There is a growing health risk that consumers face everyday. More and more of the over the counter health and cosmetic products we buy are loaded with all kinds of dangerous ingredients and there is little regulation of them.
According to the Global Healing Centre:
'Government regulations allow virtually any ingredient to be used in the manufacture of products that we use daily on our skin, hair, and nails, and in the water we drink.
The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) establishes the regulations and standards in the United States regarding the manufacture of drugs & foods'.
In my opinion, i think the problem is that they do not pay as much attention to skin care and other health products as they should, hence, allowing some very harmful chemicals to be used in creating almost every product that is mass marketed.
In my assessment, i have found that some of the harmful ingredients that are used frequently in manufacturing the most common non-organic health products are:
· Mercury
· Dioxane
· Nitrosamines
· DEA
· Cyclomethicone
· Ammonium Laureth Sulfate
· Alcohol, Isopropyl (SD-40)
· Polyethylene Glycol
· Polyethylene eth-
Most of these compounds however, are absorbed easily by the skin, yet the body has no way of ridding itself of them. The toxins remain in your intestine and eventually get spread through the body and can damage organs and cause more harm than good
Finally, i think its always a good idea to know what is the ingredients in any product before consumption. whether orally or topically. We will never be able to live toxin-free since we breathe it everyday but at least, we can be proactive in the ones we have control to avoid excess.
Have a healthy day!
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