Many of us have already made the switch to organic foods to avoid pesticides and other harmful toxins. But do you realize your skin is the largest organ in your body? The skin absorbs everything around you and literally “eats” the products you use on it? Do you know what’s in your bathroom? Most soaps, cleansers, cosmetics and even toothpaste is made with Sodium Lauryl Sulfate which is disguised under 150 different names. SLS is a de-greaser used to clean car engines, garage floors, and other greasy surfaces. How has this known carcinogen found it’s way into our self care products? Well because it makes them bubble up and it is extremely cheap. So what is wrong with SLS? For starters, it is very drying to the skin, a known irritant, but more importantly it cannot be metabolized by your liver and studies have shown that trace amounts stay in your liver, lungs, […]
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