WOW!  The “Natural Goatmilk Cream Body Butter” is absolutely the best moisturizer around many say!  Clients say that this is the best moisturizer they’ve had for over 20 years!  All natural too; tests perfect for the skin (kinesiolgy testing)! 

Carol’s been handing out samples of the goatmilk cream body butter at the Farmer’s Market on Wednesday afternoons, if you can catch her at a time not doing reflexology!  http://www.gvnews.com/articles/2009/07/14/news/82farmersmkt715.txt

It’s pretty scary…once you realize that most shampoo products, conditioners, lotions, etc. sitting on the shelf made by the well-known manufacturers, contain harmful ingredients to the body and the manufacturers are getting away with it.  They do huge advertising and help make us think that their product will be awesome for us and cause no harm.  Wrong!  Think again…you start examining the ingredients and ouch!  What is alarming is that these products used on the face and hair are so close to the brain with the ingredients in question!  See below.

For instance, http://antiagingchoices.com/harmful_ingredients/propylene_glycol.htm.  See below take…

Propylene Glycol (PG, Polyethylene Glycol (PEG), and Ethylene Glycol (EG) are all petroleum derivatives that act as solvents, surfactants, and wetting agents.  They can easily penetrate the skin, and can weaken protein and cellular structure.  In fact, PG penetrates the skin so quickly that the EPA warns factory workers to avoid skin contact, to prevent brain, liver, and kidney abnormalities.  PG is present in many stick deodorants, often in heavier concentration than in most industrial applications. (Nyack, Dr. Vin, Ph.D., Biochemist; personal communication).  And Propylene Glycol is what is used to carry the “active” ingredients in those transdermal patches INTO YOUR BODY.

PROPYLENE GLYCOL is used in:

Anti-Freeze  * Brake and Hydraulic Fluid  * De-Icer  * Paints and Coatings  *  Floor Wax  * Laundry Detergents  * Pet Food  * Tobacco *  Cosmetics  * Toothpastes  * Shampoos  * Deodorants  * Lotions     * Processed Foods and many more personal care items.

The MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) for Propylene Glycol says:  “May be harmful by ingestion or skin absorption.  May cause eye irritation, skin irritation.  Chronic exposure can cause gastro-intestinal disturbances, nausea, headache and vomiting, central nervous system depression. (“Toxicological profile for ethylene glycol and propylene glycol (update).” Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), 1996.  Atlanta, Ga; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service.)

Propylene glycol is also used as a solvent in acrylics, stains, inks and dyes, and in cellophane and brake fluid.  It is used as a preservative in flavored coffees.  PG can have an anesthetic effect.  Other side effects on animals exposed to PG include heart arrhythmia, stunted growth, decreased blood pressure, and even death. 

Education Note:  Please look at all ingredients found in shelf products (including cosmetics, personal care and supposed health products)!  Kinesiology testing will quickly show how shelf products usually weaken the entire body.  And conversely, using 100% natural products, the veracity of health products from Relaxed Body Solutions, show the muscle being strengthened.   For instance, watch out for mineral oil, propylene glycol, sulfates, and parabens for instance.

Also please see printed correction made regarding educating yourself on the inclusion of certain product ingredients that are body invasive:  (not paraffin but parabens is the correct word):  (scroll to the bottom of the hummingbird article to see correction)

http://www.gvnews.com/articles/2009/07/25/news/64farmersmkt722.txt

A paragraph in last week’s Farmer s Market story on Carol Bushman should have read: She is worried about the inclusion of propylene glycol, sulfates and parabens (not paraffin) as ingredients, especially in shampoos, conditioners and lotions for the face and body. Article Rating. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)

Category: Glowing Skin & Fabulous Hair by Carol