Barbara wrote:Amway > > ? I remember that company. Was it a multi-level marketing concern ? I remember that it was based on the
Peninsula south of San Francisco. I would not choose their toothpaste under any circumstance, being distrustful of every "MLM" endeavor, including Melaleuca which purveys tea tree oil infused products such as laundry detergent.
Sounds good, but is a rip off. Why not add one's own tea tree oil, rather than lazily rely on Melaleuca to do that - as countless numbers do. So many that the company built a dazzling castle-like rising off the Interstate in the midst of nowhere. Kind of strange but symbolic of the economic power wielded by some of the successful MLM ventures, I guess.
Regarding the toothpaste recipe, that looks interesting to me. I would skip the stevia. Who needs sweetening ? We are all spoiled from childhood to expect this in toothpaste.
I agree with Matthew that the baking soda could also be omitted. Something about baking soda has ALWAYS bothered me. Not just the Arm and Hammer Communist worker symbolism on its logo...!
I use plain sea salt. It isn't bad at all.
I use the First Street brand of baking soda sold by Smart & Final. I get the 5 pound plastic container, which is much less expensive than Arm and Hammer.
We must use baking soda in our water because our municipal water is heavily fluoridated.
Fluoridation reduces the pH of the water down to 3.0.
Acidic water like this will cause cancer and mouth sores.
Until I started adding baking soda to my toothpaste water, I had mouth sores.
We also use 1/2 cup of baking soda along with 1/3 cup of Epsom Salts in every wash as it helps to clean our clothes, raise the pH, and help fertilize the trees with Magnesium. Our washing machine drain line flows onto our trees, which are a lovely green color year round. Magnesium deficiency is common in gardens now that people are spraying their gardens with fluoridated acidic water.
Use pH strips to test your drinking water. If your water is fluoridated, then it most likely will be very acidic.
So, first we purify our water by reverse osmosis to remove as much of the fluoride as we can, then we add a little baking soda (a little less than 1/8 teaspoon per cup). When we add the water to the baking soda, it fizzes due to the reaction of the acid in the drinking water with the base (baking soda).
