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"It is also used in makeup, toothpaste, and deodorant. Stick deodorants have a higher concentration of PG than is allowed for most industrial use! Direct contact can cause brain, liver, and kidney abnormalities.The EPA requires workers to wear protective gloves, clothing, and goggles when working with it.Yet the FDA says we can put it into our mouths even though it has determined that it is not safe to use in or on cat food!17 triclosan This is a synthetic antibacterial ingredient that has been compared to Agent Orange." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"While the function of underarm deodorants is to close skin pores so that one doesn't perspire in these areas, some of the deodorant's chemicals are absorbed into the body where they become stored as toxic waste. If you do choose to use an antiperspirant, read the labels to ensure that they are all natural ingredients. Additives such as chemical flavor enhancers, dyes, and preservatives in food products can cause or contribute to problems ranging from allergies to cancer. All synthetic additives are strong acid producers." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Not surprisingly, BO—medically known as bromhidrosis—is often strong evidence of poor personal hygiene or a disdain for deodorant. But ing. A group of medications (called anticholinergic agents) used to treat high blood pressure and SIGNIFICANT FACTS sweat disorders as well. In some cases diminished or men and women have different sweat prints. SIGNIFICANT FACT Americans spend almost $2 billion a year on deodorants and antiperspirants. smelly sweat can also be a clue to your culinary tastes." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Most contain aluminum zirconium, which is toxic to the nervous and reproductive systems, a chemical called BHT, which is believed to be a hormonal disrupter and neurotoxin, and various chemicals that give your deodorant stick that distinctive smell. You'll also get another dose of propylene glycol, which helps the deodorant go on so nicely but is linked to irritation and immune toxicity. 7:35 A.M. Time to get dressed. You pull up pants or slip on a dress that just came back from the dry cleaner." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Homemade deodorant for the Toes ./Aromatherapists have the right idea: You want your pleasant scents and essential oils to do double duty. Here's a homemade foot deodorant that gets right to the source of the trouble—bacteria. Add 40 drops of lavender, geranium or cypress essential oil (all have antibacterial properties; some other oils do, too) to four ounces of an unscented, light skin lotion. Apply twice a day, morning and evening, or after a workout and shower at midday. • Tea Party Some recreational athletes make regular use of odor reducers for their favorite sports shoes." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"When you check the ingredient list of a deodorant stone, don't get alarmed when you see the word "alum" written there. Alum isn't the same thing as aluminum chlorhydrate. Alum is a natural mineral salt, and is unrelated to aluminum chlorohydrate or aluminum zirconium chlorohydrate. The mineral salts in the deodorant stone don't block perspiration, they mainly just cover ordor. Tips to effectively deal with body odor: • Pitta and Pitta-Vata types are the most prone to develop body odor. Follow the Ayurvedic regimen and cleansing procedures." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"You'll also get another dose of propylene glycol, which helps the deodorant go on so nicely but is linked to irritation and immune toxicity. 7:35 A.M. Time to get dressed. You pull up pants or slip on a dress that just came back from the dry cleaner. Now the garments carry a litany of chemical fumes and residues including perchloroethylene, also known as perc tetrachloroethylene, PCE, perclene, and perchlor. This chemical is believed to be capable of causing cancer, especially in the liver and kidneys. It is also shown to effect developing fetuses." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "Vinyl chloride was once considered an "inert" ingredient found in aerosol products such as hair spray and deodorant. If MYTH Labels tell the whole story. FACT When Time magazine featured the "Worst Jobs in America" in 2007, topping the list were industrial laundry and dry-cleaning workers because they deal with biohazardous materials and toxic waste on a daily basis. Nail salon workers took the number three spot, also due to their constant exposure to noxious products. MYTH Toxins are harmless in small amounts." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "These same plants manufacture the smells found in fine perfumes, as well as household products (e.g., deodorant, dishwashing detergent, bath soap, shampoo, furniture polish, floor wax). The process is the same: food and aroma technologists manipulate volatile chemicals to create particular tastes and smells. So, as Schlosser puts it, "The basic science behind the scent of your shaving cream is the same as that governing the flavor of your TV dinner." Colorful Science Giving food the right color is also a science. Color additives make food more appealing." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Short showers are OK, since there's less exposure to toxins. Use deodorant instead of antiperspirant, since sweat is normal and blocking the pores is not. Especially avoid aluminum, which is found in high levels in the brain plaques linked to Alzheimer's disease. And with deodorants, avoid phtha-lates, which are plastics used to help the fragrance stay on our skin and block endocrine function, especially in the male fetus. Parabens, which are used as preservatives in these products, should also be avoided since they could be linked to breast cancer." - Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D., You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Get the book.)

"Your moisturizer, makeup, and deodorant all might be exposing your child to harmful chemicals. Go to www.cosmeticdatabase.com for a list of safe, and not so safe, personal-care products and cosmetics. This constantly updated Web site, provided by the Environmental Working Group, evaluates thousands of personal-care products?from shampoos to makeup to moisturizer—and rates them according to toxicity. It also lists which popular products might be cotaminated with impurities. Products that may be contaminated with impurities. 9,747 (76.8%) products may be contaminated with impurities." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"I know this is a tough request, because most people in developed countries can't imagine going through a day without using deodorant. That's because they stink so bad that they feel obligated to apply toxic deodorant products to their bodies every single day. I used to be one of those people. I have since learned that the things that make you stink are the same things that make you unhealthy: milk, cheese, meat, animal fats and refined carbohydrate products like white flour." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"Choose paraben-free skin creams, makeup, and deodorant as much as possible. Store leftover foods in glass or ceramic. If wrapping cheese in plastic, cover it with parchment paper first. Oily foods absorb plastics more readily than other foods. Do not microwave foods in plastic containers or freeze water in plastic bottles. Drink green tea instead of coffee. Avoid fabric softeners or laundry detergents that use nonylphe-nol or octylphenol, which place petrochemicals in contact with your skin. Use natural forms of pest control." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"In previous years, Colgate-Palmolive bought Tom's of Maine, the natural toothpaste and deodorant manufacturer, for $100 million, and L'Oreal paid $1.4 billion for the Body Shop chain of natural product stores. Unfortunately, this has meant that these companies' previously safe products are in danger of being laced with problematic chemical ingredients as the companies' new corporate parents cut manufacturing corners or try to maximize company profits. As large corporations made similar in-roads into organic foods, they lobbied the U.S." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.) "If the way you think about the shampoo you buy, the deodorant you choose, and the lipstick you apply has changed, even a little bit, for the safer and healthier, then this book will have fulfilled its promise. Appendix One Appendix Two Resources For Your Health Want to educate yourself about safe or dangerous cosmetics and personal care products and their ingredients, or get actively involved in campaigns to rid the marketplace of hidden toxins and unsafe products? These groups and resources may be helpful." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.) "Afterwards, you stand at the mirror and apply underarm deodorant or an anti-perspirant and brush your teeth. It's a routine that seems —even feels—harmless. Examine each of these modern conveniences and how they interact with each other through the lens of scientific research, however, and the picture is very different. What Is Really in Your Air Freshener? About three out of every four U.S. households keep air freshener products in their bathrooms." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"CHAPTER TEN HOW TO REDUCE INTESTINAL TOXINS FROM HEAVY METALS & RADIATION Think about the last time you drank a canned beverage, put on deodorant, ate fish, or had a cavity filled at the dentist. Any one of these typical activities potentially exposes the body to toxins from metals. The canned drink and deodorant both contain aluminum, and mercury is a component of dental fillings, and both are extremely toxic metals." - Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN, Health Begins in the Colon (Get the book.)

"Wear only phthalate-, paraben-, and chemical-free makeup, and use only nontoxic lotions, deodorant, face cream, face cleanser, shampoos, and other products. You want to limit your contact with all potenital toxins while you're nursing, so I'd also avoid synthetic perfumes or nail polish. And consider investing in organic nursing pads and organic bedding for yourself as well as for your baby—again, all of these minor routes of exposure might increase the level of contaminants in breast milk." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Herbal deodorant Powder. A Weleda Natural deodorant with Sage (Weleda). Nonaerosol pump spray bottie. Weleda. Wholesome Paks. B MiU Creek RoU-On Herbal deodorant (Mill Creek Natural Products). B Tom's Natural Deodorants (Tom's of Maine). Erewhon Mail Order, Kennedy's Natural Foods, Penn Herb Co., The Soap Opera. Walnut Acres. Do-It-Yourself Antiperspirant • Mix '/a cup vodka, 2V2 cups pure water, 1 tablespoon alum, and 1 tablespoon powdered zinc oxide in a blender or food processor. Place in spray bottie. Shake before using." - Debra Lynn Dadd, Nontoxic & Natural: how to avoid dangerous everyday products and buy or make safe ones (Get the book.)

"Here's a homemade foot deodorant that gets right to the source of the trouble—bacteria. Add 40 drops of lavender, geranium or cypress essential oil (all have antibacterial properties; some other oils do, too) to four ounces of an unscented, light skin lotion. Apply twice a day, morning and evening, or after a workout and shower at midday. • Tea Party Some recreational athletes make regular use of odor reducers for their favorite sports shoes. There are some people with feet that overheat (and sweat) during times of stress." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"Buying organic food, refusing vaccines with mercury, and buying deodorant without aluminum will create a ripple effect throughout our economy and environment. You can make changes in your life and in your world with the choices you make. What's more, you can make changes in your personal health. You can heal yourself from brain damage by improving your diet, limiting your exposure to toxins, and changing the way you live.You can reverse the effects of depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, autism, Alzheimer's, ADHD, and more—if you know how to." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"Moreover, if you have been on a raw diet for a few years and have completely detoxified, you will no longer need to spend money on many personal-care products, such as perfume, mouthwash and deodorant. You will use less soap and laundry detergent because, since you will have far less toxic sweat, your clothes stay fresh longer. Money spent on energy will also be saved. Since you may tolerate heat better, you might use the air conditioner less. You might even take up biking or walking to a lot of places you would have previously driven, thus saving on gasoline." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.) "Who would even need deodorant or mouthwash after a few years of detoxifying? And because a raw food diet makes one ever more health conscious, many other products would also lose their markets: toxic cleaning products, shampoo or toothpaste with toxic ingredients and so on." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.) "By that time, I realized I had made many choices which had led me away from the mainstream: no deodorant, toothpaste, vaccinations, drugs, television, hydrogenated oils, white flour, sugar, soda pop or processed, packaged foods. I was proud to be following a new path and wanted to convey the importance of being different to family and friends. In March 2002, I gave birth (gaining only 10 pounds!) to a healthy baby boy. It was an 85% raw vegan pregnancy! I gave birth at home with no problems." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Look for aluminum-free deodorant. A:, with everything else on this program, finding new products and your rhythm with them may take time. You may have to try one or two shampoos before you find one that works for you. Do 45 minutes of restorative exercise, preferably ojutside. Practice one core-strengthening exercise today (pages 182-84). If you decided to include licorice root and salt in your pro gram, continue taking them. Continue adding probiotics to this week's Smoothie of the Week: the Cherry Peach Avocado Smoothie (page 271)." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"Phthalates are used in deodorant, hair gel, mousse, hairspray, shampoo, lipstick, mascara, nail polish, and perfume, as well as in fragrances. These ingredients are often hidden, remaining undisclosed on product labels. Even though phthalate-free products are just as effective as those containing phthalates, these chemicals are used in concentrations as high as 10 percent in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and other plastics for storing and packaging food. Phthalates have been well-known as hormone disrupters since 1980, when dibutyl phthalate was shown to cause testicular atrophy in rats ( 2)." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"The powdered root can be used as a deodorant. Constituents Essential oils (busnesol, cadenene, cedrol, dodecenol, nerolidol, torreyol), araliasides, panaxosides Energetic Correspondences • Flavor: pungent, bitter • Temperature: cool • Moisture: dry • Polarity: yang • Planet: Mars/Saturn • Element: air Contraindications Diabetics should consult with a qualified health-care practitioner before using this herb, as it may affect the amount of insulin they need. Large amounts can be intoxicating and potentially, if large enough, toxic." - Brigitte Mars, A.H.G., The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine: The Ultimate Multidisciplinary Reference to the Amazing Realm of Healing Plants, in a Quick-study, One-stop Guide (Get the book.)

"I prefer their unscented Nature's deodorant (you may initially catch a mild whiff of coriander when first putting it on), which has the rare characteristics of being both highly effective and safe. But, naturally scented versions of these are also available. Be cautious of "natural" deodorant crystals as they may contain aluminum, and would therefore not be something you would want to use. Most good health food stores, like my local one, Sunseeds, in Cocoa Beach, Florida, are very helpful and can get most things in for you if they don't already have them in stock." - Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton, Toxic Overload: A Doctor's Plan for Combating the Illnesses Caused by Chemicals in Our Foods, Our Homes, and Our Medicine Cabinets (Get the book.)

"Topically, hyssop tea can be used as a gargle to soothe sore throat; as a compress to treat black eyes, bruises, insect bites, sprains, and wounds; and as deodorant wash. Hyssop as a bath herb or compress can be used to relieve rheumatism and muscle soreness. As a flower essence hyssop encourages the release of guilt and aids forgiveness. Edible Uses The young leaves and tips of the shoots are edible. Some use the fresh herb as a seasoning substitute for sage. The flowers are both edible and decorative. As a tea, hyssop is light and aromatic." - Brigitte Mars, A.H.G., The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine: The Ultimate Multidisciplinary Reference to the Amazing Realm of Healing Plants, in a Quick-study, One-stop Guide (Get the book.)

"Eliminate all conventional home care and personal care products from your life: Shampoo, deodorant, soap, cleaners, detergents, dryer sheets, air fresheners, hair spray, hair dye, cosmetics, etc. Replace them all with "green home" and "green personal care" products. (See recommendations later in this book.) «•* Stop eating out of plastic, styrofoam, Teflon and aluminum foil. Eat out of Pyrex or glass containers. For cooking, use iron or stainless steel. •* Clean your air and water. Never drink tap water. Invest in a good water filter (Lotus Water Treatment System at www.Tersano." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

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