Breastfeeding & pulling safety 
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Does anyone have information about the safety of oil pulling while breastfeeding? Breastmilk is made from blood. As much as I want to be healthy, I don't really want to dump my detoxing toxins into my baby. Molly, I saw you said it's safe for pregnancy; breastfeeding actually gives babies what mom eats more directly, any input? Vance? Thanks so much- Re: Breastfeeding & pulling safety Vance MacThamhais
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This is a reply to # 1,394,013There isn't an issue with oil pulling during the same time span that you're nursing a child.
You wouldn't get any additional bacteria or toxins in your blood from oil pulling. It's a very mild form of detox.
Cheers
- Re: Breastfeeding & pulling safety Molly Bloom
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This is a reply to # 1,394,013Oil is just food. It won't hurt at all. Actually the EFA's you could be absorbing will be excellent, as well as removing bacteria from your oral cavity that can be swallowed or absorbed into your system.
I actually think that OP is an excellent breast feeding tool. Wish I'd know about it when I was breast feeding my son.
Congrats on the baby. Mine is 17 and I miss that time so much.- Re: Breastfeeding & pulling safety Vance MacThamhais
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MoreThis is a reply to # 1,394,200Something to be considered is the type of EFA that is being absorbed. Many vegetable oils are primarily consisted of omega 6(w-6) oils and the average person has an over abundance of these oils.
I would suggest using an oil that contains more omega three type oils. Salba oil is the best vegetarian source oil for omega 3s, but is too costly to pull with for many people.
A good idea would be to suppliment with the omega 3 early in the morning on an empty stomach, and pull with an oil rich in omega 3s, such as rice bran oil which is fairly inexpensive.
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- Re: Breastfeeding & pulling safety Vance MacThamhais
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- Re: Breastfeeding & pulling safety Vance MacThamhais
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This is a reply to # 1,394,013Breastmilk is not made from blood. Nutrients and other substances do diffuse from the blood into the milk across permeable membranes, but blood does not normally enter into the milk itself. Lactogenesis is a very complex biological process.
- Re: Breastfeeding & pulling safety Molly Bloom
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- Re: Breastfeeding & pulling safety Asthmafree
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This is a reply to # 1,394,866Hi,
Thanks a lot for your responses. I stopped using sesame right away (and suddenly didn't feel so sore). I had some Udo's Blend left so I used that up, and it was great. My baby started sleeping through the night. I'd do anything for that! (Besides leave her to cry in another room.) When the Udo's ran out, I switched to rice bran oil (not organic), and now I'm just doing it on faith, because I don't notice anything, plus my daughter's up all night again. So I think I'll switch back to Udo's next trip to the store for another experiment.
Thank you again for getting back to me and for the support.
And.. my baby's 19 months; my other daughter's 15. Interesting perspective!
Cheers,
Jade
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