{"id":1584,"date":"2018-05-11T23:48:04","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T23:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2018-05-11T23:48:04","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T23:48:04","slug":"what-exactly-is-oil-pulling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/what-exactly-is-oil-pulling\/","title":{"rendered":"What exactly is Oil Pulling?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1585 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/food-3062139_1920-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/food-3062139_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/food-3062139_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/food-3062139_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/food-3062139_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I\u2019m sure by now you\u2019ve heard about Oil Pulling.\u00a0 If not, give it some time you will.\u00a0 I had heard about it, but didn\u2019t pay any attention until my sister Abi brought it up.\u00a0 Abi is a massage therapist and a professed Dr Oz addict. She is very knowledgeable about health and healthy living.\u00a0 (Maybe I should clarify a little more.\u00a0 Even though she loves Dr Oz she verifies what he says on his show by doing research from other sources before making any changes to diet, lifestyle etc.)\u00a0 Now, because of this when she suggests something I usually listen to her, baby sister and all, because I know she has done her homework.<\/p>\n<p>A month or so ago we went to lunch together and after we said hi, she showed me her teeth and demanded to know if they looked whiter.\u00a0 Well, they did, but then she has always had beautiful, white teeth.\u00a0 After the teeth staring she told me she had started doing Oil Pulling.\u00a0 Sounded bizarre to me.\u00a0 I mean how\u2019re your teeth supposed to get cleaner and whiter by swishing oil around your mouth?\u00a0 She was adamant that it made a difference and explained how many healthy benefits came from doing it.\u00a0 I listened to her, but I was skeptical.\u00a0 Still the next time I went shopping I picked up a jar of Organic Coconut Oil.\u00a0 You can do oil pulling with olive oil too, but I prefer the taste of Coconut Oil and it\u2019s supposed to be healthy for skin, hair, nails, digestion, tooth enamel, etc, etc\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Anyway I started oil pulling a few weeks ago.\u00a0 I do it once, sometimes twice a day.\u00a0 1 teaspoon of Coconut Oil in the morning while I am making breakfast, walking the dog, etc and gently swirl it around my mouth.\u00a0 Now you have to do this for 20mins so you don\u2019t want to swish it around like crazy and hurt your jaw.\u00a0 Just gently swirling around and pushing between your teeth for 20mins.\u00a0 DO NOT SWALLOW IT when you are done.\u00a0 It\u2019s full of bacteria from your mouth and teeth, so when the 20mins are up, SPIT.\u00a0 Once you spit it out the weirdest thing happens, your teeth feel CLEAN.\u00a0 Not just clean but CLEAN!!!\u00a0 It\u2019s freakin\u2019 oil but your teeth and mouth feel like you just came from your yearly cleaning at the dentist!\u00a0 Ok, so here\u2019s the run down of benefits for spending 20mins each morning swishing oil through your teeth (I guarantee once you read this you\u2019ll be doing Oil Pulling yourself in no time!):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brighten and whiten teeth \u2013 No lie, my yellow teeth are looking pretty damned white!<\/li>\n<li>Strengthen and repair tooth enamel \u2013 WHAT?!?!?!\u00a0 Seriously folks, it can repair thin enamel areas, thus PREVENTING Cavities!!!<\/li>\n<li>Reduce allergies &#8211; Yes you Sacramento Valley Allergy Sufferers it can reduce allergy symptoms!<\/li>\n<li>Healthy Gums \u2013 it pulls the bacteria out of your mouth and from between your teeth which will make your gums healthier<\/li>\n<li>Save you money at the Dentist \u2013 Hello, healthy gums, strengthened enamel, and brighter teeth!<\/li>\n<li>Fresher smelling breath \u2013 it\u2019s the bacteria that build up in our mouth that leads to bad breath, so eliminating those makes your breath smell nice and fresh, and like Coconut!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am sure there are more benefits, but do you really need more?\u00a0 I am completely hooked.\u00a0 I do it every morning and I have seen a difference in the appearance of my teeth and gums.\u00a0 My allergies have seemed to be lessening as well, so keeping my fingers crossed.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Method Makeup Academy, Seattle&#8217;s Makeup School<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m sure by now you\u2019ve heard about Oil Pulling.\u00a0 If not, give it some time you will.\u00a0 I had heard&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,36,15,120,3,121],"class_list":["post-1584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-seattle-makeup-academy","tag-seattle-makeup-artist","tag-seattle-makeup-class","tag-seattle-makeup-lesson","tag-seattle-makeup-school","tag-seattle-makeup-training"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1586,"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions\/1586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seattlemakeupschool.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}