I have just found this forum and after reading some posts I thought I would write a little paragraph which might give inspiration and motivation to anyone who needs some. I first discovered oil pulling some months back after searching online for a toothache remedy! I came across an indian webpage describing oil pulling and how it can help a toothache. I didn't have any sunflower or sesame oil as was suggested so I just used virgin olive oil with a few drops of black seed oil added to it. WOW it worked fantastically. I decided to keep doing it I would do it some times every day sometimes every second or third day. Then I stopped doing it for about a month. Now during the time I was doing the oil pulling I noticed when I weighed myself(i do this every morning!)I would see I had lost some weight. It had me worried as I had not changed my diet or started exercising more(though I should as I had lots of weight to loose after having my babies :)also I noticed my chronic skin condition psoriasis(I was covered in it even it was on my face!) started to clear up. It was really quite puzzling!!So then I stopped doing oil pulling, just didn't bother to keep it up. Anyways after about one month of no oil pulling I again got a toothache so I started the oil pulling again and again using the olive and black seed oils. Well I started to lose weight again and my skin(which was much better than before and instead of big patches it has shrunk to small dots about the size of a pencil top)starting to clear from areas of my body completely(like my forearms were cleared of it whereas before it was down to even on the backs of my hands)It suddenly clicked! It was the oil pulling!! I have now also started exercising and having a healthier diet as the change in myself has inspired me to get healthier!Oil pulling is wonderful and don't put it off just cause you have none of the right oil in the house just use what you have until you can get around to buying some!! I hope sharing my story is helpful, motivating,inspiring and gives hope to someone who may be in the same position I was. I have had Psoriasis since a very young child and I had thought there was nothing I could do about it. Oil pulling has changed my life, my attitude to life and given me hope that I can do something about my health problems now and in the future.