OIL PULLING; DOES IT REALLY WORK? Oil pulling has been getting a lot of attention in the health blogs, and has been a hotly debated topic. Let’s start by establishing the premise that it is an age-old practice, and by no means a recent phenomenon. WHAT IS OIL PULLING? It is a fancy form of mouthwash where you use high quality oils, especially ones with...

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MAKE YOUR OWN REMINERALIZING TOOTHPASTE If someone had suggested I make my own toothpaste just 5 years ago, I would have rolled my eyes. Things have changed quite a lot since. Today, it’s a no-brainer! After trying almost ALL of the hundreds of different toothpastes out there, and researching the ‘active’ and not so active ingredients in them, I resigned and started making my own....

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CAN I REVERSE TOOTH DECAY? Do you regularly brush and still get cavities? You barely eat sugar and still can’t seem to avoid tooth decay? Are your children showing signs of tooth decay? You are not alone! I suffered from teeth issues from my early teens into my twenties. No matter how much I brushed, whether I flossed or not, what toothpaste or mouthwash I...

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SUPPLEMENTS TO IMPROVE ORAL HEALTH & REVERSE CAVITIES The secret of oral health is plenty of minerals. You may be incorporating a lot of raw vegetables and fruits in your diet but many foods today are being grown in nutritionally depleted soil and lack proper mineral content. This is why supplements help fill the gaps. Taking supplements alone won’t do the trick. It has to...

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MISWAK—THE NOW COOL SUNNAH You have probably come across the recent trend of using ‘raw toothbrush’ or ‘natural toothbrush’. It may be a new trend in the Western World but us Muslims have been using it for centuries. Prophet SAW regularly used siwak, or miswak and emphasized its use. Over the years many researches have been done on miswak—both in the Muslim and Non-Muslim world—and...

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NATURAL TOOTHBRUSH; WHAT’S ALL THE HYPE ABOUT You have probably come across the recent trend of using ‘raw toothbrush’ or ‘natural toothbrush’. It may be a new trend in the Western World but the African and Arab world has been using it for centuries. It is known as ‘miswak’. It has a long-documented history and is widely considered a preventive medicine for your teeth. WHAT...

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