so, the most recent concern is that constant ingestion of fluoride might be interfering with absorption, and that, because i have long been suspected of having risk factors for anemia (despite nobody ever being able to demonstrate it), i should try to focus my fluoride consumption towards a smaller part of the day, and away from times when i'm eating.
how much fluoride do i get using this method?
well, i'm trying to get about a gram in my daily treatment. at 5000 ppm - or .5% - that's 5 mg/g. i'm hoping i absorb some of it, but the research i've read is that that doesn't really actually happen in the 2-10 minutes it's in your mouth. rather, you need to eat the fluoride, have it enter your bloodstream and have it re-enter your mouth via saliva. only constant salivary application is going to actually do anything. your toothpaste may have antibacterial properties, but, if the issue is fluoride, two minutes of brushing with .1% fluoride is really a waste of time.
i'm also mixing the prevident with a novamin solution to increase the availability of calcium & phosphate. if a topical fluoride application is going to work, it needs those extra minerals, as well. that adds roughly another mg of fluoride to the spit.
so, this spit has 6 mg of fluoride minus whatever gets absorbed, and i suspect that the amount getting absorbed is minimal to nil. let's pencil it in at 0 - let's say there's 6 mg of fluoride in the spit.
if i split that up into six 850 ml glasses of water & two 350 ml cups of coffee, the amount of liquid consumed is:
6*850 + 2*350 = 5.8 L
6/5.8 = 1.03448275862
if i assume a little loss, then, that's roughly 1 mg/L - about on par with health canada's recommendations.
but, i'm not actually doing that because i'm having difficulty consuming that much food. instead, i'm splitting it into two and putting half in the coffee and half in the water. i'm only actually eating once a day, still, despite attempts to get more nutrients by eating more.
so, this is the concentration of fluoride that i've actually been consuming the last few days:
6/(.85 + .35) = 5 mg/L. exactly.
that's a lot more than i realized, a lot more than any recommendation and an amount that could very well interfere with absorption. and, i've been noticing beeturia in my urine along with tiredness and digestive cramps - indicating that it very well might be interfering with absorption.
so, i have two choices:
1) if i want to get the fluoride completely out of the way of my food, i could keep doing what i'm doing, but try to isolate it from consumption. that was my plan, but i didn't realize the concentration was that high. i was thinking it was closer to 2 mg/L - higher than the recs, but just a little. this may be more effective on my teeth if i can sync it to the remineralization cycle, but come with gastric and anemia consequences. so, i'd want to deal with that when i'm sleeping. as fluoride has a roughly 10 hour half-life in your bloodstream, it would be difficult to schedule this around a three-meal day - i'd almost have to eat twice a day, instead. but, i might do that, anyways.
2) or, i could be more careful in partitioning it and hope that watering it down minimizes it's effects on absorption - that what i'm experiencing is a consequence of consuming fluorine in too high doses, due to having risk factors for anemia, and it will dissipate if i tone it down.
and, i'm going to start with option (2) because it's less stressful on my organs. i'll admit i should have been more careful. if i move to two meals a day, i may revisit.
that means there is no update to the schedule, after all - just a renewed commitment to following it more carefully.
that also means i'm getting eight big cups of water a day - something i'm supposed to do, anyways.
6/8 = .75.
so, each "cup" will have .75 mg of fluoride in it, either at:
.75/.850 = 0.88235294117 mg/L or
.75/.350 = 2.14285714286 mg/L
i was already avoiding coffee directly before and after eating, but i'm going to adjust the time frame to three hours before meals from a half hour. i'm also going to make sure that i have the coffee after the water, no matter what. i've been modulating back and forth because i'm tired; the highly fluoridated coffee may be doing more harm than good, in terms of alertness.
so, there is a minor update to the schedule after all.
every day:
breakfast
- no coffee for three hours before eating.
- start with dish soap, soft brush [anti-bacterial]
- follow with medium toothbrush & novamin toothpaste. discard spit. [may replace with stannous fluoride] [remove plaque].
- wait a half hour
- put 2 tsp (10 ml) of diluted spit from previous day into a large cup of water & drink it. wash measuring cup. [recover fluoride]
- eat breakfast (fruit bowl)
- swoosh with calcium carbonate right away [to increase ph of mouth]
- brush with soft toothbrush & no product and rinse away with water [remove food]
- wait ten minutes
- brush with soft medium toothbrush & novamin toothpaste & discard spit. [remove food, apply fluoride]
- apply prevident with more novamin. spit into measuring cup. [fluoride treatment]
- dilute spit to 100 ml. cover. wait an hour. [recover fluoride]
- put 2 tsp [10 ml] of diluted spit in a large cup of water & drink it. [recover fluoride]
- after, put 2 tsp [10 ml] of diluted spit in after breakfast coffee & drink it. [recover fluoride]
- swoosh with calcium carbonate after coffee.
supper:
- no coffee for three hours before eating.
- start with dish soap, soft brush [anti-bacterial]
- follow with medium toothbrush & novamin toothpaste. discard spit. [may replace with stannous fluoride] [remove plaque]
- wait a half hour
- put 2 tsp (10 ml) of diluted spit into a large cup of water & drink it. [recover fluoride]
- eat supper (pasta)
- swoosh with calcium carbonate right away [to increase ph of mouth]
- brush with soft toothbrush & no product and rinse away with water [remove food]
- wait ten minutes
- brush with soft medium toothbrush & novamin toothpaste & discard spit. [remove food, apply fluoride]
- apply hydroxyapatite powder. wait an hour. [remineralization treatment]
- put 2 tsp [10 ml] of diluted spit in a large cup of water & drink it. [recover fluoride]
- after, put 2 tsp [10 ml] of diluted spit in after supper coffee & drink it. [recover fluoride]
- swoosh with calcium carbonate after coffee.
late-night:
- no coffee for three hours before eating.
- start with dish soap, soft brush [anti-bacterial]
- follow with medium toothbrush & novamin toothpaste. discard spit.. [may replace with stannous fluoride] [remove plaque]
- wait a half hour
- put 2 tsp [10 ml] of diluted spit into a large cup of water & drink it [recover fluoride]
- eat late-night eggs
- swoosh with calcium carbonate right away [to increase ph of mouth]
- brush with soft toothbrush & no product and rinse away with water [remove food]
- wait ten minutes
- brush with soft medium toothbrush & novamin toothpaste & discard spit. [remove food, apply fluoride]
- extra treatment? wait an hour, anyways,
- put 2 tsp [10 ml] of diluted spit into a large cup of water & drink it [recover fluoride]
- sleep in the early morning, if i have to.
every three months:
- fluoride varnish