About Natural Moisturisers, Skin Cancer, Sodium Lauryl Sulphate And Mice.
Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by Peter Geraldson in Women's Health
Chances are you use a moisturizer every day. It’s a good idea to take care of your skin and there’s hundreds of different anti aging skin care products available. However it may be news to you that many skin care products, such as moisturizers which contain chemical ingredients like sodium lauryl sulphate, may be putting your health at risk, and that there are powerful reasons to use a natural moisturizer.
It is relatively well-known that a chemical called sodium lauryl sulphate is used in many soaps and shampoos. It’s an excellent degreaser and is used by mechanics for degreasing engines. It is also becoming more well-known that sodium lauryl sulphate in products such as soaps and shampoos is bad for your health.
However it’s much less well known that many big name moisturizers also contain sodium lauryl sulphate (as well as many other nasty chemical ingredients) and that this may lead to cancer.
The Journal of Investigative Dermatology reported a study done on mice. The researchers were intending to study the effects of caffeine on the mice but as a part of the study the researchers applied a number of commonly available moisturizers to the skin of the mice. And the mice were also given UV radiation to simulate the effects of sunlight as well as having moisturizer replied 5 times a day for 17 weeks.
The moisturizers used in the study all contained sodium lauryl sulphate as well as other chemical and petrochemical ingredients such as mineral oil.
The researchers were surprised to discover that the mice exhibited an increase in the risk of skin cancer and an increase in skin tumors of 69 percent.
So they decided to study this again using a moisturizer with no sodium lauryl sulphate or mineral oil. And they found that this time there was no increase in the risk of skin cancer to the mice.
Maybe now you’re starting to see a link between sodium lauryl sulphate and moisturizers and skin cancer and perhaps you’re beginning to consider that you may be better advised to think about purchasing a natural moisturizer next time you’re looking for good anti aging skin care products.
Or maybe you’ve just thrown away the moisturizer you have in the cupboard now.
The sad fact is that there is a wide range of chemical and petrochemical ingredients such as sodium lauryl sulphate used in so many of the big brand-name skin care and anti aging products that so many women use every day. There are many natural alternatives which make excellent moisturizers. There are many oils from various fruits and nuts that have excellent and well-known moisturizing properties, however these are not commonly used because chemical ingredients such as sodium lauryl sulphate and mineral oil are much cheaper.
There are some wonderful natural moisturizers available. They use ingredients which are highly effective ata moisturizing and which are known to be safe, and which will not put you at risk of skin cancer. One company in particular makes an outstanding range of natural skin care products that are highly effective and totally safe. Chances are you’ve never heard of them.
It’s time to junk those big name anti aging skin care products which use cheap chemical ingredients that put your health at risk. And it’s time to look for natural alternatives such as high quality natural moisturizers which work well and do not put you at risk of skin cancer.
Find out more about natural skin care products such as natural moisturizers on my website.
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