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Auto immune diseases question about green tea

Posted By Lon (Stanhope, Nj) on 08/18/2009

I noticed green tea listed in the post about autoimmune diseases. I have an autoimmune disease. Recently, I was investigating fluoride poisoning; a link posted on this site listed green tea, and other teas, as containing fluoride, stating that green tea in particular absorbs fluoride from the soil, and I think from the air too (too busy to check the article now,) like a sponge. It stated that some green tea ads suggest it's use as a cavity preventative because of the high fluoride content generally present in green tea, as well as other teas. The article suggested that fluoride is common in the soil. I've been taking green tea extract, because it's highly recommended for chronic leukemia which I also have. Now I'm utterly confused as to whether it's helping or harming me. Does anyone here have any knowledge about this, or know of any valid studies either supporting or refuting this claim. Do you think it applies to organic tea?

Replied by Had (White River Jct, Vermont) on 06/02/2012

You may want to buy sodium thiosulfate crystals ( it is usually sold for photographers, it's pretty cheap). When you make a pot of green tea, add 1-2 crystals to the water. Or you can take 1 orally and drink water, it neutralizes the flouride if added to tea/water, if you take it in mouth straight, it detoxes the flouride out of your body. And yes, it is all green tea that has naturally occurring flouride and it has no flavor/taste so easy solution and still get the benefits of green tea.

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