The Risks of Oil Pulling

Oil pulling may help with tooth sensitivity, but the risk of inducing lipoid pneumonia outweighs the benefits. Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org's free newsletter at https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe and receive recipes developed by the NF staff that will fuel your fitness goals. This is the final video in this series on oil pulling. Watch the first three here: • Does Oil Pulling Help With Cancer? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Does-Oil-Pulling-Help-With-Cancer) • Oil Pulling Benefits for Plaque and Gingivitis (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/Oil-Pulling-Benefits-for-Plaque-and-Gingivitis) • Oil Pulling for Teeth Whitening and Bad Breath Tested (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Oil-Pulling-for-Teeth-Whitening-and-Bad-Breath-Tested) Speaking of toothpaste, ever wondered about that ingredient SLS? Check out my recent videos Is Sodium Lauryl Sulfate Safe? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Is-sodium-Lauryl-Sulfate-Safe) and Is CABP in SLS-Free Toothpaste Any Better? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Is-CABP-in-SLS-Free-Toothpaste-Any-Better). Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-risks-of-oil-pulling and someone on the NutritionFacts.org team will try to answer it. Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-risks-of-oil-pulling. You’ll also find a transcript and acknowledgements for the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics. If you’d rather watch these videos on YouTube, subscribe to my YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=nutritionfactsorg Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution! -Michael Greger, MD FACLM Captions for this video are available in several languages. To find yours, click on the settings wheel on the lower-right of the video and then "Subtitles/CC." Do you have feedback about the translations in this video? Please share it here along with the title of the video and language: https://nutritionfacts.zendesk.com/hc/requests/new To view the subtitles in transcript format, click on the ellipsis button below the video, choose "Open transcript", and select the language you'd like to view them in. Image credit: Kristina DeMuth https://www.NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://www.NutritionFacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://www.NutritionFacts.org/donate • How Not to Die: https://nutritionfacts.org/book • NEW BOOK - How Not to Diet: https://nutritionfacts.org/how-not-to-diet/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: https://instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org/ • Podcast: https://nutritionfacts.org/audio/