Don’t look for actress Julia Roberts to be pitching toothpaste on TV anytime soon.
In a surprising tidbit of information about her personal care routine, the Oscar-winning actress revealed that she does not use toothpaste to maintain the beautiful smile that made her famous.
What’s more, she doesn’t use any of the natural brands of toothpaste that many consumers are switching to as they discover the many dangerous chemicals and other additives contained in conventional toothpaste.
In an interview with InStyle magazine, Ms. Roberts shocked the house by revealing that she uses a humble dollop of baking soda to brush her teeth.
Her reasons?
I brush [my teeth] with baking soda. [My grandfather] would put a big heaping mound of it on his toothbrush. He had only one cavity in his entire life.
What Ms. Roberts may not realize is that her grandfather was onto something. Â Many top holistic dentists recommend baking soda mixed with a bit of sea salt as the best way to keep those pearly whites as well as the gums happy and healthy for life.
My own family uses a baking soda, sea salt, hydrogen peroxide mixture, called  “The Secret” recommended by a well known holistic dentist who discussed it at a seminar on nontoxic dentistry that I attended some years ago. We’ve used it for years with wonderful results!
Natural toothpaste, while nontoxic, frequently contain glycerin which sticks to teeth and inhibits remineralization and therefore actually contributes to cavity formation!
Another option for those who don’t tolerate baking soda and want to avoid toothpaste is a no glycerin, no fluoride tooth gel complete with teeth and gum strengthening herbs. Â This type of gel (find it here) is also safe for those with mercury-based amalgam fillings.
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lots of people eat soy and get prego. me and hey how many people in china are there anyway…..
Hi Sarah,
I just want to say I absolutely love your blog and find all the information very helpful. However I really don’t think that making your connection between julia’s soy milk drinking and her ‘hard time getting pregnant’ is valid. The body is an amazing thing, there are squillions of factors that can cause a woman not to get pregnant. While I do not advocate soy milk, and do not drink it, I don’t think that soy milk alone is the reason why women don”t get pregnant. I know plenty of women who drink soy lattes daily and have fallen pregnant at the drop of a hat. I’m sure there are other factors behind it. Not denying that there is a connection between hormones and soy milk, but I just think ever body is different. f soy was the reason behind infertility, then many of my friends wouldn’t have kids.
I doubt very much that she has baking soda to thank for her “megawatt” smile – clearly she has some pricey porcelain veneers, as do most movie stars. That’s the only way to get such shockingly white teeth.
my dad did this as well. He had terrible gum problems from smoking and tried everything he could!
A free world is great~ another great thing that is free: respect & courtesy. Which from what I have seen across FB and internet pages, is disappearing when others have a different viewpoint. I found the post offensive at the end, which from my POV, took away from the original topic of the post. My other point was, if the site is to be ‘unbiased’, then personal feelings by the poster need to be left out – you don’t ‘justify’ why you did it if you claim your site is ‘unbiased’, and there is no justification for cheep shots when trying to share your experiences – whether there are credible reports to back it up or not.
Considering how there is enough craziness in the world – I’d rather not support someone claiming to support healthy options when they are lacking compassion for those that have their own path in life. Health reaches body, mind and spirit – not just body.
A free world is great~ another great thing that is free: respect & courtesy. Which from what I have seen across FB and internet pages, is disappearing when others have a different viewpoint. I found the post offensive at the end, which from my POV, took away from the original topic of the post. My other point was, if the site is to be ‘unbiased’, then personal feelings by the poster need to be left out – you don’t ‘justify’ why you did it if you claim your site is ‘unbiased’, and there is no justification for cheep shots when trying to share your experiences – whether there are credible reports to back it up or not.
Considering how there is enough craziness in the world – I’d rather not support someone claiming to support healthy options when they are lacking compassion for those that have their own path in life. Health reaches body, mind and spirit – not just body.
Several commentators seem to be of the opinion that the comment about soy milk and its link to infertility was inappropriate in this article. I disagree with them. In our celebrity obsessed culture, it’s important to be reminded that just because someone we admire reveals a detail about their personal life that we approve of, we don’t necessarily want to emulate them in all things. And although infertility is a sensitive issue on a personal level, that doesn’t mean someone shouldn’t tell it like it is in a public forum.
Thanks for letting us in on the “secret”. I grew up on old fashioned pepsodent powder in the red and white can. I wonder if it was just peppermint flavored baking soda?
As for the argument that baking soda is abrasive–aren’t all toothpastes abrasive to a degree in order to “polish” the teeth?
The info on glycerin is valuable and I appreciate it.
Yes toothpastes you buy in the store are all abrasive. It takes many years to wear the enamel and even eating does that also. Probably, if eating CLO and butter oil would help prevent some wearing of the enamel. I like a bit of abrasive but I love coconut oil. I use a variety of toothpastes even my own recipe. And one does have baking soda in it. I just don’t use it daily. A cavity or area of the tooth that has been remineralized will be much harder than enamel and will not wear. It is more like glass whereas enamel is more like bone when compared.
Susan Olvera – my son also has ECD, we use fermented cod liver oil and large doses of high vitamin butter oil. Dr. Christopher’s Tooth Powder and Tooth Soaps Tooth Swish in peppermint (ess. peppermint oil kills bacteria) We also use lots of bone broth and homeopathic cell salts and cal phos.
The great thing is we live in a free world – free to express our opinions and free to disagree with others. The thing with opinions is that they are yours – no one else has to agree with them and they are not wrong if they don’t agree. The other thing about living in a free world is that we can choose to read blogs or not. If I read something that I disagree with, I will perhaps choose to not read it again. Or maybe I will realize that is one opinion and the world won’t end if I disagree with it. Why are we all getting worked up about this silly stuff? There are way more important things to get riled up about. SMILE and have a great day!