Frequent teeth brushing gets pushed on us from an early age, with creepy cavity cartoons in books, on TV and at the dentist’s office trying to get us to the sink twice a day. But when you take a minute to think about the fact that you may be filling your mouth with ingredients like triclosan (a registered pesticide), parabens and artificial flavors when you brush, your mouth might suddenly feel less than clean.

Instead of putting a ban on brushing (which your loved ones would probably never appreciate), try swapping to a natural version, like the Nature’s Gate Organics raspberry mint whitening toothpaste. You’ll lose things like parabens, sulfates and colorants and gain things like antioxidant-boosting fig, anti-inflammatory licorice root and bamboo (to get your pearly whites a little whiter). Click here to read more

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