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Oil Pulling

So, this isn't a goal or anything. More of an experiment.   I read about Oil Pulling twice yesterday out of the blue and since I have coconut oil I thought I'd try it.   It's supposed to have a ton of health benefits - pulling toxins from one's body, giving more energy and a whiter smile... all of which I'd like to have so why not?

The process is simple.   Swish around coconut oil in your mouth for 20 minutes.  I think it's supposed to be 1 tablespoon but who has time to measure and add more dishes? I don't.   So I took a clump and went to swishing.

Day 1:  The texture nearly made me gag but it melted quickly and left a slight hint of coconut taste that wasn't at all overwhelming.   I thought at first that twenty minutes was an eternity and I'd be lucky to make it to ten.   But surprisingly,  when ten minutes was up I felt like ten more would be nothing.   I made breakfast for my tot and then fed my infant and those two tasks filled the twenty minutes easily.

The results? They say that the oil "swells" in one's mouth after some time which is proof of the toxins it's removing.  I did have this swelling after about ten minutes,  but I'm not convinced is from toxins.   It's more likely the fact that I didn't swallow or spit out my saliva for twenty minutes so it accumulated in my mouth.  The stuff was still white when I spit it out in the trash.   I did notice instantly that my mouth felt cleaner, my breath fresher, and believe it or not,  I really do think my teeth look whiter!  I also noticed that while I was swishing, my lips and sinuses felt moisturized.  My sinuses cleared and I even had some yucky stuff draining.

So, there you have it.   Worth a try.  I want to keep doing it to see what happens but I don't know that it's going to become part of my daily routine long term.

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