Oil pulling seems to have big reactions if you are overloaded or full of negative things. We work in a health food store and have for 20 years. So we have tried almost every goofy thing to find a quicker path to health. Aside from the negative reactions of low energy, clouded mind, acne, headaches, fleeting pain and twitching in some organs, and swollen gands, (all come and go...but seem to slowly go away) we find these benefits: Less appetite, cravings for fats and cheeses are almost gone completely, weight loss, cleaner mouth and tongue, and better circulation, oh and definitely a great sinus cleanser. Just let it be known that health food stores generally breed a large amount of drinkers and smokers(go figure) so our reactions are probably not going to be so severe or noticeable in a well balanced person. We generally eat well, but have generated some amazing bar tabs over the years.

All said and done, there is something to oil pulling as we have four people doing it daily. I had to stop for a few weeks as bad reaction got too severe. It's going fine now. The guy that lost about 10 pounds has done it 8 weeks or more.