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Orange and Mint?

The last time I was at the tree-hugger grocery store, I checked out the toothpaste aisle. There were a ton of non-traditional selections there. First I disqualified any toothpaste that had saccharin in it. Only a few dropped out. My next check was for fluoride. I don’t want to use a toothpaste that doesn’t have fluoride. Otherwise, what’s the point? I might just as well be swishing water around in my mouth. After the fluoride check, there were only three or four toothpastes left to choose from, so it came down to flavor. JASON brand had an orange on the label. It said “orange, cinnamon, and mint” flavor. Intriguing. I got it.

After finally using up my previous toothpaste, I’ve finally tried the JASON. The flavor is really more mint than anything, but I can taste the other flavors. It foams well. But I do have a bit of an odd aftertaste in my mouth after using it. I’ll keep using it. Maybe the aftertaste is from all the TUMS that I’ve been chewing before bed.

Now if I could just figure out what J/A/S/O/N stood for…

Chock full of CoQ10!  Mmm...

New Toothpaste!

I was away from home and experiencing an acid stomach. I decided I should probably have some antacids in my truck. I decided to stop at a drug store. It was one I’ve never been in before, so I had trouble finding the antacids. The big sign in aisle fourteen that said “Antacids” completely eluded me, so I had to ask. But in my wandering, I went through the dental care aisle and saw a brand of toothpaste I’ve never seen before. And it didn’t have sodium saccharine! Ehhxcellent.

The brand is called Natural Dentist. It has what I require in a toothpaste: it contains fluoride, and it has no saccharine. The flavor is peppermint, which I normally wouldn’t go for, but I really wanted to try this new brand. It actually tastes pretty good. It has sorbitol and xylitol, so it’s plenty sweet and foams nicely. “Foams nicely?” you ask? Some non-saccharine toothpastes don’t have enough foaming action and it feels like you’re brushing your teeth with flavored water. It’s quite unsatisfying. So it’s good that this Natural Dentist stuff foams.

I give Natural Dentist toothpaste a thumbs up. It will go in to my rotation along with Tom’s of Maine gel and Biotene. And my search for other toothpastes will continue.

Is it sad to be excited about toothpaste?

Auromere Toothpaste

I got a new toothpaste from the treehugger grocery store yesterday. It's called Auromere. It has many claims on the box. One of them is that it's saccharin free. Yay! That means I can use it.

I was a little nervous at first because it has neem tree extract in it. The only other time I've seen neem oil is as a natural insecticide in the garden. I'm using bug killer to brush my teeth? My other problem is that it's fluoride free. I wouldn't use this all the time, because it seems like fluoride works pretty well.

I am a little confused by its claim to be cruelty-free. Do other toothpaste companies make lab rabbits brush their teeth? What's wrong with sharing that fresh, clean feeling with other species?

Its ayurvedic!  (Whatever that means)

When I put the Auromere toothpaste on my toothbrush, I was a little disturbed by its color. It was brown. Aren't there natural ways of artificially coloring stuff? Yikes! But I was pleasantly surprised when I brushed my teeth. It was minty and good-tasting. It also foamed up well, which has been the downfall of several of the other toothpastes I have tried.

I have kind of a strange taste in my mouth this morning, so I'll have to use this toothpaste for a while longer before making a final judgment.

Disturbingly brown.

A Moister Mouth

Happy Birthday to my niece Rachel! She’s sixteen! I got a card last week. It’s still on my desk at school.

I stopped at the grocery store yesterday because after school today we’re having a meeting that promises to be very long. We’re all bringing various salad ingredients to share so that we have something to sustain us. I got bean sprouts and ginger-sesame dressing.

At the grocery store, I decided to walk down the toothpaste aisle, just to give a look. They had all the usual offerings. But then I noticed various weird and medicinal-looking toothpastes. Among them was a box talking about dry mouth. Remembering the Tom’s of Maine box mentions xylitol as a moistener, I grabbed a box of this new toothpaste and read the ingredients. No sucralose or aspartame. It was sweetened with sorbitol and xylitol! Cool! I got a tube.

It is called Biotene. It has other claims on the box besides making your mouth feel not dry anymore. (Wouldn’t water fix that?) It says it has enzymes to help control bacteria. I used it last night. It was pretty good. Not as good as Tom’s, but pretty good. It had an interesting taste… it reminded me of how a dentist’s office smells. I will use it for a while and see how I like it…

Does the name sound like a band-aid to you too?

Where’s the Adventure?

When I started the toothpaste category on Bradaptation, I was searching for something that didn’t have saccharin, sucralose, or aspartame. It was a difficult task. But now that I’ve found a brand that works, I feel strangely empty. It used to be an adventure when I opened a new tube of toothpaste. Now it has become mundane.

Last night I opened a new tube of Tom’s of Maine Orange-Mango gel. It tastes great, is sweetened with xylitol, and leaves my mouth feeling fresh. But in spite of its wonderful burny-orange flavor, I’m not so excited about it.

I think I will begin a search for a new brand. Tom’s will be my first love and I will always have it in my rotation, but I want to find a new brand… a new formula…
My search resumes.

Max was a hostile model, so his pupils are giant.

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