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Chemical free body care
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Every day 100 cosmetic ingredients make it onto our skin – every 24 hours/ What do major companies do? Throw the word "natural" on bottles and boxes whenever possible. So does this make the product safe ? NOTo reduce the number of carcinogens (cancer-causing substances) entering your body. All chemicals penetrate the skin – that's why skin-patches are now used for things like quitting smoking and birth control. As our largest organ, the skin absorbs everything and this includes the many carcinogens found in almost all body care products for women, men, and babies. Many people now believe that the less carcinogens you put into your body (whether through products, food, or environment), the more you can help to decrease your chances of getting a number of chronic illnesses and diseases.
A web site to go to for info on hazards with bodycare
HYPERLINK "http://www.elixir-body-care.com/toxic-files.php" http://www.elixir-body-care.com/toxic-files.php
Again be your own researcher and choose a quality healthy alternative , a company that isnít leaving toxins behind for our children , a company that cares about us and about our environment!!
One company is making a mark and they are NATURAL (really natural) and they do care. They are..GREEN BEAVER. All canadian all green clean for a healthy alternative.
Green Beaver co-founders Karen and Alain Menard -- who worked in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry for over a decade before starting their own business -- came from their farm in rural Ontario to Toronto to give a series of conferences on cosmetics and cancer.
"I don't want to scare anyone. I don't want to claim that using a certain product will give you cancer," Alain Menard said . "I just want to offer some facts about different carcinogenic ingredients and how to avoid them."
Of course, that's easier said than done. Take parabens, for instance, which are used as a preservative. While they're banned in Japan, they can be found in 98% of the beauty products in this country. And even if a brand claims to be paraben free, it often still contains DMDM hydantoin, which is just as toxic.
On the other hand, there are plenty of safe ingredients that end up being listed under their scientific names, like Aloe barbadensis (which is just aloe) or Butyrospermum parkii (shea butter), which makes the ingredient-reading process especially stressful for those who dropped chemistry in high school.
Furthermore, as Menard says, some choices are more important than others. The products used to wash oneself in the shower, for example, don't matter as much as skin creams and deodorant because less is being absorbed through the skin into the bloodstream. However, the stuff will still end up in the rivers and oceans, which isn't much better.
According to Health Canada, there are over 10,000 ingredients -- not including any fragrances or flavours -- being used in cosmetics today, at least 100 of which make it onto our skin every 24 hours whether it's in the form of toothpaste or deodorant, and 89% of these aren't fully tested for their carcinogenic effects.
Easy fix , buy a quality,natural (truly natural) product like GREEN BEAVER. Green Beaver doesn't test their products on animals and all of their packaging is recyclable. They use natural ingredients in their products, and avoid artificial fragrances, flavours, dyes, parabens, petrolatum, phtalates and preservatives.
We at choices4wellness and Green Beaver made a commitment to offer the highest quality with the least footprint on mother earth and the healthiest choice for you and your loved ones!
HYPERLINK "http://www.choices4wellness.ca" www.choices4wellness.ca
thanks for reading make 2008 the year to go GREEN.....Green Beaver is a start!!!!
In health and abundance ..Greg Foster
Inspiration of the week: Chatham citizens getting involved with their health by showing their concerns with Wind Farms we need more research done on health hazards!!!!! There is a syndrome called wind turbine syndrome. Wind Farms aren't really farms you don't farm wind any more than you farm water for hydroelectricity these are large 40 story industrial installations.
More info goto HYPERLINK "http://www.ckwag.org" www.ckwag.org
Get involved, thanks,Greg
Greg Foster, owner of Choices4Wellness has a long history in the Natural Health industry. Since 1987 Greg's goal has been to own and operate his own store. While working toward his goal, he was a sales associate for Prolab a sports nutrition company. Greg also worked as a personal trainer and helped people achieve their fat loss and fitness goals, while also teaching them that these goals were about a "whole" lifestyle approach and the benefits of supplements and healthy food choices . Always teaching that it's about FAT LOSS not weight loss, Greg is now able to live out his dream of owning a health food store so that he can better meet the needs of his clients. Greg has a personal training room at the store where he has one on one time with his clients. They range from teenagers to couples that want personalized time and attention to achieve fitness goals without the busy atmosphere of a gym, where sometimes your precious work-out time is gobbled up by socializing and waiting your turn on the equipment.. It is during this time that Greg is able to recommend lifestyle choices to enhance your work-out routine & a positive mental attitude. Being a father of 3 boys, ages Trevor 18, Chad 10,and Shane 9 , Greg is sympathetic to living a busy life, and helps to make fitness goals realistic as well. At 41, Greg Foster , has embarked on a journey of entrepreneurial spirit, meshed with a passion to see people lead healthier ,happier lives. Truly, a business combination for success. Kim Iles, the manager of Choices4Wellness, is no stranger to the Natural Health Industry. She formerly founded and owned Alternative Choices from 1993 until its closing in 2004. During those 11years, Kim achieved many levels of business experience. She was on the board of directors for the CHFA (Canadian Health Food Association) as well as developing and franchising her Alternative choices concept. Kim's real passion however is with teaching, providing lectures, and spreading her knowledge of natural health through out Chatham-Kent and beyond. Kim is a mother of a 22 year old daughter , Nicole and a 17 year old son, Jordon . To Choices4Wellness, Kim also brings her knowledge of the water purification side of the business. Kim is a former owner and co-founder of Pure Choice Water Centers. The new store located inside of Choices4Wellness is appropriately named Choices4Water with a slogan "water you can believe in", offering state of the art purification better tasting and at better prices than the old business she left behind. Kim has always been a familiar voice on the radio, as well as in the newspaper, as she believes education and creating awareness is vital to getting people use and accept natural health products to create wellness and a lifestyle that enhances their lives.
