How long and how often does the speaker recommend oil pulling?

Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

If mouthwash can kill you, what should you do?

3 Aug 2023 · 1 min

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A short YouTube talk by Aaron Hartman, MD linking poor oral health (periodontal disease, gum recession, cavities, bad breath, white tongue) to systemic effects (cardiovascular and gut health). He emphasizes the importance of maintaining a healthy oral microbiome and recommends practical interventions: oil pulling (swishing coconut or olive oil ~5 minutes, twice daily), chewing oral probiotics (which he says lodge in the gums), using toothpastes containing probiotics, and using certain essential-oil mouthwashes to control oral bacteria.

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About five minutes, twice a day.

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Your mouthwash is killing you, periodontal disease, gum recession, your cavities, these are all related to poor oral dentition, poor mouth health that affects your whole body. So now we know there's a, there's an oral systemic or mouth system impact. And ultimately having the right kind of bacteria in your mouth is super important. So what can you do to help your cardiovascular health, your gut health and these things? The first thing is if you have issues with gum inflammation, tartar buildup, foul smelling breath, you have a white tongue, you really need to work on the bacteria in your mouth. A couple easy ways to do this are something called oral pulling, where you actually swish in your mouth with coconut or olive oil for about five minutes twice a day. You can also use oral probiotics where you actually chew them and they actually will get lodged in your gums, and even using certain toothpastes that actually have probiotics in them. Third or fourth thing you can do actually are certain mouthwashes that have essential oils that actually help control the bacteria in your gut.