Oil Pulling - Day 1

Okay, so I have finished 30 days of raw with good results. I have decided to try 30 days of Oil Pulling. Lets see what I can accomplish with this.

Oil Pulling (OP) is the practice of swishing oil around in your mouth and through your theeth for about 20 minutes. It pulls out all kinds of nasties and bacteria from your mouth causing detox, improvement of dental health and all over health. The mouth is the window to the body. Bacteria and infections in your mouth can lead to all kinds of health problems like, heart disease, arthritis, rashes, headaches, etc. Our mouth is dirtier than a dogs mouth.

I was only able to pull for 10 minutes today. Kinda made you wanna gag when you spit it out.

Sooooooo, here we go...

I also decided to another 30 days of raw. I mean didn't buy those cookbooks and dehydrator to only try a couple recipes. I figure a high amount of raw veggies in your diet can only be a GOOD thing.  I really couldn't see being a raw vegan though for an extended amount of time. I would imagine you would need some eggs or raw cheese in your diet.  I picture the very first human beings being raw (since they didn't use fire yet) but I am sure they ate bugs and even stole an egg or two to suck on. So they would not have been vegan.  I can see being vegan. or Raw, but raw vegan sounds a bit extreme to me.  I was a vegetarian for 25 years, and followed a vegan diet for 2 years, so I am not against the meatless diet in any way. Just that raw vegan doesn't seem the most natural to me. 

Another thing I noticed while doing the high raw was that my fat intake was the highest ever. A large amount of raw nuts and coconut oil and avocados. Yet the pounds still melted away. Just goes to show. A calorie is NOT just a calorie. A quality calorie or fat gram makes a huge differnce over a low quality refined processed calorie/fat gram.