Make it Yourself: Toothpaste

Commercial toothpaste is another one of those products with a bunch of weird ingredients and some just plain poisonous ones like fluoride and saccharine. If you are one of those misinformed people, and there are many of us, please for your sake and for the sake of your family visit this site. Fluoride is a very powerful poison which the EPA has admitted does not prevent tooth decay and should not be put into public drinking water or toothpaste. Yet that doesn't seem to stop the vast majority from using fluoride just the same. Why not stop putting fluoride in toothpaste and drinking water you may ask ... well that would only make too much sense.

Anyway enough with the doom and gloom. Good news is you can easily make you own toothpaste that works and helps kill germs in the mouth. On top of that, just think of all the waste you'll be diverting from the landfill by making your own and keeping it in a reusable container! Tooth decay is no simple matter, however, so for those of you who wish to take responsibility for your health, I recommend reading the book, 'Cure Tooth Decay: Heal & Prevent Cavities with Nutrition' by Ramiel Nagel. This book is an easy read, offers some great advice and has several different recipes for homemade toothpastes as well. The recipe I am offering below is a little different and works great.


Natural Toothpaste
(all ingredients available at any health food store)
2-4 tablespoons vegetable glycerin
2-4 drops peppermint oil
2 drops clove oil
3-5 tablespoons baking soda (natural variety, aluminum-free)

Mix all ingredients together in small glass jar. Add more baking soda as needed until toothpaste reaches the desired consistency. Peppermint oil is a natural teeth whitener and breath freshener. Clove oil is a natural disinfectant that is great for the gums. If you have a tooth ache you can put a small amount of clove oil directly on the sore area for instant relief (it makes your mouth totally numb);-)