What Are You Putting In Your Mouth?
Oral Health is linked to the overall health of an individual. What are you putting in your mouth? Whatever goes into your mouth, impacts the rest of the body.
Achieving Optimal Oral Health Requirements:
- A balanced immune system
- Healthful food choices
- Client-specific nutritional supplements
- Regular professional dental care
- Great home oral care routine, with effective, safe products
- A balanced Lifestyle: work, exercise and play
Researching oral health products that are effective and safe is challenging. There are many ingredients in common oral health products that actually are not thought to be safe.
According to Health Canada, a cosmetic is “any substance or mixture of substances, manufactured, sold, or represented for use in cleansing, improving, or altering the complexion, skin, hair, or teeth and includes deodorants and perfumes.” This includes animal grooming products, cosmetics used by professionals, and institutional products like hand soap used in restrooms. These products must list ingredients and warning signs but they do not have to prove to be safe.
It is up to the consumer to determine the safety of products.
For example, the ingredient, triclosan, an antibacterial, used in two popular toothpastes and in soaps in Canada, is a pesticide, linked to cancer and growth malformations in animals, that the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has given a high score as a human health risk and an environmental risk in 1997, with no evidence to support it.
There are also no legal standards for organic or natural personal care products. Personal care products are not subject to premarket approval by the FDA. Please take the time to turn the product over and read the ingredient list. There is a current trend for “Green” and “Natural” labeling on products that may be toxic for humans, pets, or the environment. Once again, read the labels.
If you are putting any products in your and/or your family’s mouths that has a warning sign on it, please think before you proceed. Your mouth has a 90% absorption efficiency. This high absorption rate is why some medications and homeopathic remedies are delivered directly into the mouth or under the tongue. Whatever is in your mouth reaches your blood, brain, and cells very quickly. It is time for the medical community to recognize that the mouth is connected to the body.
Websites that help guide consumers to make decisions about products they put in their mouth are: www.davidsuziki.org (Queen of Green), and www.safecosmetics.org . The Safe Shopper’s Bible is a great resource that provides consumers with a list of ingredients that have been proven to cause harm.
One great tip when reading the ingredient list: if you cannot pronounce the product’s ingredients, put it back on the shelf. Simple ingredients are the best. Many ingredients in toothpastes require warning signs; such as, “Warning: Keep out of reach of children under six years of age” or “If you accidentally swallow more than used for brushing, seek professional help or contact the poison control center immediately.”
Many people are choosing tooth powders, tooth essential oils, and using water piks instead of commercial toothpastes and mouthwashes.
Creating a healthy environment in the mouth and the body is easier when using safe and effective products. Ask questions about the products recommended to you.
We now know that we have an oral microbiome. Bacteria in a balanced microbiome are beneficial and essential for survival. They behave well in a good terrain and badly when you try to kill them with toxic products.
Some “natural” products still rely on charcoal, which binds to everything and strips both the good and the bad. Xylitol, used in “natural” toothpastes and mouthwash, was a biowaste developed by Dupont from corn cobs. It is destructive for your microbiome, causing gas and diarrhea and is not meant to be put into your mouth.
Erythritol, a natural sweetener, worse than Xylitol, is absorbed but not recognized by the body so not able to be processed and linked to esophageal cancers.
Fluoride is a deadly poison and has no place in our water or our toothpaste. It has been found to be connected with:
- Behavioural disorders
- Rapid aging
- Decrease in bone density and strength
- White spots on teeth
- Cognitive decline
- Learning disabilities
The following are some safe product suggestions:
- Transition Toothpaste — Spry (xylitol-based) good choice when switching from Crest/Colgate
- Herbal — Herbal Tooth and Gum Toothpaste and Mouthwash,
- Periopaste and Perioclear Mouthwash
- Essential Oils: Young Living Thieves Toothpastes and Mouthwash
- Healthy Gum Drops by Living Libations
- OraWellness, OraMD Tooth Powders
- Herbal Tooth and Gum Powder
- Ecodent – dental products
- Children — Spry for Kids, Young Living Toothpaste for Children, Weleda for Children
Recipe for Homemade toothpaste: https://wellnessmama.com/5252/remineralizing-tooth-powder-recipe/
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