Thanks for the helpful suggestions - I will consider all of them in due time. (Often, when someone suggests something - it's hard to just quickly "switch gears" and incorporate the advice right away: I need time for things to "sink in" and for the concepts to "gel" within my mind. I also may need time to do some research to develop a greater understanding of the concept.)
This "oil pulling" thing is basically a foreign concept to me - it's one of those terms that, if you're not familar with it - makes you go, "What the h*ll?" Can you (or anyone else) give me a basic overview of what "oil pulling" is? (You don't have to type a long explanation.) I briefly visited the "oil pulling" messageboard - but it's not like the messages over there are geared toward those with no knowledge of the concept.