Toothpaste Dangers
Is toothpaste dangerous? Could it even potentially harm erections and
erectile strength?
After you read what they put in modern toothpastes, I think you'll agree that
one could hardly devise a more dangerous cocktail of chemicals to use in your
mouth (and gut since you invariably swallow some of it). And, yes, the
potential is there for the stuff to actually affect your sex life as I'll show
below.
By the way, this is another beautiful example of a health-desiring person
possibly sabotaging his (or her) health thanks to what I consider indefensible
consumer product marketing. Again, no one is going to watch out for your health
except you!
Without even going into the flouride controversy, here are just a few of the
rather blatant risk in standard toothpastes (at least here in the U.S.):
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1. Triclosan and Erections. As I covered in my link on
Antimicrobial
Soaps, someone got the bride idea to put an insecticide and fungicide in
toothpaste and now almost all the big sellers in the U.S. do so. Now why,
on God's green earth, would someone put an insecticide/fungicide in toothpaste?
Simple: it kills not just bugs and fungus but also bacteria.
Bacteria in the mouth are what, depending on how you look at it, cause the
plaque buildup on the enamel of your teeth. So, applying standard military
tactics to this simple health problem, the enemy needs to be eliminated and
triclosan does the job quite well. Many studies have shown that triclosan
reduces plaque for example. [1]
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What many guys probably do not consider is that the bacteria in one's mouth is
one of the big engines of your nitric oxide production. Furthermore, as
you age, this pathway becomes even more important since the L-Arginine pathway
generally becomes impaired with age.
CAUTION: Good dental hygiene is very imporant. I have to
admit that many studies have
shown that those who take care of their mouth with brushing. etc. have
improved
cardiovascular outcomes. [7] The reason? Any "infection" in the mouth can
increase system, whole body inflammation and that leads to accelerated heart
disease. So, ironically, diflucan may protect your arteries somewhat but limit
your nitric oxide output. More study work should be done.
To all of this, I can only say, "There has got to be a better way!" Fyi:
I have found that by not eating sweets, I get almost no plaque in my mouth and
get comments from my dentist of the same. Let's be honest here: maybe the
diflucan is only necessary because of the sugars and processed carbs that we
consume?
2. Chloroform. Consumer product companies used to put
choloroform directly in toothpastes. Fortunately, the FDA banned this. So
how did the manufacturers get around this? Triclosan! That's right - a lot of
research has shown that this insecticide actually
degrades into chloroform when exposed to the chlorine in tap water. [2]
So what's a little chloroform among friends?? Well,
it causes birth defects in animals, but we'll skip that since this
is a men's site. The primary reason for us males is that chloroform has been shown
in many studies to cause cancer, especially of the liver. [3][4] Yes, in this case
the FDA was watching out
for you. Unfortunately, toothpaste manufacturers were not.
NOTE: The Nazis used chloroform and the notorious Dr. Mengele used
it to kill
patients instantly by injecting it into the heart. [5]
3. Sodium Lauryl Sulfate. You may recognize
this chemical from your reading your shampoo bottle sometime
when you were bored. So what is it doing in your toothpaste? Because sodium
lauryl sulfate is a strong detergent and also foaming agent. In fact, it is strong
enough to clean your tile and floors and is used in
some commerical products due to its cleaning powers.
Now so far it does not appear to cause cancer, but it
is definitely an irritant. Furthermore, it can be contaminated
with a side chemical that is a strongly suspected carcinogen. [6] That
nice clean, foamy mouth feeling after you brush? You can thank
corporate American for putting an industrial detergent into your mouth!
REFERENCES:
1) J. Antimicrob. Chemother, 2000, 45(2):153-158, "The effect of triclosan toothpaste on enamel demineralization in a bacterial demineralization model"
2) ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, 383(7-8):1119-1126, "Aquatic degradation of triclosan and formation of toxic chlorophenols in presence of low concentrations of free chlorine"
3) Environ Health Perspect, 1986 Nov; 69:49-58, "Enhancement of the hepatotoxicity of chloroform in B6C3F1 mice by corn oil: implications for chloroform carcinogenesis"
4) Environ Health Perspect, 1982 Dec, 46:141-149, "Dose-response study of chloroform carcinogenesis in the mouse and rat: status report"
5) http://isurvived.org/drMengele.html
6) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_laureth_sulfate
7) Circulation, 2011, 124:A17704, "Abstract 17704: The Association of Tooth Scaling and Decreased Cardiovascular Disease -A Nationwide Population-Based Study"
