Coconut Oil Pulling

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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?
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Sam, anything that mentions 'toxins' is automatically hogwash.

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drmoss_ca wrote:Sam, anything that mentions 'toxins' is automatically hogwash.

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drmoss_ca wrote:Sam, anything that mentions 'toxins' is automatically hogwash.

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As opposed to being mouthwash .... ugh, I know, but I just couldn't resist that one. ..... ba-dum-dum! :wink:
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Very funny!
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What Chris said, plus, I'm not swilling ANYTHING for ANY reason around in my mouth for 20 MINUTES!
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Hahahahaha
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drmoss_ca wrote:Sam, anything that mentions 'toxins' is automatically hogwash.

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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.
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bernards66 wrote:What Chris said, plus, I'm not swilling ANYTHING for ANY reason around in my mouth for 20 MINUTES!
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Very very true! :D
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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.
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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:
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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.
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No doubt coconut oil has a wide variety of beneficial uses.
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