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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No need to use these tips to have a healthy mouth, the daily consumption of green or white tea also help maintain healthy teeth. I took two cups a day and I’m very healthy. And not only that, also combat sexually transmitted diseases (apart from being an excellent antioxidant). You have to stay healthy but do crazy things to get there.
Hey!!! I cannot wait to read more of this. I mean, you just know so much about this. So much of it Ive never even thought of. You sure did put a new twist on something that Ive heard so much about. I dont believe Ive actually read anything that does this subject as good justice as you just did. 🙂
I have gum recession–should I use Baking Soda on my teeth?
I had gum recession and bleeding gums for years.
Finally I discovered Hexachloridine Gluconate (antiseptic mouthwash)
That fixed the problem and the gums have now grown back to a large extent.
No bleeding at all.
But its not recommended to use regular so I suggest switching to sodium bicarbonate after a couple of weeks with the gluconate once a week or once a month.
Baking soda and salt is just what we used as kids and what I’ve used most of my life. Somewhere during my adulthood I decided the salt was just too abrasive and switched to just baking soda on a damp brush. When i felt the need for a little bleaching I’d dampen my toothbrush with peroxide and brush as normal. Then I read the Coconut Diet book, and I switched to coconut oil and just a tiny bit of baking soda. Sometimes just the coconut oil. However with out the abrasive grit of the soda, the oil didn’t remove stains and I’m a big tea drinker. I recently read an article about remineralization and they had a recipe for a homemade toothpaste(http://wellnessmama.com/2500/homemade-remineralizing-toothpaste-recipe/). It added xylitol, essential oils and Calcium Carbonate to my baking soda and salt. I’ve been using it a couple weeks now. I can’t say if they are stronger or not, but they are definitely whiter. I also started taking cod liver oil and butter oil at about the same time and cod liver oil is supposed to help strengthen teeth too, so I guess we will see.
Check out Rami Nigel from Cure Tooth Decay. He cured his 2 year old daughter’s crumbling teeth using Weston A. Price’s diet. I have some bad, old molar cavities (one a cracked tooth that was drilled out and filled instead of crowned and another that is down to the nerve) and a couple other teeth that are bothering me. I have also suffered from sensitive teeth for many years and used all the sensitive teeth toothpaste. When I follow the diet, I don’t have any problems, but when I’m off (like a retreat I was on this weekend) my teeth really start hurting. The recipe for the tooth powder is 1 tsp of sea salt with 3 Tblsp of baking soda. You can add a few drops of essential oils for flavor. The other instructions he gives are taking fermented CLO with butter oil and drinking raw egg nog…YUM!