“What’s Really In Your Skin Care Products”
Chemicals found in skin care products have been shown to contribute to hormonal disruptions, headaches, allergies, depression, chronic fatigue, learning disabilities, hyperactivity, and irritability. And most of us have been victims to this since as early as childhood. The products that contain these chemicals and pose a serious threat to our health include products like, soap, shampoo, lotion, toothpaste, and make-up usually contain cheap, synthetic ingredients that are suspiciously harmful.
What you put on your skin penetrates and can enter your body. Our skin is not a barrier to these chemicals it acts as a transporter for these chemicals and they can end up in our blood stream and into the rest of your body. The most common reactions to the chemicals are eczema, psoriasis and dermatitis. Some of us argue that we’ve been using products containing these ingredients for years and most of our health is fine. However I challenge you to look around you and tell me if you know anyone who including children who isn’t suffering from psoriasis, eczema, dermatitis, headaches, depression, hyperactivity, hormonal disruption, acne, joint pain, allergies, chronic fatigue, and cancer. So are we really doing fine? Many products list synthetic chemicals as the first ingredient on the label, meaning it is the single most prevalent ingredient.
And more than 500 ingredients are used to make cosmetics products.
So what’s a consumer to do?
Contrary to popular opinion, it is possible to create personal care products without the use of any harmful ingredients.
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Some ingredients that you should consider avoiding include:
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) & Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES) and Ammonium Lauryl Sulphate and 1,4-dioxane. - these chemicals are used in car washes, garage floor cleaners and engine degreasers. Research indicates that Sodium Lauryl Sulfate causes inflammation of the skin and can weaken the immune system. Young eyes may not develop properly if exposed to SLS because proteins are dissolved. Be especially alert for these ingredients in Baby Shampoo.
Artificial fragrances - many chemicals are able to gain access to our body via our olfactory system or sublingually (under the tongue). In the case of toothpaste a single fragrance can be made up of 200 chemicals which don't have to be labeled. Many fragrances are based on petroleum products and some reactions to these include dizziness, skin irritation and brown tinges to the skin. One of the first things a consumer does when trying a personal care product is to smell it. If the product smells good the consumer is likely to want to purchase the product. Often the label on the product will give the illusion that the scent is natural. A picture of a flower or fruit leads the consumer to think that the jasmine scent must be from real jasmine. More often than not, this is simply not the case. Most fragrances are of synthetic origin. Fragrance on a label can indicate the presence of up to four thousand separate ingredients, many toxic or carcinogenic (causing or contributing to cancer).
Artificial colors. Synthetic colors are made up from coal tar containing heavy metal salts that deposit toxins into our systems.
Emulsifiers - these are used in just about all personal grooming products. They keep the texture uniform and stop the ingredients from separating. Glyceryl monostearate and stearic acid are two commonly used emulsifiers and oral care products that are known to cause side effects - in particular skin irritations. Another commonly used emulsifier is triethanolamine, a substance that is converted in living tissue into nitrosamines - some of the strongest carcinogens known. Triethanolamine causes skin irritation problems. Ethoxylates is another commonly used emulsifier which is a strongly mutagenic. It damages the DNA which increases skin aging and the risk of developing skin cancers.
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