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by j_bum 634 days ago
What’s your evidence or rationale for the oil routine? Serious question, not trolling
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It probably works, but it probably doesn’t work any better than using water or some other pH neutral liquid.

There’s a good chance all it’s doing is rinsing away or diluting existing acid.

Thousands of years of test of time stood with ayurveda. also validated with citations as experiments catch up

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5654187/

>The process of oil swishing is believed to cure or control 30 different types of systemic diseases including headaches, migraine, and chronic diseases such as asthma and diabetes mellitus.

Oh come on.

They forgot to mention, it specifically only works with snake oil.
Thanks for sharing the article, will give it a read.