Re: Pickling Lime - another downside - FLUORIDE content :(
You do not understand calcium... what you have to ask yourself when calcium "appears" to be problematic, is WHAT "acids" (or toxins if you will) is the calcium being attracted to in order to neutralize the threat to the body.
Eliminate the toxic\poison\acidic threat that attracts the calcium in order to neutralize the threat to the body and your problem with calcium is eliminated.
Similar to the tobacco - pollution distraction causes of lung cancer you tout.
Do a little home work and you will find that;
Calcium prevents fluoride-induced hypocalcemia AND the locomotor behavioral and dental toxicities of fluoride by decreasing bioavailability of fluoride.
Dietary calcium has been shown to INCREASE fluoride excretion in the bowel...
Many, MANY scientific proofs on this.
That said, the issue with the adding fluoride to water hoax may have something to do with the understanding that calcium fluoride has been shown to stimulate bone growth, HOWEVER, any excess calcium fluoride is extremely poorly absorbed by anything other than bone tissue and is easily excreted.
If you do further study, as I have posted before, you will come to understand that calcium is THE antidote for fluoride poisoning. The positively charged calcium ion attaches to the negatively charged fluorine ion and safely carries fluoride out of the body.
All that said, I firmly believe, as you have read in my posts before, that adding various forms of industrial waste, pesticide or herbicide, etc. fluoride to the food (fluid) chain in any form is unconscionable.
grz-