You may have heard that you should reduce the toxic assaults on your body and
start to choose a healthier lifestyle by using safer alternative body care, skin care and
hair care products. This is particularly important advice for anyone who has a family and
is in charge of buying bathroom products for youngsters to use. Almost all, typical,
off-the-shelf products contain a host of synthetic chemicals that are acknowledged as
potentially harmful to health in one way or another.
Before you start buying up bargain basement products for Christmas gifts, or daub on that
'cheap' face or body paint for Halloween
or other party events, take a moment to get clued-up on the nasty chemical ingredients you
should avoid most of all. You'll need to check the fine print on the bottles of skin care, body care, hair care and
such like before you decide to purchase them.
But taking this step towards a healthier lifestyle could well pay off in the years to come
- especially for your children, or those you are yet to have. Why is this? Because some chemicals used in these products,
made to be spread on your skin and hair, can actually act as mutagens - that is they could
cause genetic mutation, and/or act as hormonal disruptors that could impact on your (or
their!) fertility, or cause even worse problems.
You may well know about some of these 'chemical nasties' already, but it bears repeating,
and be sure to pass this on to friends and family who may not yet be so well informed.
Here, then, is just a quick summary of some of the nasty man-made chemicals you should
seek to avoid using on your skin and/or hair. You can obtain a more detailed report by
using the link at the bottom of this article:
Parabens: This is a 'family' of chemical ingredients used in very many skin care,
body care and haircare products. You'll see this 'extension' added to prefixes such as
butyl, ethyl, methyl, and so on. Parabens have been linked to endocrine gland disruption
– meaning they can cause hormonal problems.
Sodium lauryl or laureth sulfate (sulphate): These are very harsh foaming agents
used in many soap products, especially liquid soaps and shampoos. They may cause
sensitivities and even skin damage.
Fragrances and dyes: These are widely used and often relate to the commencement of allergic reactions. Some
evidence has also pointed at there role in precipitating cancerous conditions, and also
negative effects on the nervous
system.
Ingredients incorporating the abbreviation "PEG" and/or ending in
"-eth": These ingredients may be contaminated with highly toxic substances.
Methylchloroisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone: These commonly used
ingredients may look impressively named, but are responsible for causing allergies and
also aggravating the nervous system.
Triclosan and triclocarban: These are commonly used anti-bacterial substances but
they have been shown to cause potential thyroid problems in susceptible people. They
should be avoided.
DMDM hydantoin and imidanzolidinyl urea: These may also frequently be found on
labels as ingredients in skin and body products but are known to have toxic effects.
Triethanolamine (TEA) and related compounds DEA (Di-)and MEA (Mono-): This 'family'
of oft-found ingredients in products destined for your skin and hair may cause allergic
reactions and trigger sensitivities.
Some experts also suggest that you should avoid any of the 'new generation' of products
aimed at the lucrative anti-aging market that contain lactic acid, glycolic acid (used in
those horrific-sounding skin peeling products!), AHA and/or BHA acid. The traumatic
effects of these acids on the skin, in reality, are not fully known and could lead to a
variety of possible health challenges
in the future.
Other potentially unpleasant products include nail polishes and nail polish removers that
frequently contain the highly toxic ingredient formaldehyde, known to be cancer causing
and a nerve poison.
You should also think twice about using any product such as dark permanent hair dyes as
these may contain the strong bleach peroxide, toxic ammonia compounds, and/or
p-phenylenediamine, and diaminobenzene – a further group of nasty toxic synthetic chemicals you
would do well to avoid.
To adopt a healthier approach to choosing safer alternative products to use on your own,
and your family's skin you need to become a regular label reader. You may need to arm
yourself with a pocket-sized magnifying glass for reading many product labels, though, as
the print is almost illegibly small. Which of course begs the question "Why?"
Perhaps, now, you know. To help you in this quest a more complete detailed listing of the
ingredients to avoid in skincare, body care and hair care can be found at http://www.gonando.com/healthier-lifest...
where it is available to download free of charge. (naturalnews, Al G Smith) (see all articles by this author) http://www.naturalnews.com/024651.html