oil pulling.

dubist
dubist Posts: 279 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Have you ever?

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  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    Nope, just a new fad.....
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,272 Member
    New Age nonsense. There is no evidence it does anything.
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    Fracking?
  • EvilShenanigansTX
    EvilShenanigansTX Posts: 143 Member
    I just read what it is ... kind of sounds gross. Not sure I could swish oil in my mouth for 15 minutes.
  • Cr01502
    Cr01502 Posts: 3,614 Member
    I just read what it is ... kind of sounds gross. Not sure I could swish oil in my mouth for 15 minutes.

    Mouth? Swishing?

    I'm thinking of something entirely different.
  • tinak33
    tinak33 Posts: 9,883 Member
    I just read what it is ... kind of sounds gross. Not sure I could swish oil in my mouth for 15 minutes.

    ew ew ew ew ew. :sick:
    That is all.
  • Penny_Lane_
    Penny_Lane_ Posts: 163
    www.reddit.com/r/popping
  • fullofquirks
    fullofquirks Posts: 182 Member
    I tried it twice. Really didn't care for the feeling of the oil in my mouth.

    I know some people swear by it but I just can't stand it.
  • mdelcott
    mdelcott Posts: 529 Member
    I have done it with coconut oil, the flavour of the oil is nice so its ok, dont think I would enjoy olive oil or any other kind in my mouth for 15-20 mins. Anyways I did not notice any thing other then my teeth did get whitened
  • frugalafterfifty
    frugalafterfifty Posts: 240 Member
    following
  • SatchGallamax
    SatchGallamax Posts: 549 Member
    I just read what it is ... kind of sounds gross. Not sure I could swish oil in my mouth for 15 minutes.

    Mouth? Swishing?

    I'm thinking of something entirely different.

    Well, apparently when you're done swishing it around it's milky and white...
  • atamrowski
    atamrowski Posts: 417 Member
    Kinda scared to ask...but what is oil pulling?
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    "If alternative medicine was proven to work, then why isn`t it called medicine?"
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    I just read what it is ... kind of sounds gross. Not sure I could swish oil in my mouth for 15 minutes.

    Mouth? Swishing?

    I'm thinking of something entirely different.

    I'm with you. This isn't what I thought it was going to be about AT ALL. :angry:
  • Ed98043
    Ed98043 Posts: 1,333 Member

    Well, apparently when you're done swishing it around it's milky and white...

    Just like if you were making, oh, I don't know - mayonnaise? Swish it around long enough with a whisk or blender and it turns white - aka emulsification. I guess when that happens it means that impurities have been leeched from the bowl?
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    I just read what it is ... kind of sounds gross. Not sure I could swish oil in my mouth for 15 minutes.

    Mouth? Swishing?

    I'm thinking of something entirely different.

    I was too....
  • maab_connor
    maab_connor Posts: 3,927 Member
    I just read what it is ... kind of sounds gross. Not sure I could swish oil in my mouth for 15 minutes.

    not what i was picturing AT ALL
  • MissKitty9
    MissKitty9 Posts: 224 Member
    I just read what it is ... kind of sounds gross. Not sure I could swish oil in my mouth for 15 minutes.

    Right there with you. As soon as I finally looked it up (I've seen it mentioned here or there before, but was never curious) my first thought was "that must be gross..."
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    Well, if it didn't remove the impurities from my bowel, it would certainly remove the contents of my stomach.

    :sick:
  • Mainebikerchick
    Mainebikerchick Posts: 1,573 Member
    Well, if it didn't remove the impurities from my bowel, it would certainly remove the contents of my stomach.

    :sick:

    That's for sure!
  • Denjo060
    Denjo060 Posts: 1,008
    what is it :ohwell:
  • madelonism
    madelonism Posts: 292 Member
    i tried it with coconut oil. after spitting I was gagging and dry heaving for 20 minutes. also my nose was running and my eyes were watering. it was disgusting. but was that "drawing out impuritys"? cant be sure. dont wanna do it again.
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    www.reddit.com/r/popping

    EEWWWW!!
  • jamacattack
    jamacattack Posts: 94 Member

    Well, apparently when you're done swishing it around it's milky and white...

    Just like if you were making, oh, I don't know - mayonnaise? Swish it around long enough with a whisk or blender and it turns white - aka emulsification. I guess when that happens it means that impurities have been leeched from the bowl?

    ^^^This. lol
  • menchette
    menchette Posts: 4
    go to you tube and check out the tutorials.
    there is usually something of substance
    embedded in wacky trends, especially if
    there are derived from old world remedies.
  • j75j75
    j75j75 Posts: 854 Member
    Never tried it. This is the first I have heard of it. Sounds weird
  • iAMsmiling
    iAMsmiling Posts: 2,394 Member
    Totally works. Problem is, most people forget to do it by the light of a full moon after burying a chicken heart under a willow tree...cause, you know, you have to do the whole thing.
  • CarmenSRT
    CarmenSRT Posts: 843 Member
    That's a boatload of time I could be spending doing other things. Like flossing and thoroughly brushing. I KNOW flossing and brushing's benefits. The benefits of oil pulling as studied have been pretty modest for the amounts of time and gross-out factor required.
  • ThickMcRunFast
    ThickMcRunFast Posts: 22,511 Member
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