Guest guest Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 I finally overcame my disgust and tried it yesterday, with good sesame oil. Yuck, but the prospect of white teeth is incentive enough to make me persevere. On a good day I stumble out of bed between 6 and 6.30 and hit the yoga mat first thing, or it won't get done. By the time that's done my DH has the coffee ready, and I am ready for it and for food. So I did the pulling thing late in the afternoon, about 3 hours after lunch. Is that good enough, empty-stomach-wise? Ien in the Kootenays ************************** Stop. Breathe. Smile! ~Padma ( my TV yoga teacher) http://freegreenliving.com ************************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 I decided that if I was going to do it, it had to be the first stop when I got out of bed in the morning..so I swish while I'm making my coffee, etc... it works, the time passes. Do it while doing your yoga??! I use sesame oil--it was all I had. I finally ordered some sunflower oil but for some reason, the sesame oil feels (?) better...so I'm back to sesame oil. I don't fail to rinse and gargle with salt water with a dash or 2 of baking soda. All part of the ritual.. susie Ieneke van Houten wrote: > I finally overcame my disgust and tried it > yesterday, with good sesame oil. > Yuck, but the prospect of white teeth is > incentive enough to make me persevere. > > On a good day I stumble out of bed between > 6 and 6.30 and hit the yoga mat first thing, > or it won't get done. By the time that's done > my DH has the coffee ready, and I am ready > for it and for food. > > So I did the pulling thing late in the afternoon, > about 3 hours after lunch. > Is that good enough, empty-stomach-wise? > > Ien in the Kootenays > ************************** > Stop. Breathe. Smile! > ~Padma ( my TV yoga teacher) > http://freegreenliving.com > ************************** > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 hi lady ---- does it help at all with your sinus (or one's sinus?)? ttyl - easier replying this way before i forget!!!! Ieneke van Houten <ienvan wrote: I finally overcame my disgust and tried it yesterday, with good sesame oil. Yuck, but the prospect of white teeth is incentive enough to make me persevere. On a good day I stumble out of bed between 6 and 6.30 and hit the yoga mat first thing, or it won't get done. By the time that's done my DH has the coffee ready, and I am ready for it and for food. So I did the pulling thing late in the afternoon, about 3 hours after lunch. Is that good enough, empty-stomach-wise? Ien in the Kootenays ************************** Stop. Breathe. Smile! ~Padma ( my TV yoga teacher) http://freegreenliving.com ************************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 Hi Ien. I've found the sunflower oil to be pretty much tasteless. If I THINK about it being oil, after being in my mouth for the 20 minutes and just before I spit it out, I can actually gag! Lol I have a high gag reflex. But so long as I'm not thinking " I have a mouthful of oil " then everything is fine. I have not noticed any whitening of my teeth, but then I don't drink coffee or smoke so have very few stains to begin with. But my teeth certainly do feel cleaner all day long! And I have to say this--I finally got the courage up to try brushing with hand soap. Now, you must understand that when us kids were little my mom would make us take a bite of soap and eat it if we were caught telling lies--so after my first bite of soap you can imagine I never lied much. Yuck!! So though I have heard about using a mild, glycerin free soap like dove for brushing the teeth and how very healthy it is for the gums, I just couldn't bring myself to try it. SOAP! Deliberately put on my TEETH! NO WAY. But, my husband likes dove soap and had left a bar sitting on the bathroom counter. I figured after my bold adventure with oil pulling I could try anything. I just steeled my nerves, tentatively rubbed the toothbrush over the bar ONCE and put it in my mouth. Not much of anything!!! So I rubbed the brush a couple of times, enough to make a tiny bit of foam, and brushed. Again--nothing!!! Well, it's not near as awful as I expected it to be. And--it left my mouth feeling SUPER fresh after the oil, and my teeth feeling SUPER clean! Now here's the strange thing--I have one loose tooth, that oil swishing and Dr. Schulze's tooth and gum formula have not tightened up--but 3 days of soap brushing and I can already feel a difference in the tightness of the tooth!!! How weird is that? But it's incentive enough for me to keep using the dove. Samala Renee ---- Ieneke van Houten 11/1/2006 6:28:58 PM (AT) (DOT) Com Oil pulling question I finally overcame my disgust and tried it Yesterday, with good sesame oil. Yuck, but the prospect of white teeth is Incentive enough to make me persevere. On a good day I stumble out of bed between 6 and 6.30 and hit the yoga mat first thing, Or it won't get done. By the time that's done My DH has the coffee ready, and I am ready For it and for food. So I did the pulling thing late in the afternoon, About 3 hours after lunch. Is that good enough, empty-stomach-wise? Ien in the Kootenays ************************** Stop. Breathe. Smile! ~Padma ( my TV yoga teacher) http://freegreenliving.Com ************************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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