Can someone explain Oil Pulling?

Even though some people are trying it and claiming that it works, I just talked to my health care provider, and we called a dietitian... And she stated that this is all just a 'fad' .. it's not worth it.

Anything where you have to spit it out instead of swallowing can't be any good.

Do you swallow tooth paste and mouth wash?

Touche, however I also don't swish it around for 20 minutes either.

Yeah, 20 minutes is just too much for my jaw. Great exercise for those muscles though....

This is one of those things that bothers me because the name of it sounds scary and/or gross! hehe

Although now that I actually know what it is, I'm skeptical yet curious.

It's an Ayurvedic (Indian science) practice that is supposed to whiten your teeth, remove bacteria, and kill toxins. It freshens your breath and basically just cleans out your mouth. There are other crazy claims, but it is does lessen bacteria and improve overall oral health. I am working on building up to this... I gag on the coconut oil when it is melting in my mouth. Ugh. But it's been done for a long time with great benefits. No cure all, though. And no replacement for regular dental hygiene. I can do it for about five minutes. Twenty is rough.

Human sacrifice was done for a long time, and believers thought that had great benefits also. Just because something is old, and primitive people thought it was a good idea, doesn't make it a good idea.

For a more recent example of pseudoscience quackery, from the late 1890s through as far as even today, quacks have been convincing people that radioactive substances were cure alls. Radioactive drinking water, radioactive toothpastes, radium salts, all kinds of wacky things were marketed, promising cures for everything.

This continued and people believed it even after we found out that radioactive substances are rather, well, unhealthy for human beings.

I had to Google that one too. You have to swish oil around in your mouth for 20min? really? 20min!? :huh: I think I'll stick to just brushing my teeth and drinking lots of water.

http://news.discovery.com/human/psychology/can-oil-pulling-improve-your-health-140311.htm

A friend recently posted about this on FB... I just can't imagine swishing oil around in my mouth for 20 minutes. Ever. :sick:

Me either. That sounds disgusting.

It's an Ayurvedic (Indian science) practice that is supposed to whiten your teeth, remove bacteria, and kill toxins. It freshens your breath and basically just cleans out your mouth. There are other crazy claims, but it is does lessen bacteria and improve overall oral health. I am working on building up to this... I gag on the coconut oil when it is melting in my mouth. Ugh. But it's been done for a long time with great benefits. No cure all, though. And no replacement for regular dental hygiene. I can do it for about five minutes. Twenty is rough.

Human sacrifice was done for a long time, and believers thought that had great benefits also. Just because something is old, and primitive people thought it was a good idea, doesn't make it a good idea.

For a more recent example of pseudoscience quackery, from the late 1890s through as far as even today, quacks have been convincing people that radioactive substances were cure alls. Radioactive drinking water, radioactive toothpastes, radium salts, all kinds of wacky things were marketed, promising cures for everything.

This continued and people believed it even after we found out that radioactive substances are rather, well, unhealthy for human beings.

There's an ancient Egyptian recipe for a spermicide ( contraceptive) that uses crocodile dung. Waiting for someone here to try that......and then post about it..

As soon as Dr Oz does a special . . .

It's an Ayurvedic (Indian science) practice that is supposed to whiten your teeth, remove bacteria, and kill toxins. It freshens your breath and basically just cleans out your mouth. There are other crazy claims, but it is does lessen bacteria and improve overall oral health. I am working on building up to this... I gag on the coconut oil when it is melting in my mouth. Ugh. But it's been done for a long time with great benefits. No cure all, though. And no replacement for regular dental hygiene. I can do it for about five minutes. Twenty is rough.

Human sacrifice was done for a long time, and believers thought that had great benefits also. Just because something is old, and primitive people thought it was a good idea, doesn't make it a good idea.

For a more recent example of pseudoscience quackery, from the late 1890s through as far as even today, quacks have been convincing people that radioactive substances were cure alls. Radioactive drinking water, radioactive toothpastes, radium salts, all kinds of wacky things were marketed, promising cures for everything.

This continued and people believed it even after we found out that radioactive substances are rather, well, unhealthy for human beings.

You need some more information about Ayurvedic medicine and lift that vail of ignorance. Not the supposedly ayurvedic crap touted and sold in the West, but the original medicine.
Are you saying that the 1.27 billion people living in India are all primitive people ? I think they are no more primitive than the 320 million Americans or 120 million Mexicans to just give an example.

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Not sure the relevance, and also not sure when I said modern day Indians were primitive. I said that just because something is old, doesn't mean it's true. Hence why I gave my other example, of radioactive therapy, which had nothing to do with anyone being "primitive," as it was (very loosely) based on modern (and western) scientific discoveries. Something doesn't have to be "old," "new," "western," "eastern," or any other adjective to be pure crap.

It's an Ayurvedic (Indian science) practice that is supposed to whiten your teeth, remove bacteria, and kill toxins. It freshens your breath and basically just cleans out your mouth. There are other crazy claims, but it is does lessen bacteria and improve overall oral health. I am working on building up to this... I gag on the coconut oil when it is melting in my mouth. Ugh. But it's been done for a long time with great benefits. No cure all, though. And no replacement for regular dental hygiene. I can do it for about five minutes. Twenty is rough.

Human sacrifice was done for a long time, and believers thought that had great benefits also. Just because something is old, and primitive people thought it was a good idea, doesn't make it a good idea.

For a more recent example of pseudoscience quackery, from the late 1890s through as far as even today, quacks have been convincing people that radioactive substances were cure alls. Radioactive drinking water, radioactive toothpastes, radium salts, all kinds of wacky things were marketed, promising cures for everything.

This continued and people believed it even after we found out that radioactive substances are rather, well, unhealthy for human beings.

There's an ancient Egyptian recipe for a spermicide ( contraceptive) that uses crocodile dung. Waiting for someone here to try that......and then post about it..

As soon as Dr Oz does a special . . .

I have to say, I tried it this morning, completely skeptical, and omg my teeth feel so much cleaner and I swear they are already a little whiter. My teeth literally feel like I had a teeth cleaning at the dentist this morning!