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oil pulling

32 replies

southeastastra · 25/05/2008 16:39

has anyone done this? sounds gross but does it work?

basically it's swilling a load of sunflower oil in your mouth for 20 minutes to pull toxins out of your body.

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southeastastra · 25/05/2008 21:34

no, you have to use oil

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emma1977 · 25/05/2008 21:36

Sounds like an enormous bunch of arse to me.

Can't believe people go in for this psuedoscientific nonsense.

expatinscotland · 25/05/2008 21:37

boak.

who thought that one up?

southeastastra · 25/05/2008 21:39

lol google it - apparently it's the key to immortality

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LynetteScavo · 25/05/2008 23:04

Oil pulling website!

zazen · 25/05/2008 23:28

Fantastic - it's completely cured me of scepticism.

GrimmaTheNome · 25/05/2008 23:35

What really baffles me here is... sunflower oil? So who is making money out of this - surely you have to add 10 drops of snake oil at $100 a vial?

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