Anyone ever try Oil Pulling? - Page 13

zogo · 01-11-2012, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by SeaMaiden

I had my mercury fillings removed, but my dentist did not take the precautions to protect me, so I got some poisoning.. I'm better now, but it did affect me for a bit... if you get your mercury fillings removed make sure they protect you so you don't inhale the mercury they are removing!

All my best!

How do you know you got poisoning? And how do they protect you? My kids will be getting some out soon.

Minimizing_Melanie · 01-11-2012, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Molly Bloom

One more thing, since you guys on this forum seem to be my "peeps" now.....

One of the weird effects of OP was getting rid of Keratosis Pilaris, commonly known as chicken skin. I don't know if anyone has this, but it usually presents as redish bumpy skin (like goose bumps). One of my posters noticed her's had gone away, and sure enough my husband who has this big time on his arms and thighs, his was gone too. My poster started introducing this at the Keratosis Pilaris forum, and it's taken off. There is no known "cure" for KP, but the results are amazing. So it just makes you wonder....what exactly is OP doing that causes this change in one's skin? Food for thought.

Wait wait, for reallll?? So if I swish oil around in my mouth, I could possibly get rid of these bumps? You've given me hope again, I hardly ever wear short sleeved shirts. Scratch that, I never wear them in public. I thought there was never gonna be a cure. If it doesn't help, I won't be too disappointed, as I thought I was stuck with em anyway, but if it does, I'll just have to.. to idk haha

gotsomeold · 01-13-2012, 03:30 AM

Hey Melanie, the medium-chain-triglycerides (and some of the other components) in CO are amazing. Oil-pulling, over time, seems to have positive anti-inflammatory / anti-microbial effect for a lot of people. AND, other oils have other, positive effects.

In addition to OP with CO, you can test it on your skin and, if you do not have a reddening/hives, slather it on. I use it as a moisturizer and have actually watched a few scars fade away.

gotsomeold · 01-13-2012, 03:34 AM

OP warning (that is probably somewhere in this thread but bears repeating) - OP creates a low/no oxygen environment in your mouth (liquid swishing in mouth = mouth closed and doohickey that leads to the lungs at the back of your throat automatically closed). If the moving liquid comes close to that doohickey, your body thinks you are about to inhale liquid and said liquid comes out in a BIG hurry! I tried OP with olive oil and ended up cleaning OO off my furniture and rug (and laughing my tail off).

carrielyn · 01-13-2012, 07:28 AM

I OP with CO in the shower but a friend of mine suffers from rosecea and started using Oil of Oregano to clear it up (doesn't cure but keeps the bumps away) so I started putting 1-2 drops of Oregano Oil in my CO to help with my periodontal diseased gums. Hopefully it is helping won't know until I go back to the specialist (who wants me to have surgical tooth cleaning).

CO sure helps to keep my coffee stains down and I've noticed that my old-age yellow is not as bad as it was.

Madger · 01-13-2012, 08:34 AM

Something else I do- I bought a single (quarter size) pill case and spooned Nutiva CO in it and I use it on my lips. It is better than any lip balm or chapstick and my lips are smooth even in winter, and they taste good, lol (I like the taste of CO).

metqa · 01-13-2012, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by SportsMom

Something else I do- I bought a single (quarter size) pill case and spooned Nutiva CO in it and I use it on my lips. It is better than any lip balm or chapstick and my lips are smooth even in winter, and they taste good, lol (I like the taste of CO).

that's clever!!

sungoddess · 02-17-2012, 03:17 PM

okay I started up again today. I did OP for a few years and got nice white teeth, but stopped when life got in my way.

Well I had a big 'ol swollen gum next to a tooth where I had a root canal 11 years ago. The dentist thought it was a cracked root and sent me to the endodontist who did the root canal years ago. Well he went in and said it wasn't a cracked root, BUT the tooth had been leaking apparently for a long time. Leaking what, I said. BACTERIA, he said.

I have an autoimmune disorder so do not need any bacteria leaking in my system. I was reading how awful and dangerous root canals are and am now freaking out a bit.

So I am getting out my oils and starting oil pulling again! I sure hope this helps me.

I always thought I was doing the right thing for my body with the root canal. Didn't know I could have been giving myself diseases!!

lisapisa · 02-24-2012, 05:03 PM

I probably missed this somewhere in the many pages of this thread, but would like to know. Those of you who pull with Coconut Oil, do you heat it first? I have cold pressed coconut oil that I use for cooking, and fractionated coconut oil that I use to blend essential oils. The fractionated would be MUCH too expensive for me to pull with everyday, but I'd really love to try this. Do you heat your oil in the microwave since it's solid at room temp? Would this damage the oil? THANKS!!!!!

metqa · 02-24-2012, 06:10 PM

no it wouldn't. just warm it enough to melt it abit. if the nuker worries you just scoop some out and put it in a bowl over hot water and ti will eventually melt. Personally, if it's solid, I just scoop it out with a spoon and put it in my mouth and let it melt in my mouth. Saves electricity.

gotsomeold · 02-25-2012, 04:31 AM

I just scoop and swish.

zogo · 02-25-2012, 05:24 AM

I believe CO melts at around 77 degrees. My jar is solid in the winter and liquid in the summer. Yes, I just put the solid in my mouth and it melts in no time. Then....
I'm always worried the phone will ring

Star73 · 02-25-2012, 05:36 AM

I'm glad this thread popped up. I forget to do this. I have a new batch of CO so I need to get to pulling

Beaglesaroo · 02-27-2012, 02:23 PM

Hi all - I've been reading this thread off and on the past few days.

I received my order of CO today (first ever order) and it's been outside, melting nicely, all day - it's mostly liquid right now, with a very small "core" of solid. If I put it in my pantry, it's going to solidify, right? This won't hurt the oil? If it's supposed to solidify and doesn't, does that mean it's now bad or just that my pantry isn't cool enough? (I'm in FL and I'm not running the A/C yet, my house is around 80, with windows open.

Beaglesaroo · 02-28-2012, 02:34 PM

Okay...Google was my friend about the melted oil.

Funny story:

I tried pulling for the first time this morning. I lasted 5 minutes before I had a horrible, horrible tickling at the back of my throat that made me want to cough.

I tried to ignore it. It got worse. I tried a little cough...just made it 10xinfinity worse. I was started to cough-heave and, since I was in the middle of the house, nowhere near a sink, I ended up swallowing the swished oil rather than coughing it out all over the diningroom rug.

Ick. Not how I wanted to start my day. Ah well. Tomorrow I'll try and last 6 minutes before coughing.

gotsomeold · 02-29-2012, 03:48 AM

Very funny, Beagle! Next time, start with a little bit of oil and work your way up. And, as you discovered, OP and wandering too far from the sink are incompatible.

CO ages very slowly, it takes a lot to make it go bad. It should be perfectly comfortable in a semi-liquid state in your house (I'd be burning up!)

heyjupiter · 03-23-2012, 10:22 AM

I'm hooked on OP!

As a previous poster mentioned, OP works wonders for cleaning around permanent retainers. I have a G-bar behind my bottom front teeth that gets a lot of build up. I am a brushing freak and my family says I brush too hard cuz my toothbrushes never last that long! After OP just once, the buildup was completely gone! Usually I have to pick pick pick at it and it never really gets that clean.

I'm only on day 3 right now, but the slimy feeling in my mouth is getting better. I'm definitely going to keep at it.

BarbaraW · 02-24-2013, 09:54 AM

Hi haven't posted in a long time, but this thread needs reviving. How is everyone doing with the oil pulling? I just started 6 days ago to get rid of a tooth infection and to try and tighten up a loose front tooth. After just 4 days of pulling the infection was gone and the tooth is now tightening up. I follow my OP with plain salt water rinse.

pjop · 02-25-2013, 10:58 AM

I have been completely amazed by this thread and started the OP today. I had never heard of it until yesterday. Thanks to everyone for their insights!
I'm definitely going to keep it up.

BarbaraW · 02-26-2013, 06:14 AM

After just one week, my teeth are tighter and my gums are healthier. I was even able to basically flick off a large piece of tarter off one of my teeth. It was at the bottom of the tooth and kinda noticeable if I smiled wide. Today it came off with no effort with my dental pic.

01-13-2012, 07:28 AM	#365
carrielyn Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 273 Gallery: carrielyn Stats: 186/177/140 WOE: SBD Start Date: restarting 1/18/11	I OP with CO in the shower but a friend of mine suffers from rosecea and started using Oil of Oregano to clear it up (doesn't cure but keeps the bumps away) so I started putting 1-2 drops of Oregano Oil in my CO to help with my periodontal diseased gums. Hopefully it is helping won't know until I go back to the specialist (who wants me to have surgical tooth cleaning). CO sure helps to keep my coffee stains down and I've noticed that my old-age yellow is not as bad as it was. __________________ Carrielyn

02-17-2012, 03:17 PM	#368
sungoddess Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3,172 Gallery: sungoddess WOE: Perfect Health Diet/JUDDD Start Date: LC;HCG; 1/19/12/JUDDD; 1/13/13 PHD/JUDDD	okay I started up again today. I did OP for a few years and got nice white teeth, but stopped when life got in my way. Well I had a big 'ol swollen gum next to a tooth where I had a root canal 11 years ago. The dentist thought it was a cracked root and sent me to the endodontist who did the root canal years ago. Well he went in and said it wasn't a cracked root, BUT the tooth had been leaking apparently for a long time. Leaking what, I said. BACTERIA, he said. I have an autoimmune disorder so do not need any bacteria leaking in my system. I was reading how awful and dangerous root canals are and am now freaking out a bit. So I am getting out my oils and starting oil pulling again! I sure hope this helps me. I always thought I was doing the right thing for my body with the root canal. Didn't know I could have been giving myself diseases!! __________________ Good broth resurrects the dead. ~ South American Proverb

02-24-2012, 05:03 PM	#369
lisapisa Junior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: South Puget Sound Posts: 2 Gallery: lisapisa Stats: 223/222/120 WOE: Atkins Induction Start Date: February 2012	coconut oil I probably missed this somewhere in the many pages of this thread, but would like to know. Those of you who pull with Coconut Oil, do you heat it first? I have cold pressed coconut oil that I use for cooking, and fractionated coconut oil that I use to blend essential oils. The fractionated would be MUCH too expensive for me to pull with everyday, but I'd really love to try this. Do you heat your oil in the microwave since it's solid at room temp? Would this damage the oil? THANKS!!!!!

02-25-2012, 05:24 AM	#372
zogo Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: WI Posts: 3,559 Gallery: zogo Stats: 193/170/145 WOE: LC Start Date: 6/20/11	I believe CO melts at around 77 degrees. My jar is solid in the winter and liquid in the summer. Yes, I just put the solid in my mouth and it melts in no time. Then.... I'm always worried the phone will ring Last edited by zogo; 02-25-2012 at 05:27 AM..

02-27-2012, 02:23 PM	#374
Beaglesaroo Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 27,409 Gallery: Beaglesaroo Stats: 246/226/150 Start Date: 2/8/13	Hi all - I've been reading this thread off and on the past few days. I received my order of CO today (first ever order) and it's been outside, melting nicely, all day - it's mostly liquid right now, with a very small "core" of solid. If I put it in my pantry, it's going to solidify, right? This won't hurt the oil? If it's supposed to solidify and doesn't, does that mean it's now bad or just that my pantry isn't cool enough? (I'm in FL and I'm not running the A/C yet, my house is around 80, with windows open. __________________ Deuteronomy, chapter 1 verse 29 "Harry Potter is about confronting fears, finding inner strength and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend." - attributed to Stephen King God will pardon me; that's his job. ~ last words of Heinrich Heine

01-13-2012, 03:30 AM	#363
gotsomeold Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Asheville, NC / Marietta, Ga Posts: 3,287 Gallery: gotsomeold Stats: 175/127.6/GOAL at 128, size six fits! 5'4, 60yo WOE: JUDDD, PHD Start Date: LC/EFGT - 9/15/11, JUDDD - 1/1/12	Hey Melanie, the medium-chain-triglycerides (and some of the other components) in CO are amazing. Oil-pulling, over time, seems to have positive anti-inflammatory / anti-microbial effect for a lot of people. AND, other oils have other, positive effects. In addition to OP with CO, you can test it on your skin and, if you do not have a reddening/hives, slather it on. I use it as a moisturizer and have actually watched a few scars fade away.

01-13-2012, 03:34 AM	#364
gotsomeold Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Asheville, NC / Marietta, Ga Posts: 3,287 Gallery: gotsomeold Stats: 175/127.6/GOAL at 128, size six fits! 5'4, 60yo WOE: JUDDD, PHD Start Date: LC/EFGT - 9/15/11, JUDDD - 1/1/12	OP warning (that is probably somewhere in this thread but bears repeating) - OP creates a low/no oxygen environment in your mouth (liquid swishing in mouth = mouth closed and doohickey that leads to the lungs at the back of your throat automatically closed). If the moving liquid comes close to that doohickey, your body thinks you are about to inhale liquid and said liquid comes out in a BIG hurry! I tried OP with olive oil and ended up cleaning OO off my furniture and rug (and laughing my tail off).

01-13-2012, 08:34 AM	#366
Madger Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,691 Gallery: Madger	Something else I do- I bought a single (quarter size) pill case and spooned Nutiva CO in it and I use it on my lips. It is better than any lip balm or chapstick and my lips are smooth even in winter, and they taste good, lol (I like the taste of CO).

02-24-2012, 06:10 PM	#370
metqa Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 11,497 Gallery: metqa Stats: 134/134/122 WOE: Indecisive LOL Start Date: November 2003	no it wouldn't. just warm it enough to melt it abit. if the nuker worries you just scoop some out and put it in a bowl over hot water and ti will eventually melt. Personally, if it's solid, I just scoop it out with a spoon and put it in my mouth and let it melt in my mouth. Saves electricity.

02-25-2012, 04:31 AM	#371
gotsomeold Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Asheville, NC / Marietta, Ga Posts: 3,287 Gallery: gotsomeold Stats: 175/127.6/GOAL at 128, size six fits! 5'4, 60yo WOE: JUDDD, PHD Start Date: LC/EFGT - 9/15/11, JUDDD - 1/1/12	I just scoop and swish.

02-25-2012, 05:36 AM	#373
Star73 Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Arkansas (Hypothyroidism, Gluten-free) Posts: 6,696 Gallery: Star73 Stats: 238/220/140 WOE: LC Start Date: 10/01/2012	I'm glad this thread popped up. I forget to do this. I have a new batch of CO so I need to get to pulling

02-28-2012, 02:34 PM	#375
Beaglesaroo Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 27,409 Gallery: Beaglesaroo Stats: 246/226/150 Start Date: 2/8/13	Okay...Google was my friend about the melted oil. Funny story: I tried pulling for the first time this morning. I lasted 5 minutes before I had a horrible, horrible tickling at the back of my throat that made me want to cough. I tried to ignore it. It got worse. I tried a little cough...just made it 10xinfinity worse. I was started to cough-heave and, since I was in the middle of the house, nowhere near a sink, I ended up swallowing the swished oil rather than coughing it out all over the diningroom rug. Ick. Not how I wanted to start my day. Ah well. Tomorrow I'll try and last 6 minutes before coughing.

02-29-2012, 03:48 AM	#376
gotsomeold Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Asheville, NC / Marietta, Ga Posts: 3,287 Gallery: gotsomeold Stats: 175/127.6/GOAL at 128, size six fits! 5'4, 60yo WOE: JUDDD, PHD Start Date: LC/EFGT - 9/15/11, JUDDD - 1/1/12	Very funny, Beagle! Next time, start with a little bit of oil and work your way up. And, as you discovered, OP and wandering too far from the sink are incompatible. CO ages very slowly, it takes a lot to make it go bad. It should be perfectly comfortable in a semi-liquid state in your house (I'd be burning up!)

03-23-2012, 10:22 AM	#377
heyjupiter Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 819 Gallery: heyjupiter	I'm hooked on OP! As a previous poster mentioned, OP works wonders for cleaning around permanent retainers. I have a G-bar behind my bottom front teeth that gets a lot of build up. I am a brushing freak and my family says I brush too hard cuz my toothbrushes never last that long! After OP just once, the buildup was completely gone! Usually I have to pick pick pick at it and it never really gets that clean. I'm only on day 3 right now, but the slimy feeling in my mouth is getting better. I'm definitely going to keep at it.

02-24-2013, 09:54 AM	#378
BarbaraW Junior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: CT Posts: 2 Gallery: BarbaraW Stats: 237/215/200 WOE: LCHF Start Date: 02/04/12	Hi haven't posted in a long time, but this thread needs reviving. How is everyone doing with the oil pulling? I just started 6 days ago to get rid of a tooth infection and to try and tighten up a loose front tooth. After just 4 days of pulling the infection was gone and the tooth is now tightening up. I follow my OP with plain salt water rinse.

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02-25-2013, 10:58 AM	#379
pjop Junior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 4 Gallery: pjop	I have been completely amazed by this thread and started the OP today. I had never heard of it until yesterday. Thanks to everyone for their insights! I'm definitely going to keep it up.

02-26-2013, 06:14 AM	#380
BarbaraW Junior LCF Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: CT Posts: 2 Gallery: BarbaraW Stats: 237/215/200 WOE: LCHF Start Date: 02/04/12	After just one week, my teeth are tighter and my gums are healthier. I was even able to basically flick off a large piece of tarter off one of my teeth. It was at the bottom of the tooth and kinda noticeable if I smiled wide. Today it came off with no effort with my dental pic.