{"id":4791,"date":"2022-06-21T20:35:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T20:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=4791"},"modified":"2022-06-21T20:35:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T20:35:42","slug":"what-is-oil-pulling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/21\/what-is-oil-pulling\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Oil Pulling?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\">Oil pulling is the practice of swishing a type of edible oil around in your mouth to clean and whiten your teeth. According to\u00a0Ayurvedic medicine, an ancient practice with its roots in India, oil pulling helps to whiten your teeth. It also contributes to overall health, Ayurvedic practitioners say.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-2\">Performing oil pulling is simple\u2014you just put a tablespoon or so of oil into your mouth, and move it around.<sup>1<\/sup>\ufeff To get the benefits, you need to keep the oil moving around your mouth for a long time\u2014five to 20 minutes each day. According to Ayurvedic practices, that gives the oil enough time to draw out toxins and leave your mouth clean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/thmb\/hiB-QbUVbrShOW3H7Gu4LrsXGuU=\/2118x1416\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/GettyImages-1131007122-00eefbf288754f5c85f68fd192892f95.jpg\" alt=\"Woman in dental chair\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oil pulling is the practice of swishing a type of edible oil around in your mouth to clean and whiten your teeth. According to\u00a0Ayurvedic medicine, an ancient practice with its roots in India, oil pulling helps to whiten your teeth. It also contributes to overall health, Ayurvedic practitioners say.\u00a0 Performing oil pulling is simple\u2014you just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[742],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4791"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}