Bad Tooth Update

It's been about a month since I began (almost) daily oil pulling in the mornings. I usually oil pull as soon as I wake up for 15-20 minutes. Then I wait 20 minutes and have 1-2 tsps apple cider vinegar in a glass of water. I then wait another 20 minutes and have my morning shake, filled with protein, fruit, and or leafy greens.

I have not had any pain in my bad tooth or the surrounding area, besides one day after I ate a little piece of chocolate. I have been clean eating (with a couple exceptions). And I have been taking a whole food multivitamin every morning along with a fermented cod liver oil supplement morning and night. I have been feeling much better - more energy and less bloated. I am not sure how it is all affecting my bad tooth, but I think the absence of the constant pain I had been feeling proves that I'm doing something right. I have also been drinking a cup or two daily of raw milk, but currently I am out.   :(  I may get the most organic whole milk I can find in the mean time.

Hopefully in a few more weeks I will have a more definitive perspective on the bad tooth remedy. I have seen countless "we've done it" stories and I trust in the power of nutrition to heal the body.

Bad Tooth part 2

I am trying to heal a bad tooth. So in addition to oil pulling, I am clean eating. Basically, I am trying to eat as many foods 'whole' as I can. Vegetables and fruits are especially important. But, contrary to popular belief, so is fat. This past week I stumbled across a website that helps you find local raw milk. It is called the Real Milk Finder. So on Saturday, I drove to the nearest farm and picked up my REAL raw milk. There is a good 3 inches of cream on the top of it. I haven't tried it yet, but I think I'll put it in my breakfast smoothie today.
Another important factor in my tooth healing experiment is taking a multivitamin. The recommended daily serving is 4 vitamins. I am taking one a day just as a booster, in case I am not getting all that I need. I take only whole food vitamins- which means the vitamins and minerals are coming from food, not from a factory. Currently I am taking Garden of Life brand, Vitamin Code.


Follow how it's going with my update.

Healthy Me

So, during the past two semesters of college multiple things have caused me to slide down the slippery slope of unhealthy habits. The biggest of these being my eating habits. I was always on the run, and always had too much to do to ever catch up. Every day felt like I was just treading water trying to keep my head above it all.

Well a few days after I graduated I decided it was time to make a change. I have less commitments taking up my time and I'm going to replace it with an effort to care about my body and myself. During my unhealthy eating period I felt tired, sluggish, and lumpy. I threw out some of the unhealthy things I was eating, but not all.

I went to the store and found things that I knew I would eat. Why buy them just to sit around and eventually be thrown out? On my first trip I picked up:

-carrots
-cucumber
-celery
-avocados
-apples
-bananas
-peaches
-cherries
-spring mix lettuce
-eggs
-GMO-free high-fiber granola cereal
-unsweetened almond milk
-vanilla greek yogurt
-quinoa
-basmati brown rice
-organic grass-fed chicken breasts
-cliff crunch granola bars
-peanut butter

In the mornings I've been alternating between cereal and a smoothie.

My favorite smoothie is:
1 banana
1/2 c almond milk
1/2 c greek yogurt
2 T peanut butter
1 tsp nutella

In the past I was hungry 45 minutes to an hour after breakfast. This smoothie keeps me full for at least 4 hours. I have been drinking so much more water :) and adding fresh lemon juice to my water. Already I am feeling like I have more energy. I am also seeing less bloating in my stomach. I will keep updating with my status and any new recipes I come across and love.