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How to Make Your Own Toothpaste

May 31, 2013 by Alea Milham 1 Comment

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How to Make Your Own Toothpaste  - You can easily make homemade toothpaste with natural ingredients. Here is a list of homemade toothpaste recipes.

I have mentioned before that I have Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. People with under-active thyroids are often encouraged to avoid fluoride. Our water supply is not fluoridated, so my main source of exposure to fluoride is toothpaste. I have bought unfluoridated toothpaste for years, but finally decided to try my hand at making it.

Have you ever wondered how to make your own toothpaste? It is actually quite easy and you probably have most of the needed ingredients in your pantry.

You can create your own toothpaste by mixing equal parts baking soda and coconut oil. It isn’t very tasty, but it works. You don’t have to refrigerate it because coconut oil is antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal. You can make your homemade toothpaste taste better by adding a few drops of peppermint essential oil. You can sweeten homemade toothpaste with stevia or xylitol. I have listed a few homemade toothpaste recipes below that use a variety of different ingredients. If you desire, you should be able to find one that you can create from ingredients in your pantry.

Homemade Toothpaste Recipes:

Homemade Peppermint Toothpaste

Homemade Coconut Oil Toothpaste

How to Make Natural Toothpaste

How to make Toothpaste – this recipe uses sea salt, instead of coconut oil

Homemade Remineralizing Toothpaste

Organic Homemade Toothpaste – this recipe doesn’t use baking soda

Homemade Cinnamon Toothpaste – this recipe uses bentonite clay

Homemade Tooth Powder Recipes:

Homemade Remineralizing Tooth Powder

Homemade Tooth Powder

What do you do with your stocpile of store-bought toothpaste? Use it in one of these ideas from this list of 10 frugal uses for toothpaste.

You can find more Naturally Frugal Tips here.

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About Alea Milham

Alea Milham is the owner of Premeditated Leftovers and the author of Prep-Ahead Meals from Scatch. She shares her tips for saving money and time while reducing waste in her home. Her favorite hobby, gardening, is a frugal source of organic produce for her recipes. She believes it is possible to live fully and eat well while spending less.

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  1. Michelle @ Simplify, Live, Love says

    June 1, 2013 at 4:56 am

    I have never tried to make my own toothpaste, but this is a great post! Thanks for the round-up. Pinned it!

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On Premeditated Leftovers I share simple recipes made with whole foods, practical shopping tips, time saving techniques, and meal planning strategies. I also share tips for minimizing food waste, so more of the food that is purchased ends up on the table.

While volunteering as a budget counselor, I realized that food is the element of most people’s budgets where they have the greatest control. I set out to develop low-cost recipes from scratch to prove it’s possible to create delicious meals on a limited budget. Eating well while spending less is about more than just creating recipes using inexpensive ingredients; it’s about creatively combining ingredients so you don’t feel deprived and are inspired to stick to your budget.

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