Oil Pulling Therapy: Detoxifying and Healing the Body Through Oral Cleansing

I bought "Oil Pulling Therapy" by Dr Bruce Fife just recently because I want to learn more about the oil pulling method. I like the way Dr Bruce Fife write with lots of enthusiasm towards this old, ancient method. He has written over 20 books about the coconut in varies ways and I highly values his knowledge and expertise regarding oil pulling. In this book, he provides you as a reader a program to start using the oil pulling method to improve your health. He states that oil pulling doesn't help everybody to get rid of diseases or improve their health conditions but everybody can benefit some way from this method. So what he means is that we all can benefit from it. Dr Bruce Fife's statements come from both research and own experiences. If you either have a tooth decay, bad breath or gum disease or have a generally bad health, I personally, advice you to read this important book about oil pulling. Bad oral health is often more than bad oral health. It can affect your entire body and lead to something much worse. He shows you in detail what to do to improve your health. It requires dedication and a lifestyle change. Together with oil pulling it is recommended a low-carb diet high in fat, plus take some supplements and consume coconut oil. He has testimonials from people who have succeeded being healthy through this process which feels inspirational. I recommend this book from the bottom of my heart. Dr Bruce Fife is a well-known and respected researcher in his field. He gives many people both help and hopes to get back a normal and healthy life.

What is oil pulling? Simply put, oil pulling is putting a spoonful of oil in your mouth and swishing the oil around, anywhere from a few minutes to twenty minutes. After finishing, you then proceed to spit out the oil making sure not to swallow it. That last part is integral, because all the toxins that leave your mouth will become part of the swished components that have seeped from your mouth after oil pulling, and you sure as heck don’t want that entering your system. Oil pulling itself goes back a few thousand years. In fact, it has its origins in Ayurvedic medicine in India, if not before. Ancient Ayurvedic medical texts outlined this practice, and the practitioners found out that rinsing the mouth with vegetable oil ‘not only cleanses the mouth but restores health to the body. In fact, this process is said to cure a few dozen system diseases.[1] Because of those facts, Oil Pulling Therapy – Detoxifying & Healing The Body Through Oral Cleansing by Dr. Bruce Fife is a very important, and underrated book. The reason Oil Pulling Therapy is important is because it gets at the heart of the matter regarding disease: the mouth. Being a mirror to our bodies, if you have dismal dental health then you are undoubtedly going to experience a kaleidoscope of health problems. Some of the conditions that are helped by oil pulling are acne, allergies, arthritis, asthma, back pain and neck pain, bad breath, bronchitis, chronic fatigue, colitis, crohn’s disease, constipation, dental cavities, dermatitis, diabetes, eczema, hypertension, hemorrhoids, insomnia, migraine headaches, mucous congestions, peptic ulcers, PMS, periodontal disease, bleeding gums, sinusitis, and tooth abscess.[2] To continue along the same lines, an incisive passage in the book follows: “In addition to the above-mentioned conditions, medical studies have indicated that the following can also be directly related to oral health and may respond to oil pulling therapy: Acidosis, Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome [ARDS], Athrosclerosis, Blood Disorders, Brain Abscess, Cancer, Emphysema, Gallbladder Disease, Gout, Heart Disease, Hyperglycemia, Infertility, Kidney Disease, Liver Disease, Meningitis, Nerve Disorders, Osteoporosis, Paget’s Disease, Pneumonia, Preeclampsia, Preterm/Low Birth Weight Babies, Psychotic Episodes, Stroke, Toxic Shock Syndrome, and many types of infectious disease.”[3] Many people will instantly think, “But how is it possible that oil pulling can help so much?” Excellent question. As alluded to before, the mouth is the gateway to the body, and if the mouth exhibits poor dental health, so will the body. Since the mouth is a breeding ground for all types of germs, it’s easy to see how these germs, if allowed to remain in the mouth, “can migrate to other parts of the body, cause infections, and alter body chemistry, leading the way to any number of infectious and degenerative conditions.”[4] For me, personally, there have been quite a few benefits of oil pulling. As someone whose oil pulled for nigh 3 years, it’s helped my health quite a bit. Not only do my teeth feel clean, but they are also whiter. Additionally, I don’t experience the pain in my gums that used to happen in the past. Although I can’t prove it, I do believe myself that oil pulling has also helped me tackle issues with Candida that have taken place in the past. Furthermore, my regularly scheduled headaches went away, my gums don’t ache when biting foods and are much firmer and healthier, and also don’t experience allergies as much. The great part about oil pulling is that it’s not only one of the most simplest methods to aid health, but also has nigh no side effects when compared to prescription drugs, which have many. In fact, properly taken, FDA approved prescription drugs cause over 100,000 deaths yearly. That’s certainly something you’ll never hear of coconut oil! That’s a whole ‘nother can of worms however. In addition, oil pulling, unlike brushing your teeth, gets into many crevices that the brush won’t get into. This is because “brushing only reaches 60 percent of the surfaces of your teeth, leaving plague in hard-to-reach areas such as in-between teeth.”[5] Ironically, although benefits of oil pulling go back a few thousand years, it is rarely known to most people. That’s an intriguing conundrum, except when one realizes that modern medicine goes by the adage that for every ill there is a pill, then you start to see why oil pulling goes against the grain as the system pushes for pills, rather than lifestyle changes and as well as dietary changes. These changes, ironically, are on par with what our ancestors did, which is why they were vastly healthier than we are as a ‘modern’ society nowadays. All things considered, oil pulling is one of the cheapest, cost-effective, safe, and efficient ways to take control of one’s health. Individuals of all ages can do this. The question isn’t why SHOULD you do it, the question is, why NOT? But don’t believe me, do your own research, and you will see the effects. _________________________________________________ Sources: [1] Dr. Bruce Fife, Oil Pulling Therapy – Detoxifying & Healing The Body Through Oral Cleansing, p. 86. [2] Ibid., p. 12. [3] Ibid., pp. 11-12. [4] Ibid., pp. 89-90. [5] Ibid., p. 18.

I've been researching oil pulling and unfortunately, there's a lot of misleading and incorrect information being spread by well meaning but poorly informed people. This book separates fact from fiction and actually gives an explanation of my oil pulling works that's based on science and common sense. Bruce Fife has done an excellent job of making a case for why anyone who wants to detox or improve their dental health should give oil pulling a try. I've personally been pulling for about a month now, and have already seen some pretty amazing detoxing benefits. It's so simple, so cheap and yet should not be overestimated.

This book changed our family's oral health. I bought it with reluctance but I am so glad I bought it. Now my family of three is doing the coconut mouthwash on a daily basis. My son, 12-year-old, had very dirty looking teeth but now his teeth look very clean and hopefully this will prevent him from getting any cavities. Another thing is none of us now has bad breath and we sleep very deeply at night. Vivalabs coconut oil we use has very mild taste so it's a lot easier to do mouth wash than any other oil. Two thumbs up for this oli pulling therapy book. It's well worth the read.

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After having read on the Internet that you don't need to know much about oil pulling to be able to do it as the method is quite simple, I decided to buy this book anyway as I had problems with one of the fillings in my teeth after I started oil pulling and I don't regret it at all. As I had already read Dr. Bruce Fife's book Coconut Cures I contacted him with the question whether my problem might be related to oil pulling or not. I was using sunflower oil at the time. He wrote back telling me that I should consider reading his book about Oil Pulling as my tooth must have had a problem before I started oil pulling or else the filling wouldn't have fallen. I found this book to have a lot of useful information wich helped me understand more about the health of my teeth and my mouth. I also loved the last chapter about Myths and Misconceptions about Oil Pulling which helps you to understand what is true and not about what you read online. The chapter about vitamines and minerals was very important to understand the vitamines and minerals which are important for your health, the dosage usually recommended and why it is not always right. I had no idea that you should be more aware of taking enough magnesium than worrying about whether you take enough calcium as calcium is everywhere and the ideal ratio of both because they each can deplete the other if not taken properly. The part about root canals worries me because the problem I had was exactly in a tooth which had had a root canal. The advice to have the tooth pulled doesn't really appeal to me but I will see how it goes. The problem is that often you do have an infection going on without noticing and it doesn't hurt like in a normal tooth and that can affect all your health. Tomorrow I am going to buy what I need to make the Medicated Coconut Oil as I have just had a problem with my gums. So to all those who think that they can read it all online and that after all you don't need more information than which oil to use and how many minutes to keep it in your mouth I would say..... read a good book, any book, I would even recommend this book!

Great book.. everybody must have it.. Really amazing..

It covers interesting the topic of mouth hygiene and gum health.