Don’t look for actress Julia Roberts to be pitching toothpaste on TV anytime soon.
In a surprising tidbit of information about her personal care routine, the Oscar-winning actress revealed that she does not use toothpaste to maintain the beautiful smile that made her famous.
What’s more, she doesn’t use any of the natural brands of toothpaste that many consumers are switching to as they discover the many dangerous chemicals and other additives contained in conventional toothpaste.
In an interview with InStyle magazine, Ms. Roberts shocked the house by revealing that she uses a humble dollop of baking soda to brush her teeth.
Her reasons?
I brush [my teeth] with baking soda. [My grandfather] would put a big heaping mound of it on his toothbrush. He had only one cavity in his entire life.
What Ms. Roberts may not realize is that her grandfather was onto something. Â Many top holistic dentists recommend baking soda mixed with a bit of sea salt as the best way to keep those pearly whites as well as the gums happy and healthy for life.
My own family uses a baking soda, sea salt, hydrogen peroxide mixture, called  “The Secret” recommended by a well known holistic dentist who discussed it at a seminar on nontoxic dentistry that I attended some years ago. We’ve used it for years with wonderful results!
Natural toothpaste, while nontoxic, frequently contain glycerin which sticks to teeth and inhibits remineralization and therefore actually contributes to cavity formation!
Another option for those who don’t tolerate baking soda and want to avoid toothpaste is a no glycerin, no fluoride tooth gel complete with teeth and gum strengthening herbs. Â This type of gel (find it here) is also safe for those with mercury-based amalgam fillings.
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(1) How Baking Soda Fits into Julia Roberts Beauty Routine
Bentonite clay made my teeth even more sensitive, as does baking soda. I am SUPER sensitive, and allergic to many things, including sadly… glycerin. My lips peel like a snake if I use anything with glycerin in it, and I am relieved to read online about other people who also have the same issue. Surprisingly, I have found using low flavor mild organic olive oil as a base, and adding food grade essential oils of peppermint, wintergreen, cinnamon, clove, eucalyptus, tea tree, lavender (optional)….really works well to brush my teeth with, and helps my sensitivity. My teeth or shiny, and my gums soft and silky. I do rinse lightly. I then dissolve two cell salts on my tongue (for the calcium fluoride and other minerals), and swish this around with my saliva a bit. I avoid eating or drinking for about 1/2 hr. afterwards.
I just ordered some gentle white kaolin clay to try and add in on my routine, and I also found if you add a bit of arrowroot powder you get that foaming action everyone loves. I will put about 5 drops of the oil serum I make on the brush, and then dip it into the kaolin-arrowroot powder mix. Kaolinn is high in calcium and silica and very very gentle. I might add a bit of extra calcium too, but I read calcium carbonate is abrasive (they use it because it is cheap in store toothpastes), and really it needs to be the right kind of calcium for it to even hope to remineralize you teeth. I think calcium phosphate in a very fine powder might work, and it is the form of calcium used in Recaldent, which has been proven to remineralize your teeth in scientific studies. I am amazed at how many people think you can just scrub you teeth with any old calcium. One blog owner suggested coral calcium in her toothpaste recipe! Eeeh gads, that is like rubbing sea shell particles on your enamel! Do be careful my friends with what you read online!! You want this natural stuff to work, not cause you even more problems. Extra soft toothbrushes are best too, and the water flossing is good as long as you don’t do it on the very high setting. If you have gum disease, adding 1/2 cup of hydrogen peroxide will be super beneficial, but not with every use as peroxide is a bit erosive too. Try added essential oils that kill bacteria instead if you want to use the water flosser daily. Happy oral health everyone!
Like Julia Roberts I too use baking soda to keep my cooter clean. Right now I’m going thru about a box a week, but that’s what happens to a stink box when you give it away on a daily basis. To apply I just lay back and up-end the box of Arm & Hammer right down my gaping gooch. Then I plunge myself with an old plastic dish brush for a few minutes. Then I hose my pooch out completely and I’m good to go. Easy peasy!
As for toothpaste, well, ever since I got all my teeth knocked out in prison I find I no longer have a need for the stuff, go figure.
gone through the articles within this site a lot, intending to take the leap before long and get a steam shower cabin,
in all probability immediately following the holidays
Neither do I. I use soap, Eco-dent, or ORA MD.
I love hearing about rich celebrities who use super cheap but effective methods like this.
Just look up the pics of her mouthful of silver fillings
Sarah the HHE, I find your shaming and blaming comments about Julia Roberts’ fertility issues to be offensive, insensitive, and gratuitous. Those words just jumped off the page at me. Unnecessary. Mean. Not cool. I think you owe her an apology, not that she knows who you are. As for me, I think it may be time for me to unfollow you.
What a bummer about the glycerin.. I just saw my Jason toothpaste has it! I read about Earthpaste which has all natural ingredients and NO glycerin. Just ordered 3 tubes. Hope that is better!