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"Check Your Toothpaste Sodium lauryl sulfate, a detergent used in many brands of toothpaste, can strip away the protective coating that lines the mouth, rendering the area more susceptible to ulceration. When individuals with RAU changed to a toothpaste that did not contain sodium lauryl sulfate, the number of aphthous ulcers fell by 64%.9 Summary of Recommendations for Treating Canker Sores (Aphthous Ulcers) Primary Recommendations: • Work with food allergies. • Avoid toothpastes that contain sodium lauryl sulfate. • Take a high-potency multiple vitamin/mineral." - Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Natural Medicine, Optimal Wellness: The Patient's Guide to Health and Healing (Get the book.)

"Last year I started using a toothpaste which contains baking soda. Since then my heartburn is gone. If I change toothpaste the heartburn comes back, so it's not a coincidence. I brush my teeth three times a day. Even though I don't swallow the toothpaste I think a little of it gets into my stomach and the baking soda neutralizes the stomach acid. Could that be true? A. Baking soda (half a teaspoon in 4 ounces of water) is a tried and true remedy for heartburn. Alka-Seftzer, long used for stomach upset, contains sodium bicarbonate, the compound in baking soda." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"To protect your teeth—and your mouth—switch to a toothpaste that doesn't contain SLS. You can also use homemade toothpaste: Mix equal amounts of hydrogen peroxide and baking soda, and dip your brush into the paste. .he coldest season brings on the highest number of cold and canker sores. Aromatherapists recommend applying tea tree oil at the first outbreak, then three or four times each day. (Lavender oil can also work if tea tree oil is not available." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"For instance, most brands of toothpaste contain three ingredients that pose health risks if too much is ingested. They are: sorbitol, a liquid that keeps toothpaste from drying out and acts as a laxative that can cause diarrhea in children; sodium lauryl sulfate, used in garage floor cleaners and engine degreasers, is potentially carcinogenic and a very strong irritant; and fluoride, a poison if too much is swallowed." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Still another contaminant found in half of the cord blood samples was triclosan, an antibacterial ingredient in toothpaste, deodorants, antibacterial soaps, and cosmetics. Lab studies on rats have shown that triclosan is toxic to normal liver enzymes. Of equal concern, triclosan persists in the environment and in our bodies, accumulating as it is passed up the food chain, and contributes to reduced resistance to antibiotics. Commenting on these findings, a toxicopathologist and expert on the fetal effects of chemicals, Dr." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.) "In 1972, possibly harmful levels of lead were found in three major brands of toothpaste. The FDA took no action because it received assurances from manufacturers that the leaded tubes believed to be the source of the contamination would be phased out of use. • In 1977, the FDA banned the use of six carcinogenic color additives from cosmetics: Yellow #1, Blue #6, and Reds #10,11,12, and 13, which were used in lipsticks." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"Now you're brushing your teeth with toothpaste that comes with a warning label that reads something like this: Keep out of reach of children under 6 years of age. If more than used for brushing is accidentally swallowed, get medical help or contact Poison Control Center right away. This label exists because you are exposed to sodium fluoride, linked to enzyme disruption and thyroid problems; sodium lauryl sulfate, linked to organ and reproductive toxicity; triclosan, an antibacterial agent that's registered as a pesticide with the EPA, and which is linked to organ toxicity and possibly cancer." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "Look at the ingredients in your toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, soap, hair spray, and so on. Choose one or two products a week to replace with a natural product that does not contain the harsh toxic chemicals. An increasing number of companies are beginning to sell products that lack potential or known toxins. Natural beauty and personal care products made without added chemicals or unnecessary ingredients can usually be found in most health food stores." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "Examples of halogen sources include gasoline, disinfectants and cleaning solutions, toothpaste, dyes, and medicines. Most drugs, in fact, are made with chlorine (you'll see the "CI" in drug labeling). It's been said that you absorb the vast majority of the sun's damage to your skin by the time you reach the ripe old age of eighteen. Well, it has also been suggested that by the time you were six months old, you had already absorbed about 30 percent of your total lifetime toxic load of chemicals." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"She brushes her teeth with Colgate toothpaste and an electric toothbrush. Most people don't think all that much about ecological consequences of wearing nonorganic cotton bathrobes, turning on a bathroom light, or their toothpaste and its packaging. With three children, including twins, soon to rise and the two littlest needing dressing for their preschool at the Montessori on Old Canyon Road and the older needing coaxing to put his shoes on, and her husband (who she often refers to as yet another one of her children) sound asleep, neither does she. I do. It's my job." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"When individuals with RAU changed to a toothpaste that did not contain sodium lauryl sulfate, the number of aphthous ulcers fell by 64%.9 Summary of Recommendations for Treating Canker Sores (Aphthous Ulcers) Primary Recommendations: • Work with food allergies. • Avoid toothpastes that contain sodium lauryl sulfate. • Take a high-potency multiple vitamin/mineral. Other Recommendations: • Additional vitamin B-complex, zinc, and/or iron in selected cases. • For treatment of active lesions: Lactobacillus acidophilus; and deglycyrrhizinated licorice (DGL), 200 mg in 6 ounces of water." - Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Natural Medicine, Optimal Wellness: The Patient's Guide to Health and Healing (Get the book.)

"It is in our toothpaste.2 It is sprayed on our food/ It is present in pharmaceutical drugs ranging from birth control pills to antibiotics. It is in soda pop, which is manufactured from fluoridated water. Once you look at the scope of the problem, you realize that there is no way in the wotld to determine what your flouride intake is, but it's far higher than is healthy." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Topical applications In a pilot trial, 40 volunteers brushed their teeth twice daily with a toothpaste containing 0.25% and 0.05% GL or a control toothpaste for 6 weeks. The GL toothpastes did not induce significant changes in plaque, gingival or bleeding parameters compared to controls. The authors note that the lack of efficacy may have been due to insufficient GL concentration or chemical incompatibility with the toothpaste itself.156 An open, controlled clinical trial was conducted on 21 dental students, using a split-mouth technique for GL application." - Simon Mills and Kerry Bone, Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy: Modern Herbal Medicine (Get the book.)

"This may be due to the combined fluoride intake from fluoridated water, fluoridated toothpaste, and topical dental fluoride treatments. Summary for Fluoride Main functions: strengthens tooth enamel. Adequate Intakes: adult men, 3.8 mg; adult women, 3.1 mg. Toxicity: very toxic. Tolerable upper intake level is 10 mg for adults. Deficiency may increase risk of dental decay. Sources: fluoridated drinking water. Forms in the body: fluoroapatite in bones and teeth." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"Peelu is an ideal brush that has been naturally endowed with more breath-freshening, mouth-cleaning compounds than any artificially made toothpaste. Finally, herbs like coriander, ginger, cumin, and fennel are helpful. Indian restaurants usually provide a little bowl of fennel seeds for customers. Chewing on them freshens the breath in the nicest and most natural way. Combo Cure for Aging Brains IF YOU'RE A baby boomer, at some point in your life you've undoubtedly heard yourself say the following words: "Senior moment!" - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Tap water, toothpaste, fluoride treatments. Benzyl alcohol. Solvents, perfume, artificial flavors. Glycerin. Makeup, soap, lotion, furniture polish. SUMMARY: FOOD REACTIONS Overcoming food reactions is of absolute, pivotal importance. It is often the single most significant element of the Healing Program. In many cases it's just as important as the element of eliminating toxicity. As the old saying goes, "One man's meat is another man's poison." Reactive foods can literally act as a poison within the systems of certain people." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Past and current theories of etiology of IBD. toothpaste, worms and refrigerators. J. Clin. Gastroenterol. 39, S59-S65. 21. Hunter, J. O. (1998). Nutritional factors in inflammatory bowel disease (comment). Eur. J. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 10, 235-237. 22. Cashman, K. D., and Shanahan, F. (2003). Is nutrition an aetiological factor for inflammatory bowel disease? Eur. J. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 15, 607-613. 23. Schneider, J. C. (2007). Can microparticles contribute to inflammatory bowel disease: Innocuous or inflammatory? Exp. Biol. Med. (Maywood) 232, 107-117. 24. Burrin, D. G." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Even more troubling evidence has emerged about the health impacts of triclocarban, which is used in bar soaps, deodorants, toothpaste, and even baby toys. A study published in the science journal Endocrinology in late 2007 revealed that this chemical, too, is also a hormone disrupter. During lab tests with human cells and with rats, triclocarban had two hormonal activities not previously suspected: it increased gene expression normally regulated by testosterone, and it made the prostate gland in triclocarban-fed rats grow abnormally large." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"The 'At least with toothpaste, you have a choice to buy a nonfluoride brand "There are now at least 10 studies that prove as fluoride intake goes up, so does your tooth decay! 3Actually, when you shower, you absorb more chlorine through your lungs in the form of vapor (produced by the small droplets of hot water) than you do even through your skin. absorption factor is that dramatic. (The younger you are, the more absorbent your skin tends to be. And women should take special note; breast tissue is the most absorbent tissue in the body." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Use pet toothpaste. Dogs can tolerate human toothpaste, but cats are very sensitive to the preservative sodium benzoate found in most human toothpastes. For both dogs and cats, Dr. Hawkins recommends C.E.T. Enzymatic malt-flavored toothpaste that controls plaque, available from veterinarians. Don't use the traditional baking soda-and-salt mixture, warns Dr. Hawkins: "It's too high in sodium." Make it a convenient habit for you." - Debora Tkac, Kim Anderson, Everyday Health Tips: 2000 Practical Hints for Better Health and Happiness (Get the book.)

"After about 5 minutes, brush thoroughly with toothpaste to remove the strawberry mix. The ancient Romans believed that the berries alleviated symptoms of melancholy, fainting, all inflammations, fevers, throat infections, kidney stones, halitosis, attacks of gout, and diseases of the blood, liver, and spleen. Throw Me a Lifesaver! CANCER: Harvard researchers found strawberries to have protective qualities for a variety of cancers. An in vitro cell study using an extract from strawberry leaves on leukemia cells found significant cancer-killing activity." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"There is already development work being done by a few toothpaste manufacturers to test the viability of a toothpaste with Natural Astaxanthin as a means for treating gum disease. Don't be surprised if you start seeing this marketed in a few years. Differences between Cyanotech's Technology and Other Manufacturers Now, let's look at the differences between manufacturers of Astaxanthin: Currently there are already a handful of manufacturers of Astaxanthin for human nutrition, all of which are from Haematococcus microalgae with the exception of one product from mutated Phaffia yeast." - Bob Capelli, ASTAXANTHIN: Natural Astaxanthin, King of the Carotenoids (Get the book.)

"Replace your toxic cleaning product with a nontoxic one, or your chemical toothpaste with a natural brand. The next time you're in the produce section, opt for the organic apple instead of the one that's been sprayed with toxic pesticides. Buy an inexpensive filter to remove pollutants from the water you drink. Buy only rechargeable batteries. Recycle grocery bags or start bringing your own reusable bags to the grocery store. I promise you that these tiny changes will lead to bigger improvements in the long run, without overwhelming you along the way." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"If so, it may be a sign of enamel fluorosis, an overexposure to fluoride from fluorinated drinking water, toothpaste, and oral rinses. In mild cases, the spots are small, whitish, and opaque. As the problem gets worse, the spots become brown and the teeth look mottled. While this condition often starts during childhood when developing teeth are exposed to too much fluoride, the brown stains SIGN OF THE TIMES 4f""jfc., In the first century B.C., the vKF-H? Roman author and philosopher Pliny the Elder recommended goat feet ashes to clean teeth." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Soladey has a patented design that is scientifically and clinically proven to significantly eliminate plaque more effectively than your regular toothbrush, without the use of toothpaste or dental floss. Soladey features a Titanium Oxide (TI02) metal rod, which is sensitive to light. It creates a natural ionic chemical reaction that separates the plaque from your teeth enamel and removes tobacco, coffee and other stains using the natural attraction of ions. You might have heard of a room ionizer that also produces ions. Plaque has particles with a positive charge?" - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"It may merely be from leftover toothpaste, or it might signal a reaction to peroxide-containing mouthwash. A white hairy tongue is, however, more often a sign of a recent fever. Or it can be a tip-off that you're a I 111 smoker or a mouth breather, or even that you're eating a diet too low in fiber. HEALTHY SIGN A healthy tongue should be rosy and silky soft. It should also have small, uniform bumps all over. STOP SIGN Gently brushing or scraping your tongue can help keep it free from || bacterial and yeast infections. It can also help keep your breath smelling fresh." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"In a court settlement little-noticed outside of California, the state where the lawsuit was filed, the Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company conceded in the summer of 2005 that its Crest brand of toothpaste products contained high levels of lead. (16) The lead in this product was not discovered by any government agency, or even by the manufacturer." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"STOP SIGN If you have burning mouth syndrome, merely switching to a different brand of toothpaste or mouthwash may help. LIP OR MOUTH FRECKLES Freckles may be cute on your nose, but who wants to spot them on the lips? A few oddly shaped brownish blemishes on the lips, called melanotic macules, are common and medically meaningless. Although no cause for alarm, these spots can stick around for years. Freckles can also show up inside your mouth." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Fluoride is often present in their drinking water and toothpaste. Some children are prescribed fluoride tablets or given fluoride treatments at their dentists' offices or at school. Some of these children are benefited by removing all sources of fluoride. Additionally, vitamin and mineral supplements, such as magnesium, may be quite helpful. "Homeopathy can also be extremely useful. I saw one little boy who suffered from recurrent ear infections and was hyperactive." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

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