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Coconut Oil Pulling

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 12:12 pm
by Sam
Read about this in our local paper and it seems that people are taking coconut Oil (or sesame or olive or sunflower oil) and swishing it like mouthwash for 20 minutes. Said to whiten teeth and help pull toxins out of the body. Coconut Oil is said to be most effective as it has more microbial benefit. Anyone do this or have anything to say?

Re: Cioconut Oil Pulling

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 2:28 pm
by drmoss_ca
Sam, anything that mentions 'toxins' is automatically hogwash.

C.

Re: Cioconut Oil Pulling

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 4:41 pm
by EL Alamein
drmoss_ca wrote:Sam, anything that mentions 'toxins' is automatically hogwash.

C.
AMEN!!

Re: Cioconut Oil Pulling

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 7:18 am
by jww
drmoss_ca wrote:Sam, anything that mentions 'toxins' is automatically hogwash.

C.
As opposed to being mouthwash .... ugh, I know, but I just couldn't resist that one. ..... ba-dum-dum! :wink:

Re: Coconut Oil Pulling

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 7:46 am
by brothers
Very funny!

Re: Coconut Oil Pulling

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 9:41 pm
by bernards66
What Chris said, plus, I'm not swilling ANYTHING for ANY reason around in my mouth for 20 MINUTES!
Regards,
Gordon

Re: Coconut Oil Pulling

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 8:08 pm
by Squire
Hahahahaha

Re: Cioconut Oil Pulling

Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2014 5:45 am
by RueTheDay
drmoss_ca wrote:Sam, anything that mentions 'toxins' is automatically hogwash.

C.
This + nothing antimicrobial about vegetable oils + nothing in vegetable oils that whitens teeth (you would need either a mild abrasive or bleaching agent for that).

It's literally one of the dumbest fads to come along since the magic crystals and power pyramids of the 1980's.

Re: Coconut Oil Pulling

Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2014 6:12 am
by TheMonk
bernards66 wrote:What Chris said, plus, I'm not swilling ANYTHING for ANY reason around in my mouth for 20 MINUTES!
Regards,
Gordon
Very very true! :D

Re: Coconut Oil Pulling

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 4:59 pm
by JayTrek
My wife swears by Coconut Oil. She uses it for all kinds of "remedies". That being said...That is a use she has never tried. I will choose not to tell her. I don't want her to try it.

Re: Coconut Oil Pulling

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 7:33 pm
by Ouchmychin
A few years ago I read that Coconut oil applied to serious skin ulcers healed them. I know holding it in the mouth sounds like a challenge but it is tasty so you could just swallow some. Might improve digestion. :roll:

Re: Coconut Oil Pulling

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 10:28 am
by JayTrek
Ouchmychin wrote:A few years ago I read that Coconut oil applied to serious skin ulcers healed them. I know holding it in the mouth sounds like a challenge but it is tasty so you could just swallow some. Might improve digestion. :roll:
Now my wife's grandmother when she was still living drank aloe vera.

Re: Coconut Oil Pulling

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 11:43 am
by brothers
No doubt coconut oil has a wide variety of beneficial uses.