The third healthy habit that you can add to your morning routine is oil pulling.

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Oil pulling is the act of swishing coconut oil or sesame seed oil in your mouth first thing in the morning and spitting it out.

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Take a capful (10 ml) of cold pressed virgin coconut oil or sesame oil and before you've brushed or drunk water, just swish this in your mouth for about 15-20 mins. 

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This routine helps take care of 'literally swishing' harmful bacteria from your mouth, out of the body when you spit the concoction.

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Now mouthwashes are great but did you know the antiseptic properties not only kill dysbiosis causing bacteria but also the good bacteria in your gut.

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( It does go in when you swallow something right?)  Remember how mouthwashes are supposed to be the last rinse?

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Once the good bacteria are out, gut health suffers and the bad breath problem you're trying to solve, really doesn't go away :( .

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Oil pulling is an effective and very safe way to pull out the bad ones without harming the good ones.

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Another known benefit of this routine is that it helps balance your hormones and whitens your teeth and prevents dental inflammation.

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Swish and spit into your trash can because your sink can get clogged because of the oil.

Cheers,

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Lovneet

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