So this week, I got my first bottle of activated charcoal...why you may ask? To brush my teeth with it. Now if someone had told me several months ago that I would be trying to brush my teeth with some black stuff I would have told you that you were crazy.
A little bit of my background...the whole dental issue has never been one of my strengths. I have a long and sordid dental history beginning with spacers from 9-11, lower braces at 13, upper and lower braces at 15-17. In between and sometimes during all these events have been multiple cavities, pulled teeth, one root canal (which I am NEVER doing again) and wisdom teeth being pulled. The wisdom teeth extraction is kind of a funny story as when I was doing all of my pre-surgery consultation I was told that I never got my 12 year molars as they were too impacted.
Part of what led me down the current road that I am on is the book Cure Tooth Decay by Ramiel Nagel. This book is incredibly interesting because it really challenges conventional wisdom that getting older equals gum disease and losing your teeth. I'm sure many of you would be surprised to know that this doesn't happen in every country. In the book is photo after photo of people in their 60s and over with perfect teeth. Nagel theorizes that our decline in dental health is due to our diet which is something I hadn't heard a lot about until I picked up his book.
The other fascinating part of this book is a section on how to remineralize your teeth and potentially heal cavities without dental therapy. Since then I have begun oil pulling (more on this later), brushing with my own homemade toothpaste and now brushing my teeth with charcoal.
I am excited to see the results of brushing with charcoal. I have read that the charcoal can help whiten your teeth because it likes tannins which is one of the more common stains we get on our teeth through different foods and drinks and will share more on my progress as it unfolds.
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