
Dr J Frachella who for the past 32 years has been a paediatric, public-health dentist at the Bangor Children's Dental Clinic, “Pure water has a pH of 7, while battery acid has a pH of 1. Here's where some popular drinks fall: Coke Classic, pH 2.3; Hawaiian Punch, pH 2.82; Gatorade, pH 2.95.”
“The soda bores a hole in the tooth, then pours sugar into it," There's not enough fluoride in the world to combat that."
Dr Mark Lausier a dentist in private practice for 28yrs said, "We're seeing a big upturn in cavities from young children to teenagers now… there was less decay 10 to 15 years ago than now, so we're assuming it's dietary in nature. We started looking at how much sugar is in different products, and we were surprised."
A display in Dr Lausier’s office contains “several shelves stocked with common foods and drinks. In front of each is a small plastic bag containing the amount of sugar found in that item… Dr Lausier and his staff put up the graphic display to boldly drive home the correlation between sugar and tooth decay.
Any rise in decay in such heavily fluoridated countries such as Australia and the US brings Fluoridation into question. Sugar and its heavy promotion is the enemy. Many parents have no idea of the sugar content of fruit juice or even bread. Dr Lausier said parents should start reading labels on foods, keeping an eye peeled for ingredients such as high-fructose corn syrup, a very common form of sugar.”We've lost track of what they're putting into the food." He said.
If as much money and zeal was applied by dentists, doctors and the Health Department into the unnecessary glut of sugars in manufactured foods that we do not traditionally expect to contain sugar, we would not have the dramatic rise in tooth decay reported recently in fluoridated Sydney.
Hastings residents should ask themselves what is the real agenda of the Health Department’s expensive Fluoridation push. Is it care for the health of the people or loyalty to the Sugar and Food Manufacturing lobbies?
Yours sincerely,
Therese Mackay
President of the Hastings Safe Water Association
Please read full article below.
Full thanks to Dale McGarrigle from the Bangor Daily News http://www.bangordailynews.com/
# posted by Middle Child @ Sunday, January 08, 2006 
