Frazzel
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 Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:25 am Post subject: Anti-Perspirants cause breast cancer - but money talks |
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ANTI-PERSPIRANTS CAUSE BREAST CANCER
Why is breast cancer usually found near the armpit?
The leading cause of breast cancer is the use of anti-perspirant.
Most of the products out there are an anti-perspirant /deodorant combination,
Deodorant is apparently fine, anti-perspirant is not!
The human body has a few areas that it uses to purge toxins ; behind the knees, behind the ears, groin area, and armpits. The toxins are purged in the form of perspiration.
Anti-perspirant prevents you from perspiring, thereby inhibiting the body from purging toxins from below the armpits.
These toxins do not just magically disappear. Instead, the body deposits them in the lymph nodes below the arms since it cannot sweat them out.
Nearly all breast cancer tumors occur in the upper outside quadrant of the breast area. This is precisely where the lymph nodes are located.
Additionally, men are less likely (but not completely exempt) to develop breast cancer prompted by anti- perspirant usage because most of the anti-perspirant product is caught in their hair and is not directly applied to the skin.
Women who apply anti-perspirant right after shaving increase the risk further because shaving causes almost imperceptible nicks in the skin which give the chemicals entrance into the body from the armpit area.
So why arent they banned or at least have a prominent health warning? Ans: our economic system puts making money for businesses above your life.
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acrobat74
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Frazzel, interesting. Do you happen to have any sources/references/medical research readily available?
Some pretty damning information here:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/15/three-gr een-beauty-alternatives.aspx
| Quote: | All-natural deodorant – I advise stopping ALL antiperspirants. Common soap and water works fine. If you still need further help then try a pinch of baking soda mixed into water as an effective all-day deodorant.
Before I comment on the above article I need to explain that one of the simplest, least expensive and non toxic alternatives to deodorants is simply plain soap. Antiperspirants are far more dangerous than deodorants, but I haven’t used either for over two decades.
The major benefit of stopping these CHEMICALS is that you will stop producing the yellow stains in the armpits of your shirts. Those stains are NOT due to your sweat but rather caused by the chemicals you are putting on and in your body.
The Green-Washing of Organic Personal Care Items
Sales of these products have now become all the rage, with sales of organic personal care items reaching $350 million in 2007 – an increase of 24 percent from 2005. But as the demand for natural and organic cosmetics and personal care products has risen, so has the practice of “green washing.”
It’s unfortunate, but many personal care products found in health food stores contain harmful ingredients and are NOT 100 percent natural, despite their labeled claims.
Just three months ago, a study commissioned by the Organic Consumers Association revealed that many leading "natural" and "organic" brand shampoos, body washes, and lotions still contain the carcinogenic contaminant 1,4-Dioxane, for example.
The problem is that there are no federal certifications or official guidelines for beauty products, so anyone can claim that such a product is natural or organic. Some "organic" beauty products contain only a single-digit percentage of organic ingredients.
Why Do You Need Natural, Organic Beauty Products?
Putting chemicals on your skin is actually far worse than ingesting them, because when you eat something the enzymes in your saliva and stomach help break it down and flush it out of your body.
When you put these chemicals on your skin, however, they are absorbed straight into your blood stream without filtering of any kind, so there's no protection against the toxins. Instead, they are in large part going directly to your delicate organs.
Cosmetic Chemicals You Definitely Want to Avoid
It’s been estimated that if you use conventional cosmetics on a daily basis, you can absorb almost 5 pounds of chemicals into your body each year! Many of which have been linked to deadly side effects like cancer.
The list of dangerous ingredients is quite long -- the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health has stated that nearly 900 of the chemicals used in cosmetics are toxic -- but here are some of the major ones that you will definitely want to avoid:
* Paraben, a chemical found in underarm deodorants and other cosmetics that has been shown to mimic the action of the female hormone estrogen, which can drive the growth of human breast tumors.
* Phthalates, plasticizing ingredients (present in nearly three-quarters of 72 products tested by the Environmental Working Group), which have been linked to birth defects in the reproductive system of boys and lower sperm-motility in adult men, among other problems.
* Musks, used as fragrances, can accumulate in your body, and have been linked to skin irritation, hormone disruption, and cancer in laboratory studies.
* Artificial fragrances, which are among the top five known allergens, and can cause asthma and trigger asthma attacks.
* Methylisothiazolinone (MIT), a chemical used in shampoo to prevent bacteria from developing, which may have detrimental effects on your nervous system.
* Toluene, made from petroleum or coal tar, and found in most synthetic fragrances. Chronic exposure linked to anemia, lowered blood cell count, liver or kidney damage, and may affect a developing fetus.
* Mineral Oil, Paraffin, and Petrolatum, these products coat your skin like plastic, clogging pores and creating a build-up of toxins. They also slow cellular development, which can cause you to show earlier signs of aging, and are a suspected cause of cancer and disruption to hormonal activity.
I highly recommend using the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database where you can look up a wide variety of products and brands to find out what they’re really made of, and whether or not they’re safe.
Can’t Pronounce It? Don’t Use It
This is probably the simplest way to find safe products out there. If it includes a lot of long, complex ingredient names, it’s probably not safe.
Fortunately, your search for safe skin care may soon get a lot easier. I am proud to report that my team has been researching this topic extensively and we are getting very close to launching one of the best, most pure skin care product lines out there. It is truly effective, has absolutely no synthetic ingredients, and is packaged in glass bottles.
But for now, please remember to be choosy and only use products made of real, recognizable, natural and organic ingredients bearing the USDA Certified Organic seal.
Another thing to remember is that truly organic personal-care products do not contain preservatives, although they may contain natural antimicrobial and antifungal ingredients like grapefruit seed extract, or antioxidant vitamins (A, C and E), which come with all the benefits of a preservative, but none of the dangerous side effects.
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