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The Home Detox
A home detox is not a juice cleanse. It is a quiet sweep of the bathroom, kitchen, and bedroom for the things your body has been fighting in the background.
By Dr. Stephen LaDuque, DDS · Dental Excellence Stephenville · 2025-09-15
Bathroom
- Replace SLS-foaming toothpaste with a gentler hydroxyapatite or fluoride-only formula.
- Replace antibacterial mouthwash with a pH-neutral or xylitol-based option.
- Replace synthetic-fragrance soaps with unscented or essential-oil based.
- Replace fluoride-free filtered water (if your home is fluoridated and you don't want it removed) with carbon filtration only.
Kitchen
- Remove sticky-sweet snacks within reach, they cause continuous acid attacks on teeth.
- Replace plastic food storage with glass, endocrine disruption is real.
- Remove dark sodas and "fitness waters" with citric acid (corrosive to enamel).
- Keep water at the table during meals, it neutralizes acids in real time.
Bedroom
- Phone in another room overnight.
- Mouth tape (small medical tape) for nasal-breathing practice if your nose is clear.
- Cool, dark, slightly humid, the conditions for deep sleep.
Takeaway
A home detox is mostly about subtraction. The body is already working, give it less to work against.
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