| Cutting-Edge News Room | | | | chemicals and contain animal products, especially if you |
| Did you know these days even household beauty | | | | start buying versions that tan and provide sunscreen, |
| staples like deodorant could be bad for you? It's | | | | or those that are water proof and sand proof and |
| unfortunately true. Just as food is loaded with chemical | | | | have lots of smell good perfume and the like. If you |
| toxins that can wreak havoc on your health, so too | | | | want to have sunscreen that is safe and you probably |
| are beauty products and many other common items. | | | | do if you take care of your body, then the odds are |
| Examples include toothpaste, sunscreen, some lotions | | | | you want a product with titanium oxide in it, which goes |
| and many of the sunscreens currently on the market | | | | on the skin to form a barrier between you and the sun. |
| today. | | | | It doesn't go in the skin so you are protected from any |
| Let's find out why these products are so bad for you | | | | ill effects. |
| and what natural alternatives may save you a lot in | | | | - Cleaning Products – Nearly all household cleaning |
| medical bills sometime in the future. | | | | products are extremely bad for your health. They all |
| Hazardous Products Hazardous Health | | | | contain chemicals; it is these chemicals that make your |
| Most raw food enthusiasts eat raw foods because | | | | house “smell” good if that is the kind of smell |
| they want to stay healthy; they want to look and feel | | | | you enjoy. These chemicals can cause cancer and |
| their best. Some fail to consider however the hidden | | | | have been found to cause cancer and even infertility |
| toxins that may be present in other everyday products | | | | or birth defects in women. If you do not use them in a |
| they use. | | | | well-ventilated area or use them without gloves to |
| If you adopt a raw diet because you want to eliminate | | | | protect your hands, you could be in serious trouble |
| some of the poisons from your life, then it's time you | | | | later in life. Keep this in mind. What can you do |
| learned about other potential hazardous products on | | | | instead? Buy natural products which usually |
| the market today. Here's a short list to help you out. | | | | incorporate some essential oils. This will usually do the |
| - Toothpaste – Ordinary toothpaste often contains | | | | trick. Many have antiseptic properties although soap |
| fluoride, and this is poisonous. If you have ordinary | | | | and water is really anything anyone needs to clean |
| toothpaste in the house and young children, watch out. | | | | anything. |
| Most young children end up swallowing toothpaste at | | | | - Perfume – Perfumes may smell very good but |
| least a few times during their life, and this can cause | | | | some cheaper varieties are loaded with chemicals. |
| cancer!! The best step you can take is buying natural | | | | The stronger odors are likely to cause headaches and |
| toothpaste and if that makes you cringe at least get | | | | even migraines in susceptible individuals. What can you |
| toothpaste minus the fluoride. | | | | do? Try using pure essential oils. You can delete them |
| - Nail Polish – Many nail polishes contain ingredients | | | | so the odor is not quite as strong. You can also find |
| that can cause respiratory problems in adults and | | | | fragrances that are natural and musky, flowery or |
| possibly birth defects in unborn children. Pregnant | | | | elegant. There is almost no essential oil that could not |
| women are often advised to use with care. Some of | | | | replace a similar perfume, and the scent tends to last |
| the ingredients can be absorbed into the nail, especially | | | | longer. |
| if the color is worn continuously. There are some | | | | - Moisturizers – Amazingly there are dozens of |
| healthier varieties of nail polish currently on the market | | | | various moisturizers on the market. Yet few of them |
| that contain safer ingredients but you will have to look | | | | contain natural ingredients. When you do find a |
| for them. Regardless you should leave your nails free | | | | moisturizer with only one or two ingredients it is buried |
| every now and again so they have a chance to | | | | behind a half dozen varieties with all kinds of chemicals |
| breathe. | | | | in them. Remember your skin is an organ and acts like |
| - Deodorant – When is deodorant not deodorant? | | | | one. Anything you put on your skin is absorbed into |
| Well, first when it is antiperspirant, which contains | | | | your body. So if you put chemicals on your skin that |
| aluminum, and other ingredients that are supposed to | | | | are not good for you your body will absorb them. Over |
| stop you from perspiring. Unfortunately this can cause | | | | time the amount of chemicals in your body multiplies. |
| cancer in many people or Alzheimer's disease, a | | | | The ill effects of these chemicals will also multiply. This |
| syndrome where you can't remember things or people | | | | can lead to autoimmune diseases, allergies and like |
| as you get older. So, try to buy natural forms of | | | | many other toxins mentioned today, cancer. |
| deodorant. There are many crystal rocks that have | | | | You Are Exactly What You Eat And Put On |
| natural deodorizing ability. Some people prefer to wear | | | | You know the old saying “You are what you |
| their natural scent. If your body is clean and you don't | | | | eat!”? It is true… you are what you wear too and |
| harbor a bunch of bacteria, usually you will find you | | | | smell and use. Your skin literally will take in anything you |
| have a distinct “odor” but that you are not | | | | put on it. So if you use a harmful cleaner and it gets on |
| unpleasantly smelly. (Unless you are sick, in which case | | | | you and you leave it there for some time, your skin is |
| you may just smell a little). Humankind has sweat for | | | | going to absorb some. As a raw foodist this should be |
| centuries. Some people just bathe once or twice each | | | | very alarming to you. No amount of good food can |
| day and that seems to take away any lingering | | | | cancel out the harmful exposure to daily toxins as |
| effects of sweat. Try it and see what you think. An | | | | these. |
| alternative to deodorant may be powder. | | | | Make sure you take time to clean your home of |
| - Sunscreen – Sunscreen is usually loaded with | | | | toxins, not just your body! |