My friend was complaining to me this morning about her broken shower. It has been out of action for the past three weeks, which has meant she’s had to wash her hair in the bath.

She confided it wasn’t good for women to do that and she was now suffering the consequences.  She said she’d spoken to other women who’d said the same thing.The problem was that sitting in water containing the chemicals only normally applied briefly to her head were having a very painful and annoying result on a different part of her anatomy, if you get my meaning.

She asked if I ever suffered the same problem.  I don’t, at least not anymore, and it’s not because I don’t wash my hair in the bath because I do.  The reason I am okay is because I use certified organic skincare and personal care products, which are absolutely free of harmful synthetic toxic chemicals. I can actually read ALL the ingredients on the label and as they come from a food source know exactly what they are.

It wasn’t always so, but circumstances in my life have made me realise you can’t take everything at face value and need to question all sorts of things.  The fact that items appear on our supermarket shelves does not make them safe, and if consumers were to read the back of their skincare and personal care items in the same way they do their food items, they would realise how many toxic chemicals they are actually putting on their body.

Your skin will absorb 60% of whatever you put on it and there are some pretty nasty chemicals on some products with known carcinogenic effects, and yet they are still allowed to be used.

Parabens in various forms can be found in many cosmetic and personal care items, as well as in various processed foods and yet it is known to cause eye irritation, allergic skin reactions, endocrine disruption, contact dermatitis, eczema, and affects the respiratory tract.  One study has even linked it to breast cancer.

Another old favourite- Sodium Laureth Sulphate is composed of four known carcinogens - formaldehyde, dioxane, ethylene oxide and acetaldehyde and yet it is used in shampoo, toothpaste, bath gel, bubble bath, liquid hand and body wash, hair conditioners and moisturiser.  It is the same product used to clean garage floors.

No, I don’t suffer from the same problem as my friend.  Of course she has two choices.  Either she can get her shower fixed or transfer to safe organic personal care products, which feed the body instead of poison it.

The best option of course would be to do both.

Jean Shaw

www.organicandnaturalhealth.com

Certified Organic Skincare and Personal Care Products  With NO Harmful Synthetic Toxic Chemicals