I am using the oil pulling with sesame oil. Love it!

I find that lumps of gook come out of the oil as I spit it out and proceed with the scrubbing.

Also, the oil turns a strange whitish color as it is used, not the original color of the oil.

Is the gook and the whitish color evidence of the oil pull working?

If not, what is it?

thanks for answering,
zeneagle

Hi, Zen -

I would imagine the gook coming out means it's working, although I haven't experienced that. As for the color, actually, the fact that it's turning white and watery (rather than oily) is the official sign that it's working and pulling out the toxins. If it DOESN'T turn white, you know you aren't done yet.

En, I don't have a bitter taste - I use cold-pressed sesame oil, and there's just a very mild, pleasantly nutty aftertaste. If you're using sesame oil, is it toasted sesame oil (which is a brown color)? I would imagine that would have a bitter aftertaste.

If you are using regular cold-pressed sesame or sunflower oil, maybe that's just how you experience the specific toxins releasing.

OK - it's about 12 days since I began this. I haven't experienced any general health benefits as far as I can tell, but I've had a stunning result with my teeth - they've been very sensitive to cold for several years now - if I eat a piece of cold watermelon directly out of the refrigerator, they will ache in an aggravating way for several hours.

I've had watermelon and other cold fruit straight out of the fridge, and NO sensitivity! I even had a slice of my daughter's ice cream birthday cake (yes, I do realize this is just a wee bit counterproductive - but it was all for the sake of research, you see....) and I had no sensitivity.

So it definitely remedies teeth sensitivity!

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Originally posted by zeneagle:
I am using the oil pulling with sesame oil. Love it!

I find that lumps of gook come out of the oil as I spit it out and proceed with the scrubbing.

Also, the oil turns a strange whitish color as it is used, not the original color of the oil.

Is the gook and the whitish color evidence of the oil pull working?

If not, what is it?

thanks for answering,
zeneagle

The really important thing is to spit out the oil as soon as it becomes white and watery as this is it's fully loaded point. Any further swishing after this will result in toxins being absorbed through the mouth.