I Tried Oil Pulling To Naturally Improve My Dental Health — Here Are All The Pros And Cons

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If you’ve never heard of oil pulling, let me quickly catch you up to speed. Oil pulling is when you pour a tablespoon of plain coconut oil into your mouth and swish it around for several minutes, then spit it out.

If you’re now thinking, “Gross!” or “Why on Earth would anybody do that?” The answer is: For dental health. And the grossness level is debatable, as I discovered when I finally tried oil pulling for myself for two weeks.

I used oil pulling every day for two entire weeks, (almost) every morning. I had high expectations, because people who use oil pulling are generally really into it.

There are good reasons for that. Coconut oil reduces the amount of harmful bacteria in the mouth; it “pulls” the bacteria out and carries them away. The technique has been used for countless years as part of Ayurvedic medicine, the traditional healing system from India. In recent years, oil pulling has become popular in the West too, which has led scientists to study whether or not it actually works.

And the results are in: Science agrees that oil pulling is effective. Studies show that people who use coconut oil have fewer of the bacteria that cause bad breath, gum disease, and tooth decay. Some research says that oil pulling is just as effective as mouthwash! Anecdotally, some proponents say that it’s also a natural way to whiten your teeth. Seriously, is there anything coconut oil can’t do?!

I’m not one to argue with science nor centuries of ancient healing techniques, and so I decided to give oil pulling a try.

With so many reasons to try oil pulling, you might assume that it’s already a staple in my routine. I do, after all, have coconut oil in my room at all times, and I use it for a million other things.

But until now, I’d never successfully tried oil pulling for longer than approximately 5 seconds. That’s because, in the past, the coconut oil tasted disgusting and ridiculous in my mouth.

This time, though, I figured out the trick to prevent that weird, gross mouth feeling. As a result, the oil pulling was mostly a success!

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