Purely Nourished

We tend to over­look the fact, that the food we put in our mouth, is equally impor­tant to the “food” we apply to our skin. Soaps and sham­poos are filled with heavy met­als, sta­bi­liz­ers and other harsh chem­i­cals that don’t exist nat­u­rally in nature. Labels that warn against acci­den­tal inges­tion make you won­der how these prod­ucts affect your over­all health. If you wouldn’t con­sume it, why force it into the blood stream through your skin’s pores?  It is no sur­prise we are fight­ing uniden­ti­fi­able aller­gies and irri­ta­tions. Your skin is an amaz­ing bar­rier for harm­ful sub­stances but it’s defense­less to the mois­tur­iz­ers and soaps you rub all over it. Why do you think doc­tors use creams and oint­ments as an alter­na­tive way to deliver pre­scrip­tions into the bloodstream?

The endocrine sys­tem facil­i­tates the release and reg­u­la­tion of hor­mones in the blood­stream, cru­cial to the proper func­tion of metab­o­lism, growth, devel­op­ment, mood, and tis­sue func­tion. When these hor­mones are blocked or destroyed by harm­ful chem­i­cals, the body can­not prop­erly respond to stim­uli. These for­eign invaders silently build up in your sys­tem even­tu­ally wreak­ing havoc. As an exam­ple, many deodor­ants con­tain alu­minum to pre­vent sweat­ing. The alu­minum shuts down the pores, the bod­ies nat­ural detox sys­tem, inhibit­ing the elim­i­na­tion of harm­ful tox­ins and heavy met­als. Research has shown that parabens, a group of chem­i­cals found in numer­ous prod­ucts, are also linked to dis­rup­tions in the endocrine system.

Start read­ing ingre­di­ent lists. Chances are, a prod­uct with a long list of  ingre­di­ents and a warn­ing label is prob­a­bly not the best option for you and your fam­ily. For­eign ingre­di­ents are not only harm­ful for you but your envi­ron­ment as well. Sham­poos and soaps enter the water sys­tem, dis­rupt­ing the growth of  bac­te­ria and organ­isms in our ecosystem.

Pur­chas­ing all nat­ural prod­ucts and/or mak­ing your own from nat­ural house­hold items will help decrease your expo­sure to these harm­ful tox­ins. Here’s a list of com­mon pantry essen­tials that can dou­ble as soap, lotion, and deodorant:

Honey, Bak­ing Soda, Corn Starch, Olive Oil, Apple Cidar Vinegar

Visit One Green Gen­er­a­tion to find a recipes for nat­ural deodor­ant and sham­poo made out of these items.

Your com­plex­ion will thank you!

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