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    Does anyone do Oil Pulling? It's when you take sunflower seed or seseme seed oil and swish in your mouth for 15-20 minutes. Online reviews really praise it but was wondering if any of you have tried it for longer periods of time. I tried it today for the first time! Seems ok. The only thing i've noticed so far is a cleaner tongue, which probably means better breath? I don't know but i'm gonna try to do this for a while. I've read it can help with acne because it's supposed to remove toxins from your body. It's an old Ayurveda technique. Apparently it activates (?) enzymes in your saliva which produce the effect of drinking a sufficient amount of water. Anyone know anything about this?

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    Sounds pretty cool. Do you know if there are other oils you can use?

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    Yea, i like what i've read so far. It said sunflower and sesame seed oil are the traditional oils mentioned in Ayurveda but i guess people have gotten results with olive oil too. I've read about people using coconut oil and getting results as well but for some reason i'm skeptical. Sunflower seed oil doesn't have that strong of a taste and i already had a big bottle of it in my kitchen so it works for me. It's supposed to make your teeth whiter and brighter and for some reason i'm convinced it might help.

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    Interesting.

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    Ok, kinda weird. I just talked to my sister and apparently shes been doing this for years. She says its amazing and pulls out all your toxins. Don't know how well it worked for her acne but she seems to swear by it. She said our grandma (who's 70 something and no longer a full time doctor but still gets tons of patients every week) told her to do this a while ago. OK so, i don't know exactly how it helps but my sister looves it and she isn't one to stick to anything. She's pretty thin by the way, and looks 20 instead of 29. Ok guys, i think im doing this everyday. It said to do it on an empty stomache...

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    how exactly do u do it? do u have to drink the oil or not? sounds weird but it could work

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    Default Re: Oil Pulling- clean teeth mouth

    There is a huge thread in this titled "oil pulling" there is a ton of info about this in it.

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    yea i figured there would be but i nothing was coming up for me. ok, will search more.
    And Playagirl, nope you're not supposed to swallow it, just rinse because it'll be filled with toxins.

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    Searched the threads here on oil pulling but there is so much misinformation. I'm not positive i've gotten accurate info just from different online pages but at least i can see which information is pretty consistent. I've done it like 3 times today and it feels good for some reason. If anyone is doing this, make sure you swish long enough to get a thin consistency. Also, swishing doesn't have to be vigorous for the full 15-20 min. It said to "pull" the oil between your teeth too.

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    A friend of mine used to do this and she said not to eat anything for hours after. she usually did it at night before bed and said that when she woke up there was no morning breath!

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    yea, did it last night after a big night of drinking. slept over friends place and didnt have toothbrush w/ me but brought grapeseed oil (remove makeup) so used that to swish my teeth. felt soo nice afterwards and morning there was no bad taste or anything

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    Quote Originally Posted by BabyGirl Tanya View Post
    yea, did it last night after a big night of drinking. slept over friends place and didnt have toothbrush w/ me but brought grapeseed oil (remove makeup) so used that to swish my teeth. felt soo nice afterwards and morning there was no bad taste or anything
    this is too cool totally trying it

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    Default Re: Oil Pulling- clean teeth mouth

    Sounds interesting and worth a try!
    Did some googling about it...

    I'm gonna try it

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    awesome make sure you do it for long enough tho to get results

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    Andreas Moritz, an amazing natural health practitioner has a different method. Not sure which is better, but he's the one who wrote the famous book on the Liver Flush. Ayurveda calls for 15 min of swishing. Moritz calls for 3 sessions of 3-4 minute swishing one right after another. He says the toxins being released need to be spit out before they get reabsorbed again.

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    I think Oil Pulling is great.
    I have tried it before with organic sunflower oil.
    I noticed a cleaner tongue and a fresher feeling mouth.

    I am going to start doing this again and be more consistant with it to get the teeth whitening results.
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    I've been reading a lot about it and I think I'll try it. Ayurveda is very interesting, and I may try some of the weight loss strategies as well... I'm not sure what Dosha I am though. I think I am pitta dosha, but not sure. I think I need to see someone who knows more about it.
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