In my quest for cleaning up my body, I have found a very good mentor and now friend whom I have learnt much from. At the time I had reached 40 and wanted to live healthier. I found a technique called oil pulling (well known in India) to help pull toxins out of the body, using sesame oil via the mouth- using the tongue to swish it!. Yes swish it. This is meant to be done with one table spoon for 20mins. It take some getting use to, but the benefits are worth it. You can use sunflower oil, but cold pressed Sesame oil is recommended. (Others prefer coconut oil, but its up to you) I love coconut oil for cooking- that is also another wonderful topic for later. So in doing this over the last few years, I noticed my tongue becoming pink again, and I didn't have a bad odour to my breath, and my teeth appeared visibly brighter, I was quite impressed- especially once I got past the gagging faze!.
It is important to add that after 5 mins this oils starts to thin out in your mouth as you gently swish it around with your tongue- best possible done in the shower- otherwise 20mins feels like forever.
It is important Not to swallow this liquid you are swishing in your mouth- as it is said to be quite full of toxins- from your mouth, brought out from your body via the mouth, so much be spit out into your toilet. It is the recommended you use (Aluminium free) sodium bicarbonate to clean your mouth with straight after- do this twice before using a tooth paste ( I recommend at least a fluoride-free one). I Choose to use Sodium bicarbonate (Aluminium free) as my main stay tooth paste- but not for every day, as using every day as a tooth paste not ideal for the gum line.
If you decide to try this, persevere with it, as the benefits are great, you will get more kisses, and have fresh breath all the time. It a nice place to start when cleaning up your body for health.
I did notice, it started to make my old filling come out, which later revealed that they may not have been needed (I was told)- This is another story for later.
So what we looked at is oil pulling- for information on oil pulling go to www.oilpulling.com.
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