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
When I say that above by the way – my Dr isn’t the normal Jerk Dr that prefers to be a pharmaceutical company sheep. He truly wants to help people and would tell me things like “I don’t see the harm, if you want to try it go head”. I actually had one Dr laugh in my face for wanting to try holistic things on my lungs. I was pretty ticked off to say the least, even if it wasn’t that, it’s more so the point that that jerk doesn’t have good bedside manor. So, I’m not trying to be mean or turn my nose up at holistic things. I’ve just tried a lot of stuff that never worked. I don’t think it helps everything. Sometimes, in my case you just need medications and other times holistic stuff works. I don’t see anything wrong with a balance of both.
One tip with baking soda and sea salt is to brush gently, not saw back and forth vigorously on the gums. It’s great stuff, but more abrasive than toothpaste. My holistic dentist showed me how to brush very gently by putting the brush at a 45-degree angle to the gumline, and gently sweeping down only from the gumline. You can vigorously brush the top surfaces, but the sides should be done very gently to avoid eroding the gum tissue. Best to brush gently with any toothpaste, but particularly with baking soda/salt! 🙂
of as someone mentioned above – if it’s not used alone, I’m sure it would be fine. I have wanted to try peroxide but, I’m not sure that’s a good idea either. I don’t want to make my teeth worse. I think your diet has a lot to do with cavities also. Plus, I am big on the Vitamin D3 thing. I’ve noticed a HUGE difference in my lung disease since using it. My levels were at 9 when they should be above 30!
personal attacks and opinions,respectfully are two different things. but you go ahead,if thats what works for you. kind of gets in the way of your good information.
This was interesting, but I have to mention that the snarky little comment about struggles with infertility added absolutely nothing to the information and was incredibly insensitive to those who struggle with fertility issues. Blaming the victim of health issues is never an effective way to bring about solutions and blaming a woman for her fertility, or lack there of, is very ugly.
I dry brush my teeth and rinse with Eco-Dent Ultimate Daily Rinse. Glycerin is not on the ingredient list on the bottle I use.
IF my father in law thought it would be helpful trust me, he would tell me. Just like IF my Dr thought doing something “holistically” would help, he would tell me. I’m sure it’s fine to use just not daily.
@Judith blogs are about opinion. I write what I feel needs to be said regardless of whether some folks don’t like it and that will never change. Or should I say the day that changes is the day I stop blogging.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the baking soda thing is a rumor put forth by toothpaste companies who don’t want you using such a cheap and effective way to clean your teeth.
Not according to my holistic dentist who is well known around the world and other holistic dentists fly in to work with him. I’ve been using baking soda for 7+ years with no problem.