More Skin Ingredients to Avoid

As promised in my last entry, here are some more skin care ingredients that you must avoid if you are going to keep you and your kids cancer free.

Stearalkonium Chloride: This is asubstance that is included in many skin and hair care products that studies have indicated is safe in the concentrations used in products of this nature.

However, additional studies have indicated that in higher concentrations, it is a known skin and eye irritant and it is also known to cause allergic reactions, particularly in those with sensitive skin. If your baby's eyes are watering, make sure this chemical is not in anything you are putting on her hair or in her skin.

Triclosan: Triclosan is regarded by the EPA as a pesticide, one that is believed to be carcinogenic for humans. It is so toxic and powerful that it is usually measured in parts per trillion, to the extent that one drop in 300 swimming pools could be sufficient to cause hormonal difficulties.

However, because it is a powerful antibacterial agent, it is used in many common household products like toothpaste, antibacterial lotions and soap. It is definitely not something that you should be washing yourself or cleaning your teeth with. Keep this mind the next time you buy that antibacterial soap.

DMDM hydantoin: DMDM hydantoin is a chemical preservative that releases formaldehyde which limits the development of microorganisms. Unfortunately, it also causes allergic reactions range from mild to severe, joint pain, rashes, depression, headache, chest pains, chronic fatigue and a loss of sleep.

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS): Sodium lauryl sulfate is an ingredient that is found in almost all household products that foam such as shampoo. It has been used in products like baby shampoo even though it is known to cause allergic reactions and damage to young eyes. This is another substance that is often included in toothpaste as well, but one that is to be avoided.

Diethanolamine (DEA): Diethanolamine is another chemical to be found in foaming products that is known to be a skin irritant.

In fact, because they are known to cause hormonal problems and to be carcinogenic, diethanolamine (and the ‘mono' and ‘tri' versions of the chemical) are already restricted or banned in many European countries as a result of the known risks associated with them.

These risks were highlighted on the CBS TV program ‘This morning' as long ago as 1998 when it was reported that a Federal government study had shown that DEA and detergents that contained it posed significantly increased cancer risks, particularly of kidney and liver cancer.

Mineral oil: Mineral oil is a byproduct of the processing of oil into petroleum products. When applied to the skin, mineral oil literally coats your skin with a ‘saran wrap-like' cover that completely prevents your skin from breathing.

It will clog your pores to the extent that blocked pores, spots and pimples become almost inevitable, preventing your skin from sloughing off the dead cells and getting rid of toxins.

And note that far from being as gentle and kind as you might imagine it would be, ‘Baby Oil' is almost always pure mineral oil. Be careful and read the labels!

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Your Kids and Mercury Fillings

Chronic fatigue doctors and experts have been suspecting for years that chronic fatigue syndrome might actually be caused by mercury toxicity. Mercury toxicity symptoms are almost identical to chronic fatigue symptoms.
Mercury is a poison that is found in our soil water and food supply as well as sewage sludge, fungicides and pesticides. Many grains and seeds are treated with chlorine bleaches that also seep into the food supply and cause problems.
You might think that fish is a health food but a lot of mercury ends up in fish because it contaminates our waters. Mercury is also present in a wide variety of everyday products including cosmetics, dental fillings, fabric softeners, inks used by printers and tattooists, latex, some medications, some paints, plastics, polishes, solvents and wood preservatives.
Mercury is also a cumulative poison. There is no barrier that prohibits mercury from reaching brain cells and it can be retained in the pain center of the brain and in the central nervous system. This is where the link to chronic fatigue syndrome is evident because chronic fatigue sufferers are in a lot of mysterious pain that simply cannot be explained. Mysterious joint pain is known as the chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia connection.
Mercury can also bind to immune cells distorting them and interfering with normal immune responses. This may be one factor behind autoimmune disorders. Many chronic fatigue doctors and chronic fatigue support groups do see chronic fatigue symptoms as being typical of an autoimmune disorder even though that has not really been proved.
Mercury toxicity can also cause the same symptoms as chronic fatigue syndrome including arthritis, depression, dermatitis, dizziness, fatigue, gum disease, hair loss, insomnia and other problems.
Signs of exposure also include behavioral changes, depression and irritability. These are the main symptoms that drive suffers of chronic fatigue to chronic fatigue support groups.
Chronic fatigue doctors also say that many food and environmental allergies that can cause the condition can be directly attributable to mercury poisoning.
However the biggest source of mercury in our bodies is 'silver fillings' which are not really silver at all (except in color) but instead are made of mercury. Many people who have suffered from chronic fatigue symptoms such as candida fungus, muscle spasms, chronic fatigue and recurring infections have had them mysteriously disappear within days of having these fillings removed from their mouth.
Recommended routes of treatment for this if you think it might be at the root of a chronic fatigue condition are removing mercury dental fillings and chelating therapy.

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