03/19/2009: Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "There are studies that
show increase fluoride from eating tamarind, could in fact be that
tamarind has high fluoride is a possibility. Hence, it's quite possible
that this might happen also.

However, there is another study that uses tamarind seeds to remove or defluoridate water used as a bioabsorbent. This one seems to prove at
the very least that tamarind seeds, not tamarind itself that is a more
powerful fluoride remover. I do eat tamarind seeds - they don't taste so
good, and leave a dry tongue feeling, and some after taste, but this is
at least one possibility that tamarind seeds remove fluoride. Hence,
tamarind without the seed may have a slight properties of fluoride
removal, but it's difficult to deny the fact that researchers never try
to prove whether fluoride came from tamarind or from the accumulation.

Because of these technical questions surrounding tamarind issue is why I used borax instead. In any event, a crushed and cleaned tamarind
seeds can be added to defluoridate water and I may take them internally
from time to time, but is difficult to eat tamarind seeds.

It is implied at least in one research that tamarind seems to be protective in an experimental group (eating the tamarind seeds) against
those of the control groups (that did not eat tamarind seeds) on
spontaneous disease and aging. The spontaneous aging issue is a very
intersting one since they mentioned, "spontaneous diseases with aging,
such as myocardial change, nephropathy, mammary tumor (in female),
pituitary tumor etc., were seen. These diseases played important role as
the cause of death of the dead rats."

More details of that research is needed, but I don't have the details. At least for me eating just one seed seed is pretty difficult
to eat anyway, as it doesn't taste all that great. As to the issue of
brain fog and vivid dreams, this is one of the immediate effect of
chelation. When fluoride gets remove from the tissues and pineal gland
and goes into the blood stream, the first effect is a brain fog. Then
thereafter, an improvement in sleep and memory functions are indicated
with a vivid dream. Thereafter on the second day, better sleep patterns
should be noted. This is one way I see it as removing fluoride, although
tamarind fluoride is present, it might also acquire more fluoride
removal as it is eaten, although no research have done so directly. And
hence the argument of tamarind removal fluoride has some room for doubt,
but not for tamarind seeds.

Ted"

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Here is an excerpt from wikipedia:

Hexafluorosilicic acid is also commonly used for water fluoridation in several countries including the
United States, Great Britain, and Ireland. In the U.S., about 40,000
tons of fluorosilic acid is recovered from phosphoric acid plants, and
then used primarily in water fluoridation, sometimes after being
processed into sodium silicofluoride.^[3]

Hexafluorosilicic acid releases hydrogen fluoride when evaporated, so it has similar
risks. It is corrosive and may cause poisoning"">fluoride poisoning; inhalation of the vapors may cause
lung edema. Like hydrogen fluoride, it attacks glass and stoneware.^[7]