After having read and immensely enjoyed Dr. Bruce Fife's book :'The Coconut Oil Miracle', and made use of coconut oil in all it's various applications - I came across this particular book.
I had already come across the Coconut Oil Research Center which Dr.Fife has set up, but was totally mystified as to what 'oil pulling' actually meant and achieved.
I must say - I was in for a surprise. Little did I realise that oral health is so detrimental to our whole system; that we have a great many bacteria and viruses that inhabit our mouth, and that they are responsible for a great many disease pictures, all of which are so brilliantly explained in this fabulous little book by Dr. Fife.
I feel we should all be grateful that this lovely man has done all this research into coconut oil, which was withheld from us for = again commercial reasons = being a saturated fat, albeit one with a difference. While other saturated fats and some oils are long-chain fatty acids, coconut oil is medium-chain, and therein lies it's difference.
Oil Pulling is simply a means of controlling the bacteria/viruses in our mouth, and allowing the immune system to
do it's work of healing the body unhindered.
I have started this therapy and feel forever grateful to Dr. Fife.
A 'must read book ' I believe, which I have already started to recommend to everyone who will listen.
Monica Ledlie :)