There's a lot of good information in this thread... thanks for the link to the cleaning kit Lodestar, I'll be thinking that over for myself.
Here's a few things I've learned:
1. my dad's had a low level dental infection he was trying to cure for maybe two years. During that time, he went on a 55 day vegetable juice fast, and then later, a 20 day barley grass juice fast that transitioned into a 10 day water fast. The whole time he was applying hydrogen peroxide in (what I assume was) the normal recommended way.
It never quite managed to get rid of the problem... he did have a lot of other health benefits from it of course, including his glasses prescription changing for the better oddly enough. Unfortunately, he did have to go in and get things taken care of surgically... within two weeks of doing that, his tinitis started clearing up, so it seems like his dental issues were holding his entire body back from healing.
One warning, fasting isn't my strong point yet but my dad's definitely done a ton of reading. What I've learned from him at least, is that a fruit juice fast would be a lot riskier than a mostly vegetable juice fast. (I swear I remember hearing a story of one of the wholistic authors losing a tooth on an orange juice fast when he was experimenting in his youth). I could be completely making that up though. Does anyone here with more experience and knowledge know if that's even true?
I've also learned that it's a holistic journey, and one thirty day fast will likely not be enough to cure a problem that was born over 30 years of bad habits. The key is definitely going to revolve just as much around finding the best way for you to eat when you're /not/ fasting. That's partly why I like raw food fasts... you can actually live on 100% raw without a whole lot of trouble, so you're not just cleansing, you're learning new ways of living and eating that you can maintain even after you start integrating some of your more normal foods back in.
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