CHOCOLATE TOOTHPASTE

To its fans, fluoride added to tapwater is one of the most effective ways of achieving dental health and provides poorer children’s teeth a chance to sparkle like those of their more privileged counterparts.
To opponents and sceptics it is forced, mass medication, the benefits of which may pale in comparison to the uncertain consequences – which are said to include cancer, cot death, eczema, infertility and Down's Syndrome.

Health officials in countries that place fluoride in tap water maintain it can help dental health by strengthening tooth enamel, making it more resistant to tooth decay. They also assert that it reduces the amount of acid that the bacteria on your teeth produce.

However, when fluoridation was halted in parts of Finland, East Germany, Cuba and Canada, tooth decay actually decreased. The first ever lawsuits against the US 's atomic bomb programme, the Manhattan Project, concerned fluoride, not radiation.
Another alarming fact is that the first health tests for fluoride were designed to establish how much industry could afford to release into the environment without damaging human health. So one thing that we definitely do know is that fluoride is toxic – in fact it’s so toxic, that in 1984, the makers of Colgate, Procter & Gamble, reportedly admitted that a small tube of their toothpaste "theoretically at least, contains enough fluoride to kill a small child."

At best, the jury is out, but despite the uncertainty surrounding its safety, finding toothpaste that’s fluoride free is very difficult, however making your own is incredibly easy.
Here’s a recipe for chocolate toothpaste which may sound silly but in actual fact research done by Tulane University supports claims that cacao fights cavities, hardens tooth enamel, and helps keep teeth and gums healthy. Its benefits, studies say, are very similar to that of fluoride. Of course if the idea of cleaning your teeth with chocolate flavoured paste sounds as crazy as a box of frogs in party hats you could replace the cacao with mint, wild fennel, clove or spearmint.

CHOCOLATE TOOTHPASTE
3 tablespoons organic coconut oil
½ tablespoon bicarbonate of soda
½ tablespoon bentonite clay ( if you cant
find this add more bicarbonate of soda
1½ dessertspoons 3% hydrogen peroxide
1-2 dessertspoons organic cacao
1 teaspoon stevia ( this will sweeten the toothpaste)
or a few drops of alcohol free vanilla essence

Combine all the ingredients in a small bowl and mix them thoroughly with a spatula until a smooth, thick paste forms. The paste shouldn’t be too runny; it has to stay on your toothbrush.