What I brush my teeth with

So I haven't posted anything in about a million years because I haven't had time and haven't been super passionate about anything. Now every morning when I brush my teeth I just feel like I need to tell someone about my awesome discovery!  After searching the Internet for info on remineralizing my teeth I was inspired. From what I read your teeth are porous, living things that are affected by what you eat and how you treat them. They absorb the nutrients you ingest from the moment you put food in your mouth. One thing that hinders this process is the toothpaste that we all buy containing glycerin. Glycerine acts like shrink wrap for your teeth, thereby blocking the nutrients and essentially starving your teeth. This leads to weakness and succeptibility to cavities. The rumor is you can make cavities disappear by changing your approach to oral hygiene!  This news was so exciting to me because I have always been told that I inherited "soft teeth," and over the years have noticed that my smile has dimmed in general.  

My first step in remineralizing my teeth was to make sure I'm getting adequate nutrition.  Now, I'm a mom of a needy 14month old boy and many times I find myself not eating because it's inconvenient for me to eat while feeding him, and when he's done he's on to the next thing like bolting out the doggy door or unraveling the toilet paper or throwing his $70 pair of shoes in the garbage cans so eating tends to slip my mind.  Anyway. Nutrition. I take a multiple vitamin and five  fermented cod liver oil pills every morning. I drink a shot of wheat grass (powdered for convenience) and most recently, a shot of food grade diatomaceous earth in water. I imagine I could combine those two and kill two birds, but I'm a glutton for punishment and I inbibe extra water by doing these separately.  

So to recap:

Fermented cod liver oil

Wheatgrass

Food grade Diatomaceous earth

Next I brush my teeth with my homemade toothpaste that I love very much! It's a base of coconut oil, baking soda, a little sea salt, and essential oils. Now I use lemon, orange and YL Theives because it tastes like a gingerbread latte to me, but the eo you use are pretty optional. I'd say to keep the lemon in there though for its whitening properties. I mix those up into a loose paste and keep it in a ramekin where my husband keeps his traditional toothpaste in our bathroom and I must say, I really look forward to brushing my teeth everyday now!  The clean feels so much deeper! I used to have to brush midway through my day but now my teeth feel so clean that I've been laying in bed typing this out, contemplating when the last time I brushed my teeth was and... It was yesterday morning! And they still feel clean like, oh shit, someone just rang my doorbell and I haven't brushed my teeth yet, oh wait, I'm fine clean!

So that toothpaste recipe:

Equal parts coconut oil and baking soda

A pinch of sea salt

Orange oil

Lemon oil

Thieves oil 

It's amazing!!!

Then if I'm extra motivated dor the day I'll do an oil pulling season with a mouth full of coconut oil. My goal is 20 minutes but sometimes someone waits to ask me a million questions until I put the oil in my mouth, so frequently I spit it out in the trashcan half way and answer all his questions, ask if that's all, and then commence on another ten minute oil pulling session.  I really would like to do this more often, but like eating, sometimes other people's agendas get in the way!

Last but not least, and this topic deserves a post of its own...(coming soon!)

MATCHA GREEN TEA!!!!!!

I switched from my multi cup of coffee a day habit to cutting it out completely and trading it in for matcha green tea!!! Some dentists have referred to matcha as "liquid floss!" Seriously, it's amazing! No more brown coffee stains on my teeth or coffee breath!  I've lost 15 lbs and my smile is brighter, not to mention the no jittery, calm energy I have all day because of matcha! I'm in love!!!!

So take your vitamins, make your toothpaste, pull some coconut oil and switch to matcha if you want to feel as elated about your oral hygiene as I feel!