Assertion: fluoride | /r/HasProperty | essential nutrient
Facets:
value: well
type: DEGREE
value: to life
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Some commentators have cited a 1997 report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) as demonstrating that fluoride is an essential nutrient.
text: (6) "Is Fluoride an Essential Element?
text: Fluoride is an important mineral that keeps teeth healthy.
text: Both sodium and fluoride are essential minerals; the National Institutes of Medicine Food and Nutrition Board recommends adults take in 3 mg of fluoride daily.
text: Instead of telling you that fluoride is a nutrient essential to life, they call it a 'poison'
text: Although fluoride was once considered an essential nutrient, the U.S. National Research Council has since removed this designation due to the lack of studies showing it is essential for human growth, though still considering fluoride a "beneficial element" due to its positive impact on oral health.
text: However, if one considers the prevention of chronic disease (dental caries) an important criterion in determining essentiality, then fluoride might well be considered an essential trace element (3).
text: Nowhere in the report is it stated that fluoride is an essential nutrient.
text: Is Fluoride an Essential Element?