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Whats a good toothpaste without foaming agents like sodium laureth sulfate and the like? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca

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Looking for I guess the Honest Company equivalent toothpaste

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[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Squigle. I cannot recommend this toothpaste enough, it literally changed my life. I used to be plagued regularly by canker sores (Painful ulcers inside the mouth, not to be confused with cold sores which occur outside the mouth), which occurred more frequently when I was stressed or sick, and lasted for a week or more. I switched to Squigle about 1.5 years ago and literally have not gotten a single canker sore since. Not an exaggeration, went from several per month to NONE, immediately.

American company, based in Pennsylvania
No Sodium Laurel Sulfate
Has Flouride (I live in Portland where the woo woo crystal healing crowd doesn't let us fluoridate the drinking water)
Has a large amount of Xylitol, which has been correlated with canker sore reduction.

I order this stuff by the pack because I'm terrified of them suddenly going out of business one day.

https://www.squigle.com/

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sounds great.

Just wanted to point out really quick that xylitol is toxic to dogs; probably less of a concern with toothpaste but puppies are dumb and chew everything.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah definitely worth mentioning, I only forgot to because I don't have a dog.

Actually while we're on the topic of lesser-known pet toxins, minoxidil (Rogaine and it's generics) is super toxic to both cats and dogs in very small doses (Like, residue quantities) but has a month+ delayed effect so a lot of pet deaths attributed to it go unreported. Like it's bad enough that if you or anyone you're close with has a pet you shouldn't be using it at all.

[–] TimeChild@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Just looked that up, crazy. Had no idea and just stopped using for other reasons.