Hydrogen peroxide

I brush my teeth with peroxide and sometimes baking soda. I just read an article that mentioned hydrogen peroxide in a list of man made chemicals that damage your DNA. I'm wondering if I should discontiue using it...

Any input would be wonderful, thanks guys! Jonathan

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Permalink Reply by Nova on September 10, 2012 at 5:18pm

I use it to clean my commercially grown and sprayed fruits and veg.

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Permalink Reply by Trevor Gates on September 10, 2012 at 5:40pm

Regular drug store H2O2 is contaminated by heavy metals and should not be used for anything..

"food grade" H2O2 (find online or at health food store) is OK but should be diluted to .5% before using for oral rinse. It is normally sold in 6% or 35% concentrations.

Note: If you have amalgam fillings or crowns you should not use H2O2 because it will leach mercury and other metals out of your fillings and into your body..

Also undiluted H2O2 is VERY dangerous and can burn holes in your skin, kill you, or make you go blind..

Happy brushing :)

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Permalink Reply by ednshell on September 11, 2012 at 5:22am

do you know how this food grade stuff is made? Thanks! :)

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Permalink Reply by ednshell on September 11, 2012 at 5:24am

also wondering if it will leach other materials out of teeth such as the barium or plastics that are in some of the tooth colored fillings and even the "safe" "bio-compatable" fillings.

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Ponder on September 11, 2012 at 3:35am

Would it be a good idea to only use water and baking soda? I will definitely try it out if it works for others.

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Permalink Reply by Trevor Gates on September 11, 2012 at 5:20am

Yes.. That works good. I used to do that for years and it worked great. Now I use Turmeric powder though. It is good in many ways and is more natural..

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Permalink Reply by ednshell on September 11, 2012 at 5:22am

do you have a link to the article? Thanks! :)

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Ponder on October 17, 2012 at 8:44am

The article is somewhere on my fb, and I'm not sure it's appropriate for 30bad. It talks about cannabis.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Csere on September 11, 2012 at 5:34am

If you're going to use anything, use diluted baking soda. Nothing harsher, and certainly no toxic plants like mints and turmeric which contain toxic, irritating alkaloids and other substances that should not come in contact with the body.

H202 can be a little harsh. It's not exactly a man-made chemical, nor is baking soda - i.e. it exists in nature, but we do "make" it and put it into a bottle or package.