try oil-pulling for a month

So I looked for refined cold pressed sesame/sunflower oil but couldn’t find any. Very fustrating. I did then search to see whether using unrefined oil is totally pointless/useless but couldn’t find a straight answer. In fact I found all sorts of contradictory information about OP. Which oils to use/ not use, when to do it, how to do it etc.

One website actually stated unrefined oil should be used. But all others I read disagreed. Feedback from readers was more mixed with success & failure seen with both types of oils. One website I read stated that the oil should first and foremost be cold pressed, if that’s not possible then it should be refined. In that case I’m ok. But it’s hard to know what to believe.

Regarding the procedure the worst thing I read was “If after meals, wait at least 4 hours before you Oil Pull. After drinking, wait 1 hour”. Well there is no way in the world I can wait that long at night! Oh wait, perhaps that wasn’t the worst thing… I also read that soap should be used to brush teeth with afterwards, and never toothpaste. Are they kidding?!

I’m continuing with my unrefined oil until I get some refined oil. I hope it’s not harmful, and is still worthwhile. I’d hate to be doing this only to find out it’s pointless with the oil I have.

So I only used a teaspoonful last night and had a little more success. I just couldn’t face a tablespoonful. I managed to do it for about 10 minutes which I was pleased with. It’s a pain because you should do this on an empty stomach so I waited till quite late last night to do it, wanting to leave a big gap after eating. It’s hard because I tend to eat late at night, nibbling and grazing. So I should think of it as a good thing really as I can’t really do that any more.

Anyway did the same again this morning. But I’m not enjoying it at all! I put it off for as long as I could, but eventually was so hungry that I had to do it so I could eat! Tbc…

Help! I’ve been want to try oil pulling for weeks but I’ve been putting it off. I’ve been putting it off because I was worried about the taste, about swallowing but most of all about retching. I’m sure just ‘swishing’ water for 20 minutes would make me retch, nevermind oil! Also it took me a few supermarkets to find cold pressed sunflower or sesame oil.

So I finally got some and decided that I would start today no matter what. However just as I thought I could only manage about 5 minutes (or less!) before feeling extremely sick, wanting to retch and I had to spit it out. It did also leave a horrid taste in my mouth and throat, even after eating and drinking.

Noone else seems to have these problems so why me? Also I’ve just read one of the websites again and it says it should be refined oil. Mine is unrefined. Grrrr.

Any advice would be more than welcome! I shall try again this evening.