How do You Make Toothpaste?

There is a lot of debate about Flouride and whether it does or doesn’t have negative effects on our bodies. It is a key ingredient in most tubes of toothpaste that you find in the grocery store today. It also gets added to the local water supplies in most parts of the U.S. I don’t want to start a big debate about whether it is good that it is put into our water supply or not, but just know that even the supporters of flouride use agree that too much can lead to Fluorosis.

Personally, I am a bit of a natural health freak and try to avoid flouride and if you are like me you are well aware that there are few options in the grocery store. Even a lot of the natural and organic toothpastes seem to contain flouride. But, regardless of where you stand on the flouride issue, there are many other artificial ingredients contained in commercial toothpaste, like sweeteners (usually saccharin), emulsifiers, preservatives, and artificial flavors.

While they may not be as bad as drinking bleach, they aren’t benefiting your body. I decided to do some digging and see what it actually takes to make your own toothpaste. It turns out it only requires a few natural and easy to find ingredients.

I don’t have kids yet, but this seems like one of those projects that may be good to get your kids involved with.