For the love of your TEETH: zero waste dental care
Miguel de Cervantes said that “every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond.” And well, because “diamonds are a girl’s best friends”, I intend to take good care of mine. Since childhood, I have been obsessed with keeping my teeth pearly-white and I plan on keeping it that way for the rest of my life.
While growing up, I remember very distinctly how every morning my cousins and I used to walk groggily to our verandah, and stick out our palms to receive our share of toothpowder in our hands to brush our teeth. On days we felt particularly adventurous, we would ditch our usual Colgate white toothpowder for our grandfather’s Ayurvedic blend Dabur Laal Dant Manjan (Dabur Red toothpowder; as it had a blend of herbs and spices). I say adventurous because it didn’t have the most pleasant taste and all good things are not necessarily sweet. It is the bitter truth. But hey, commercial toothpaste makers decided that it would be great to turn this notion upside down and make toothpaste taste like candies and if that wasn’t enough they added toxic chemicals in it too. I flipped my toothpaste tube to see the ingredients and with each name I typed on google, my anger grew more. Check it out for yourself below.
