coconut oil (unfractionated) will work - it will melt in your mouth very quickly.
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> Coconut oil is indeed "made to be ingested", and is used widely as a cooking oil etc., but you are correct that FCO is a fraction of the pure oil and missing some of the acids, etc..
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> You are also correct that sesame and sunflower oils are preferred. I will have to pick some up.
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> I have been brushing my teeth with On Guard toothpaste after doing the oil pull. I find that a little bit of "base oil" (FCO so far- tomorrow I will get some cold pressed sunflower or sesame oil) goes a long way. I went to the referenced website and it says if it is still "oily" at the end of your pull you are using too much or you are not producing enough saliva (dehydrated perhaps).
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> Still new to this stuff so bear with me. I am more thinking out loud than offering advice.
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> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 9:21 PM, AndreaCrisp soaringeaglewellness@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Glad you've had some improvement! Many people oil pull daily for good
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> health. The original oils used in oil pulling are sesame and sunflower
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> (sans essential oils- they provide added benefit of course). I have
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> heard of people using Extra Virgin Olive Oil or real coconut oil, but
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> those were not the original recommends. You can read more about the
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> practice here: http://www.oilpulling.org I would not use FCO at all.
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> Fractionated coconut oil is most likely no longer antibacterial as
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> they usually remove the lauric acid in the process, from the little I
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> have read, and that is what produces the antibacterial/viral/microbial
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> effect. That's also why it is called fractionated; it is only a
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> fraction of the original product. They separate the different
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> properties so that it will stay liquid. Besides it was not created to
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> be ingested and even though you do not swallow it in oil pulling I
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> wouldn't want it in my mouth. But that's me. I would suggest the real
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> deal to get the antibacterial properties: organic, cold-pressed and
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> unrefined for the highest quality. I love coconut oil and use it in a
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> lot of my cooking and to make homemade beauty products, but have not
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> Whatever oil you use I hope you both feel 100% soon!
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> On Jan 2, 7:36 pm, Hans Johsens h.johs...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I am going through the same thing. I did oil pulls with Clove and Oregano
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> > (2-3 drops each) and sometimes added Frankinsence. The toothache has
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> > subsided but now I have what appears to be a canker sore in mycheek and gum
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> > On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 7:20 PM, deedle holmes....@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > > hello, I too have a tooth infection. a couple questions: i dont have
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> > > much left of the frac.coconut oil so until i can get more, can i use
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> > > olive oil (extra virgin) or go to Sprouts/Trader Joes and buy Coconut
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> > > oil in solild form? They have refined or unrefined, which one? thanks
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> > > for your help. my tooth does feel much better after the oil
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> > > pull!!!!!!
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> > > also, for how many days should i do the oil pull to rid the infection?
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> > > thanks
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