I recently heard a good question... "Is your shampoo making you fat?" LOL Wow, what a question. Kinda throws you off guard, right? I mean, can I really blame those love handles on my shampoo?? Well, I've been hearing lately from quite a few places... one being my daily tips from Ideal Bite (where that crazy question came from), that 60% of what you put on your skin (including scalp) gets absorbed into your body! So, yeah, if you're shampoo has parabens (linked to weight gain) or other toxic chemicals in it... they are getting into your body. I'm not out to scare anyone, just keeping us health conscious, that's all. I still like my salon shampoo... right now. But there is this cool website, I heard of from another blogger named Marcy, called Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database and you can check the safety of the ingredients in your makeup/hair care/ body care/baby care/etc. I'm in the process of checking out all the 'stuff' we use... especially the products we use on Baby Blue. It's best to shoot for products in the 0-2 range, and alot of ours are definitely above that! It's a little startling, but I think it's good to know what you're putting into your body, and then can make an educated decision on what you buy. Although, I don't put a whole lot of 'weight' into me actually gaining weight from my shampoo... I guess I'll have to use that gym membership I've got ;-)
who would have thought?
ReplyDeleteI had no idea!! Good to know
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yowsa! everything i've checked so far, even asher's shampoo, is at least five. what does that mean? in our current world full of chemicals and carcinogens, how signifigant is this?
ReplyDeleteI know I would have never thought that some of the things I'm using have such a high number on it! Woah! Especially all those 'baby' products... have of those are worse than my stuff! I'm not going to just throw it all away, I'll use up my stash... but as I buy new things, I'll check and make sure I get a lower number on products.
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