How to Use Vegetable Glycerin While Fasting

Bad breath is a negative consequence of fasting. When you don’t eat, your salivary glands do not produce as much saliva. Thus, the saliva is unable to properly flush out the odor-causing bacteria from your mouth and tongue. One way to remedy this is to brush your teeth, gums and tongue with vegetable glycerine based toothpaste. Vegetable-glycerine has natural antibacterial properties. Purchase it at a health food or natural remedy store.

Things You'll Need

• Baking soda
• Salt
• Vegetable glycerine
• Peppermint essential oil
• Toothbrush
• 4 bunches of fresh parsley
• Vegetable glycerin

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Instructions

• 1

  Mix 5 teaspoons of baking soda with ¼ teaspoon salt.

• 2

  Add 5 teaspoons vegetable glycerine and 10 drops of peppermint essential oil. Mix to combine all of the ingredients.

• 3

  Dip your toothbrush into the vegetable glycerine-based toothpaste to coat the ends of all of the bristles.

• 4

  Brush your tongue with the toothpaste to remove odor-causing bacteria. Brush you gums, teeth and the roof of your mouth.

• 5

  Spit out the toothpaste residue.

• 6

  Rinse your mouth with water.

• 7

  Repeat this process as needed during your fast.