LIVE REPORT COMING UP IN A FEW
MINUTES, NIKKI.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, JEN.
AS CRAZY AS IT SOUNDS THERE
IS THIS HOME REMEDY THAT SOME
SWEAR CAN WHITEN YOUR TEETH AND
SAY IT CAN HELP WITH GUM
DISEASE.
THESE ARE A FEW PICTURES OF
PEOPLE WHO CLAIM THAT THEY'VE
TRIED IT AND THEY SAY IT HAS
MADE A INKS THE.
THEY ALSO CLAIMS THAT IT IS VERY
EFFECTIVE AGAINST FOOD POISONING
AND OTHER TYPES OF INTERNAL
TOXIN, ACTIVATED CHAR KOLL IS
A -- CHARCOAL IS AN SUBSTANCE
THAT HOSPITALS USE TO INJECT
/\INTOXICATE/\TOX EXPINS USE IT TO
PUMP PATIENT'S STOMACH IT IS
AVAILABLE AS A LOOSE POWDER.
BUT DOESLIFT UP TO THE HYPE WHEN
IT COMES TO WHITENING YOUR
TEETH?
ALL RIGHT, SO, WHAT ABOUT IT?
I MEAN, YOU SEE THOSE PICTURES
AND YOU'RE LIKE, OO -- EW AND
THEN YOU SEE THE BEFORE AND
AFTER AND YOU THINK, OH, MY GOSH
IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD WORK.
I THOUGHT THE SAME THING,
TOO, BECAUSE IT IS POSTED A AS
HOLISTIC AM PROACH TO REMOVE
TOXINS FROM THE MOUTH AND WHITEN
TEETH, I TOUGHT TO MYSELF,Y GOT
THE TRY THIS.
WE HAVE A PICTURE OF YOU
TRYING IT, RIGHT?
I WAS A LITTLE AFRAID AT FIRST
AND IT WAS OWED OLESS,
TASTELESS, I WAS SURPRISED IT
WASN'T AS OFFENSIVE ALTHOUGH IT
LOOKED LIKE I WAS IN A HORROR
FILM.
WE'RE GOING TO GET CRYSTAL
GOING ON THIS.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
YOU PUT A LITTLE BIT?
YOU WET YOUR TOOTHBRUSH.
DIP IT IN THE POWDER, AND
THAT IS ACTIVATED CHARCOAL THAT
IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN
BARBECUE CHARCOAL.
IT IS EASY TO FIND ON THE
INTERNET OR IF YOU SEARCH FOR
ACTIVATED CHARCOAL AND YOUS GO
FOR IT.
YOUR A CHAMP FOR DOING THIS.
I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND I
FOUND THERE IS ACTUALLY NO
SUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS THAT IT
REMOVES ANY CAVITIES OR PERIO
DON'TAL DISEASE OR ANYTHING LIKE
THAT AND UNFORTUNATELY, NO
HARMFUL -- AND FORTUNATELY NO
HARMFUL EFFECTS WILL COME TO
YOU.
WOULD SHE WANT TO DO THIS?
TO MAYBE -- DOES IT DO LIKE
IMMEDIATE?
IS THERE ANYTHING?
NOTHING, NOTHING.
SHE IS JUST DOING BLACK
TEETH FOR NOTHING.
CRYSTAL, YOU KNOW WHAT,
HERE.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
YOU'RE A CHAMP.
YOU'RE A CHAMP, GENERAL WAUGH
NOW WANTS TO PUT IT ON THE
INTERNET.
Nikki: SO NOTHING.
IT IS THE HARM IS THERE ANY
HARM COMING TO YOU FROM THIS?
NOW I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE
HARM.
IS THERE ANY HARM?
YOU DO, IF YOU TAKE IT AS A
SUPPLEMENT DEFINITELY TALK TO
YOUR DOCTOR BECAUSE IT ENTER
VOLUNTEERS -- INTERFERES WITH
DRUGS THAT YOU MAY BE TAKING FOR
YOUR HEALTH.
THE OTHER THING IS THE
ABRASIVITY OF THE TOOTHPASTE IT
IS ABRASIVITY THAT REMOVES THE
STAIN AND CAN REMOVE HEALTHY
DENTIN AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE
WANT TO AVOID AND THIS IS LIKING
A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY
OVER 40% OF PEOPLE WANT WHITER
TEETH IN THE UNITED STATES,
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO
WHITEN THEIR TEETH AND TURNING
TOWARDS WHITENING TOOTHPASTES
THAT CAN BE HARMFUL TO DENTIN
AND WE DON'T KNOW WITH THE
ABRASIVITY IS, SO I WOULD BE
CAREFUL USING IT ON A DALE LIVE
BASIS.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHEN PEOPLE
COME TO YOU AND THEY WANT WHITER
TEETH THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE
GONE THROUGH TESTING AND WHAT
THEY'RE PAYING FOR, YOU KNOW,
ARE THINGS THAT ARE PROVEN TO
HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN EFFECTIVE
OUTCOME.
THAT'S RIGHT, LIKE THE
PEROXIDES THAT WE USE, PEROXIDES
PROVEN TO WHITEN TEETH AND THE
WAY THE CHARCOAL TEAT IS BY
ATTRACTING ORGANIC STAINS IN THE
TEETH, UNFORTUNATELY IT DOESN'T
WORK THAT WAY IT IS LIKE TRYING
TO PUT A METAL HUB CAP OFF OF A
CAR WITH A SMALL MAG NETTED.
DO YOUR TEETH LOOK ANY
WHITER.
NO, HERE IS LITTLE BLACK
THINGS ALL OVER MY TEETH.
YOUR FINAL THING IS, DON'T
USE ITS BECAUSE IT COULD BE HARM
JOOFL IT COULD BE HARMFUL.
I WOULDN'T USE IT, I WOULD TURN
TO PROVEN, TRUSTED WAYS TO
WHITEN ETEETH.
CRYSTAL, YOU'RE MY HERO,
ABSOLUTELY.
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