{"id":16327,"date":"2014-03-27T09:31:48","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T15:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=16327"},"modified":"2014-03-27T09:31:48","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T15:31:48","slug":"oil-pulling-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil Pulling: All-Natural Healing Therapy or Another Health Craze?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"olive<\/a><\/p>\n

Writer\u2019s Note:<\/strong> Please consult your healthcare provider before attempting oil pulling therapy to ensure it\u2019s safe for you.<\/em><\/p>\n

The other day a friend asked if I\u2019d given the latest trend of \u201coil pulling\u201d a try. I smiled and said no, but I was really thinking, \u201cWhat in world is she talking about<\/i>?\u201d After scouring the web, I learned this old world ritual is making a big comeback. Yahoo!<\/a> reported earlier this month searches for information on oil pulling have spiked or increased nearly 1331%.<\/p>\n

Oil pulling therapy originated in India over 5,000 years ago and is an ancient form of holistic Ayurvedic, or “science of life” medicine<\/a>. It\u2019s believed swishing oil in your mouth first thing in the morning will \u2018pull\u2019 or remove bacteria and toxins. The trend is quickly growing in popularity as oil pullers are claiming to have stronger, whiter teeth, less sensitivity and fresher breath\u2014among other health benefits. Even more astonishing are the testimonies of oil pulling lessening symptoms of or healing physical illnesses.<\/p>\n

World-renowned Dr. Karach introduced the therapy to the medical community<\/a> in 1992 after having been \u201ccured\u201d of his chronic blood disorder and arthritis. Doctors since have noted patients\u2019 experiencing instant relief from their ailments after trying oil pulling once, while others improved after weeks of continuous therapy. At this time there is scarce medical evidence supporting oil pulling\u2019s healing qualities. Yet, oral hygiene is believed to be related to overall health<\/a>. For instance, bacteria such as Candida and Streptococcus are commonly found in the mouth and have links to arthritis and heart disease. I think it\u2019s fair assume by removing these germs we also would reduce our chances for developing more serious ailments.<\/p>\n

As with all health trends<\/a> you\u2019ll have to decide if oil pulling is right for you. Continue reading for steps and tips to give this cleansing process a shot. You\u2019ll only be risking the cost of oil and 20 minutes of your day.<\/p>\n

Give Oil Pulling a Try in Four Easy Steps<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Try oil pulling first thing in the morning<\/b> on an empty stomach before eating or drinking anything. (Sorry, your morning coffee will have to wait.) Bacteria and toxins are typically the highest in your body at this time of the day.<\/li>\n
  2. Swish, not gargle, one tablespoon of oil in your mouth for up to 20 minutes<\/b>. Don\u2019t worry if you can\u2019t swish the entire time at first; try doing a few minutes a day until you reach your goal. Try reading emails, doing dishes and choosing your outfit for the day to help pass the time. I\u2019m sure you can think of more ideas. Tip: Sunflower and sesame oils are recommended for cleansing your mouth. Their antimicrobial agents make them highly effective in destroying bacteria and other microorganisms.<\/li>\n
  3. Spit out the mixture into your toilet or sink<\/b> as it\u2019s now filled with toxins.<\/li>\n
  4. Rinse your mouth with warm water <\/b>and brush your teeth as you usually do. You can repeat this process up to three times a day, just make sure it is on an empty stomach.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Have you or someone you know tried oil pulling? If so, have you noticed any improvements to your health? I\u2019d love to read about your experiences with this therapy!<\/p>\n

    Image credit: <\/strong>Monica Arellano-Ongpin<\/a> via photopin<\/a> cc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Writer\u2019s Note: Please consult your healthcare provider before attempting oil pulling therapy to ensure it\u2019s safe for you. The other day a friend asked if I\u2019d given the latest trend [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":16328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[6845,6846,404,469,6847],"yoast_head":"\nOil Pulling Therapy Catching on in the United States<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Oil pulling, a therapeutic method from Ayurveda, is catching on in the United States. Does this practice really help with oral health & other issues?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oil Pulling Therapy Catching on in the United States\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Oil pulling, a therapeutic method from Ayurveda, is catching on in the United States. Does this practice really help with oral health & other issues?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sustainablog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-03-27T15:31:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/olive-oil-for-oil-pulling-therapy.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"499\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Talancia Pea\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Talancia Pea\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Talancia Pea\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/777087093101b4e134de50f76c3de01e\"},\"headline\":\"Oil Pulling: All-Natural Healing Therapy or Another Health Craze?\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-03-27T15:31:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-03-27T15:31:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/\"},\"wordCount\":563,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"ayurveda\",\"healing\",\"Health\",\"india\",\"oil pulling\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Living\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/\",\"name\":\"Oil Pulling Therapy Catching on in the United States\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-03-27T15:31:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-03-27T15:31:48+00:00\",\"description\":\"Oil pulling, a therapeutic method from Ayurveda, is catching on in the United States. Does this practice really help with oral health & other issues?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Oil Pulling: All-Natural Healing Therapy or Another Health Craze?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/\",\"name\":\"Sustainablog\",\"description\":\"Since 2003, Sustainablog has been one of the pioneers of sustainability news online.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Sustainablog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cropped-sblog-logo_3b.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cropped-sblog-logo_3b.jpg\",\"width\":200,\"height\":142,\"caption\":\"Sustainablog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/777087093101b4e134de50f76c3de01e\",\"name\":\"Talancia Pea\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e55bcf67e8522d4d679c52d591a5cfe?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e55bcf67e8522d4d679c52d591a5cfe?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Talancia Pea\"},\"description\":\"Sustainable Fashion Blogger since 2008 with work featured in magazines and newspapers, among other publications. Find her on Google +.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/author\/talanciapea\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Oil Pulling Therapy Catching on in the United States","description":"Oil pulling, a therapeutic method from Ayurveda, is catching on in the United States. Does this practice really help with oral health & other issues?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Oil Pulling Therapy Catching on in the United States","og_description":"Oil pulling, a therapeutic method from Ayurveda, is catching on in the United States. Does this practice really help with oral health & other issues?","og_url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/","og_site_name":"Sustainablog","article_published_time":"2014-03-27T15:31:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":499,"height":640,"url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/olive-oil-for-oil-pulling-therapy.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Talancia Pea","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Talancia Pea","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/"},"author":{"name":"Talancia Pea","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/777087093101b4e134de50f76c3de01e"},"headline":"Oil Pulling: All-Natural Healing Therapy or Another Health Craze?","datePublished":"2014-03-27T15:31:48+00:00","dateModified":"2014-03-27T15:31:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/"},"wordCount":563,"commentCount":3,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization"},"keywords":["ayurveda","healing","Health","india","oil pulling"],"articleSection":["Living"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/","url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/","name":"Oil Pulling Therapy Catching on in the United States","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-03-27T15:31:48+00:00","dateModified":"2014-03-27T15:31:48+00:00","description":"Oil pulling, a therapeutic method from Ayurveda, is catching on in the United States. Does this practice really help with oral health & other issues?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/oil-pulling-therapy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Oil Pulling: All-Natural Healing Therapy or Another Health Craze?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/","name":"Sustainablog","description":"Since 2003, Sustainablog has been one of the pioneers of sustainability news online.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#organization","name":"Sustainablog","url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cropped-sblog-logo_3b.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cropped-sblog-logo_3b.jpg","width":200,"height":142,"caption":"Sustainablog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/777087093101b4e134de50f76c3de01e","name":"Talancia Pea","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e55bcf67e8522d4d679c52d591a5cfe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e55bcf67e8522d4d679c52d591a5cfe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Talancia Pea"},"description":"Sustainable Fashion Blogger since 2008 with work featured in magazines and newspapers, among other publications. Find her on Google +.","url":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/author\/talanciapea\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16327"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}