oil pulling is a very old Ayurvedic
tradition and it can turn around oral
infections headaches bad breath dental
problems and gum disease and it's just a
great all-around general purifying
process that you can do every day let me
show you how I'm Robin Openshaw also
known as the green smoothie girl and I
want to show you how you can use a very
simple item that you already have in
your house this is the only thing that's
necessary to eliminate millions of
bacterial cells every day first thing in
the morning
this is organic cold-pressed coconut oil
you don't have to use coconut oil
there's a variety of other seed oils or
even olive oil that you can use but the
idea is that that attracts toxins one of
the things that I love about this habit
is that it doesn't actually take you any
time the reason doesn't take you any
time is that you can be doing this while
you do the dishes or while you make
breakfast so what you're going to do
it's a little bit cold here right now
and coconut oil hardens when it's colder
than about I think 74 to 76 degrees so I
get a big spoonful like this and
remember that when you put it in your
mouth it's it's warmer than 74 degrees
in there right and it's going to melt
fast so I get a big spoonful of coconut
oil and then all I do is I put one or
two drops of peppermint or wintergreen
oil now sometimes I will mix it up in
liquid coconut oil and I take it with me
when I travel but this is what I just do
every single day what this is really
good for is your dental and your gum
health it's good for alkalizing in the
mouth and therefore that's the starting
place the whole body it whitens your
teeth it freshens your breath it can
resolve some minor dental problems and
some studies show that it can help
remineralize your teeth your teeth
actually have an ability to regenerate
themselves it gets rid of millions of
bacterial cells without harming the good
bacteria some studies show that oil
pulling may actually help with headaches
skin conditions
and it might actually purify deeper even
into the lungs oil pulling stimulates
the body's antibacterial
anti-inflammatory painkiller and even
anabolic natural chemicals to prevent in
heal gum disease so do this first thing
in the morning on an empty stomach since
that's when the bacteria count in your
mouth is the highest by the way I've
started using coconut oil with a drop of
peppermint oil as my toothpaste at night
too so I love coconut oil as a
moisturizer on my skin at night and for
oil pulling and it's great for replacing
butter or shortening in a baking recipe
and as a detoxifier like we've talked
about here so now I'm going to show you
but I won't be able to talk to you any
more after this once the oil melts in
your mouth it'll take about 30 to 60
seconds swish it really vigorously swish
it all around in your mouth and make
sure to really suck it between your
teeth over and over again do this for
about 20 minutes or as long as you can
and remember it's now full of toxins so
spit it out and rinse your mouth out
don't swallow it
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