[troutman]

Originally Posted by Stillman16

This whole reply shows ignorance! Just because you are alive and don't "feel sick", doesn't actually mean the opposite isn't true either.

There are what are called chronic toxins, which accumulate in the body, and because science is forever evolving, deaths/illnesses previously attributed to other causes (convienient diagnosis/didn't know better) were misdiagnosed.

Just beacuse you don't feel sick, doesn't mean your body/bones aren't accumulating minute (safe level for a single dose) toxins. The fact is that science hasn't studied enough to know if Fluoride is one of these chronic toxins, and can only tell if they test the ashes after you're dead!!! (has been done in Europe).

Many carcinogens are these chronic toxins, so I hope you don't live your life by testing things, and deciding if it doesn't kill you right away it's safe????!!!!!!

http://www.skepdic.com/detox.html

"Toxin" is classic pseudoscience terminology. --Ben Goldacre, M.D.


Thus, while detoxification therapies abound, there doesn't seem to be any compelling reason the average person should consider using any of them. They are not based on solid scientific evidence. They are sold to the general public mainly by appealing to fear (of being poisoned by our foods, water, air, and general modern environment) and hope (of good health, feeling better or less tired, and the like). Worst of all, the word 'detoxification' when used by the sellers of foods, drinks, herbs, and machines, is almost always so vague, ambiguous, or obscure as to be meaningless. The purveyors of these products fancy themselves to be offering a progressive response to the modern world with its many sources of pollutants that find their way into our bodies. In reality, these snake oil hucksters are akin to the pre-scientific physicians and barbers who used bloodletting to remove 'bad humors' and poisons in an effort to cleanse their patients.

http://www.quackwatch.com/01Quackery...ics/detox.html

http://theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=452

Recently “detox” is all the rage. The basic concept is nothing new – potential customers are scared with the notion that their bodies are being harmed by invading toxins. This triggers our disgust emotion – an evolved defense against eating spoiled, contaminated or dangerous food. There is something deeply satisfying about the idea of getting bad things out of our bodies. It also is an appealing notion that symptoms we may be having are not a problem with our body itself, but is the result of something foreign that can be purged.

The word “detox” tries to capture all that. It’s an effective marketing slogan. It is also (as used in such marketing) utterly meaningless.