How safe is your make-up?

Written by Kathy Joyce


Many women wear make-up every day. It enhances appearance and can add confidence. However many cosmetics and skin care preparations contain carcinogenic ingredients.  

Foundation creams often contain bentonite which is used to put out fires.It suffocatesrepparttar flames so that oxygen can't get through to inflamerepparttar 115379 fire.  In skincare preparations bentonite suffocatesrepparttar 115380 skin, stopping it from breathing.

Liquid foundations may contain mineral oil which is a potential carcinogenic.

Most of us use a moisturiser every day on our skin inrepparttar 115381 hope of improving our skin and protecting it fromrepparttar 115382 elements. Howeverrepparttar 115383 majority of them contain molecules that are to large to enterrepparttar 115384 pores ofrepparttar 115385 skin. As a result these creams sit onrepparttar 115386 surface ofrepparttar 115387 skin gradually blockingrepparttar 115388 pores and glands.

The sweat glands are unable to work properly andrepparttar 115389 oil glands can't drain effectively resulting inrepparttar 115390 build up of toxins and bacteria inrepparttar 115391 skin. This in turn can cause black heads, spots and a dull complexion.

Propylene glycol is also commonly found in skincare products. It's a cosmetic form of mineral oil found in industrial antifreeze, and brake fluid. It acts as a moisture retainer by preventingrepparttar 115392 escape of water or moisture fromrepparttar 115393 skin.

Material data safety sheets warn against skin contact with propylene glycol as it can be an iritant and cause liver abnormalities and kidney damage.

You would be better off drinking 2 litres of water a day to rehydraterepparttar 115394 skin than spending a fortune on some of these expensive moisturisers.

Natural Foods Defined

Written by Stephanie Yeh


With so many people concerned about natural and organic foods these days, it’s useful to stop and really take a look at what “natural” and “organic” foods really are. We all know that natural and organic foods are better for us than highly processed or artificial foods, but do we really know which foods are natural and organic? When you buy food that is labeled “natural,” what does that really mean? What about “organic”?

It turns out thatrepparttar term “natural” doesn’t mean all that much. Because it’s only been broadly defined byrepparttar 115378 Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it’s a fairly arbitrary term,repparttar 115379 meaning of which is left up torepparttar 115380 conscience ofrepparttar 115381 food manufacturer. The FDA says that any food can be labeled as natural so long as it doesn’t include added color, synthetic substances or artificial flavors.

This definition sounds good—until you realize that it can be stretched

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