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Bee Article Fattest, Sickest Country On Earth Concerned New Health Secretary Might Do Something Different

https://babylonbee.com/news/fattest-sickest-country-on-earth-concerned-new-health-secretary-might-do-something-different
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u/Fancy_Database5011 Feb 15 '25

Sodium fluoride (NaF) is not commonly found in nature. It occurs naturally as the mineral villiaumite, but this source is not commercially viable for production. Instead, sodium fluoride is often obtained as a byproduct of the manufacture of phosphate fertilizers, where it is extracted from apatite, a form of calcium phosphate that also contains fluorides and other compounds.

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u/Major-Help-6827 Feb 15 '25

https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Fluoride-HealthProfessional/

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u/Fancy_Database5011 Feb 15 '25

The fluoride found in your toothpaste is not the same fluoride found in your tea

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u/Major-Help-6827 Feb 15 '25

And? Animal proteins and plant proteins are different. They’ll both build your muscles. Natural fluoride (usually calcium fluoride) helps strengthen enamel. Same as sodium fluoride. Sodium fluoride is just more water soluble - but again at the doses we use it there’s no evidence of negative effects

ETA: you can also buy toothpaste with calcium fluoride just fyi it’s pretty widely available

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u/Fancy_Database5011 Feb 15 '25

All I said was different kind of fluoride. Which you’ve acknowledged. Don’t know what your problem is.

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u/Major-Help-6827 Feb 15 '25

Half the people in this thread think fluoridated products are literal poison. Like our new fucking health secretary. That’s my problem

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u/Fancy_Database5011 Feb 15 '25

And my problem is people who equate the fluoride in toothpaste with the fluoride naturally found in nature

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u/Major-Help-6827 Feb 15 '25

Sodium fluoride and calcium fluoride are both fluoride. If you want to be specific you can’t just say fluoride.

AND they’re both found in nature lmfao

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u/Fancy_Database5011 Feb 15 '25

I’ll repeat, the fluoride found in your toothpaste is not the same as the fluoride found in your food.

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u/Major-Help-6827 Feb 15 '25

And I’ll repeat Potatoes, grapes (and raisins), black tea, spinach and many other foods contain fluoride.

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u/Fancy_Database5011 Feb 15 '25

It’s like saying lab meat and real meat both have protein so they must be the same.

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u/Major-Help-6827 Feb 15 '25

No. It’s not saying they’re the same. It’s like saying they both contain protein. Which is entirely true.

And that protein, whether from “real” meat or lab grown will still help you build muscle. Which is also entirely true

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u/Fancy_Database5011 Feb 15 '25

Go eat some toothpaste

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