Has anyone tried oil pulling? Should I stick with it, even though I find it a bit gross?

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I'm using coconut oil (because I use that for lots of things anyway).

I tried it a while back, also with coconut oil and I did notice my teeth were a little whiter but no health benefits as far as I could tell. I gave up after a few weeks.

There was a piece on a C4 programme the other week that found no noticeable difference between oil pulling and swishing with water.

Thanks for the replies

What's oil pulling?

Huff post vid explaining it all here: www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/02/coconut-oil-mouthwash-video_n_2375038.html

I mentioned this to the hygienist when DS was having a clean pre brace fitting and she'd never heard of it and couldn't imagine how it might help!