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Since we have a lot of talk about detergent`s ingredients and skin problems on AW, I was wondering if anybody else reads the INCI lists of toiletries.

I don`t understand them all, but at least I know what I don`t want to see on the list.

My #1 pet peeve is anything with mineral oil (Petrolatum, Paraffinim Liquidum)
I think mineral oil was eligible back in the days when it replaced whale oil, but totally dated today. I prefer vegetable oils which can actually penetrate into the skin and don`t mind their limited shelf life.

No Triclosan, Aluminium or animal ingredients for me.

Have no problem with Sodium Laureth Sulfate and Silicones. (Silicones at least add some value to a product whereas Mineral Oils don`t)
I still accept parabens or even formaldehyde releasers (which are very rare to find in the EU today) in rinse-offs but not in leave-ons.

So what do you think ?
 
I don't use any over the counter...

I started about 8 years ago usuing Weleda Calandula Soap.

As soon as I towel off, Organic Coconut Oil as a moisturizer.

Green Tea and Bamboo Shave Cream

Tom's of Maine Roll on Deodorant Calandula or LemonGrass Scent.

I also installed a Chlorine filter on my shower and change the filter every six months.

For me, there are just too many toxic ingrediants in commercial everyday products.

Just remember your skin is the largest organ in your (on your) body.
 
I don't know what's in them and I mostly don't care. Conventional products (those with the evil chemicals) tend to work for me, while the "green" products just disappoint. Example: lip balm. I tried the stuff from Weleda, which was recommended for its natural ingredients by a leading magazine, and was disappointed. Now am back to using Blistex Lip Relief (which got a read flag in the same test because it's got... chemicals... in it) and it's perfect - no shine, dosen't just sit on my lips but sinks in and makes them wonderfully soft.

 

The only green products I like are body and face scrubs because they just rely on mechnical action, rather than chemical. Same goes for cleaning products like powdered scrubbing agents, by the way.

 

 
 
I'm very careful to what's inside the stuff I buy, but especially WHERE they are made and WHO makes them!
I think that the current European regulation is stringent enough so I don't really worry about the composition.

And since I don't believe in organic stuff and as somebody else said so called "natural" products most of the time have lackluster performance I try to use wisely "classic" products, keeping an eye on the ethical and environmental performance of the company I'm buying... and of course local comes first all the time! There's no way I would ever buy something from Dove (Unilever) that makes its stuff in India! Sure I'd buy from with closed eyes stuff from Vidal (Conter) that has plants here in Italy or house products form Guaber that is located here in the province of Bologna
 
dj-

"I think that the current European regulation is stringent enough so I don't really worry about the composition. "

oh the LUXURY. In the US it is just mass corruptions at this point in history. Companies who know they can't meet the common sense laws set to protect everyone, so they are constantly trying to weaken or eliminate laws so they can cheat.

The Fairness Doctrine(to protect our media), the Glas Stegal Act(to protect our banking), the EPA, and the DOJ.

These are just some of the laws or bodies of laws that the massively corrupted corporatist republicans have damaged. And our country is suffering as a result.
There is nothing special about Polyester Criminal degenerates.
 
That's so bad to hear!
But honestly I'm glad that that the regulations are stringent, plus there is a nation-wide campaign now to raise awareness in the composition of all household and beauty products!

It is like "skin irritation, bad effects? Call your doctor and notify about product XYZ to take action!" and similar!
I must say I never had to but I'm glad that there is so much awareness and interest to the point that even a shampoo has an expiry date and the composition is listed for everything, with things that might be allergens listed separately (like geraniol or limonene)
 
I read the ingredients very carefully and I tend to avoid anything that is full of unnecessary chemicals.

My skin also reacts quite dramatically to certain ingredients found even in completely natural cosmetics and soaps.

As a result I only use one brand of shower gel which is free from loads of stuff and only a shampoo that's similarly uncomplicated.

I've washed my hair with a popular brand of organic natural shampoo and turned bright red everywhere it touched my skin. It would typically take about 45 min for that to go away.

I even bring my own products to the hairdresser/barber as otherwise it ends in me having a major skin reaction. Of course, they all act like I've OCD or something which isn't nice.

I have to be very careful with toothpaste and mouthwash too.

A couple of formulas of very common brands cause interior of my mouth and lips to crack and peel! All the mucous membranes just react very strongly to it.
I had huge problems when I was in the US because the same brands I normally use had different formulas and I reacted to them.

I also can't put on any deodorants that contain alcohol. I would literally have to run into the shower and wash them off as they actually burn!

I forgot my own deodorant once and a guy threw me a can of a very common brand of aerosol deodorant. My armpits went bright red and burned and I was in agony trying to wash it off!

I don't use moisturisers or anything like that because they'll invariably irritate my skin or give me spots ... That and I don't need them. My skin seems to be naturally able to keep itself in great shape.

I also react to about 80% of shaving gels and foams so again, I need to be very careful.

The nightmare that is super sensitive skin.

On top of all that I also sunburn ridiculously easily.
 
I'm of the opinion that it's more important to eat the good stuff, like organic extra virgin olive oil, avocados, krill oil, etc., than to apply it externally. But certainly there's something to be said for protecting the skin after its natural oils have been stripped away by cleaning. I know my hands tend to take a beating just from working around garden and doing home repairs, and often I have to resort to scrubbing them with dish detergent to get them clean. So occasionally I have to resort to some sort of lotion to help the dried out and cracking skin. Recently I started using "Work Hands", but the jury's out on how effective it could be. Extra virgin olive oil probably would work just as well!
 
contents, reading the labels.

Multi use= Baking Soda- Sodium bi-carbonate.

 

several uses= Apple Vinegar- Distilled Vinegar, Water, Natural Flavor, Caramel Color.

 

body soap=Yardley of London Bath Soap- Sodium Tallowate, Water, Sodium Cocoate, Glycerin (not happy about this one), Fragrance, Oat Kernel Flour, Sodium Chloride, Titanium Dioxide, Tetrasodium EDTA, colors.

 

Dish soap= is green friendly, but I don't have the bottle anymore (I use it out of pump dispenser) This stuff can last me a year and a half.  I only use a few drops each time.  I let vinegar and baking soda heavy stuff.

 

Tooth Soap= which comes in bar form from the UK.  Don't know the ingredients

 

Deodorant= Coconut Oil, cornstarch, Sodium Bi-carbonate, beeswax, vitamin E

 

Extra Virgin Olive Oil= Extra Virgin Olive Oil.  Great for rubbing on hands and softening skin if need be.  Though apparently, it can dissolve condoms, so....it kind of takes that virgin part seriously.

 

I try and use green friendly pest deterrents.  I found this wonderful ant bait formula using boric acid and sugar.

 

With all the fruits and vegies I eat, there is always the occasional fruit fly.   And a quaint dish of apple vinegar and drop or two of dish soap does the trick. 

 

The only unchecked product I  have remaining is this funky dollar store hand soap in a pump bottle.  Frankly I don't like it.  It feels like it is rough on the hands.  I just haven't got around to finding an acceptable alternative.

 

no microwaving, no cooked food, no alcohol, no illicit drugs, no caffeine (coffee), of course no smoking.  A lot of those rules have been in force all my life.

 

But I did ditch the cooked food thing a year ago in addition to most dairy.

The microwave was quickly dismissed in 2011, when I learned how dangerous that is.  We all knew you shouldn't be hanging out around it when its in operation, but had no idea the FULL extent of how bad it is to microwave.

 

Another house rule=  Anything that is toxic, needs to be stored outside the house envelope.  So things like paints, car wax, green friendly paint thinner, caulk, etc. , store outside because even when they are in storage, they are off gassing.  In a tight 230 s.f. house. that makes a difference.

 

As for <span style="text-decoration: underline;">official</span> ingredient names.  Sometimes you need to break it down and you find out it is something very simple.

 

I'm almost 47. 

I still have a thick head of hair that still has its natural color. 

I have a full beard with some gray. 

I've had few health issues in my life.  

I have all my teeth and in good condition.

My cholesterol level, last I checked, was 160.  

I could lose a few pounds and raise my Tri-glycerides.

I have few facial wrinkles and people always seem to think I'm a young 30s.  What ever, I'm not ageist.

 

Whatever, we could all die tomorrow.  Fukushima is more precarious than ever. 

And how many nuclear plants are still in use in the U.S. ? 

 

Fast forward 5:18

 

 

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Generally, I read labels...

...and I read INCIs just because:
1) I want to know what I use
2) I don't like the thought of applying mineral oils on my skin

For toilet products, I use Weleda: expensive (but there are offers online) but simple and quite effective and without synthetic fragrances, which I cannot stand (no: not even in laundry detergent or fabric conditioner).

I have a very dry and sensitive skin, and Weleda's hand cream works better than any other I have used before, the face moisturiser is the most pleasurable to use and I especially like the salted toothpaste that does not contain surfactants (absolutely useless in a toothpaste).

Detergents (shampoo and bath foam) are synthetic-based, but nice to use.
 
I`ve tried some store brands of the natural products that carry the "Ecocert", "Natrue" or similar label and also found the moisturisers to perform very good compared to the normal stuff.

However I really missed the synthetic fragrances so I tend to stick to the "green washed" brands. This way I can avoid at least some of the nasties and still have all the fun.
 
lol

I appreciate the compliments and acknowledgements, dj-gabriele.  I wish more of my brethren could be as enlightened.   I don't do classism.  And I don't like the idea that there is suffering in the world.

 

"Microwave oven are dangerous again?! "

 

I'm sure you didn't mean that to sound that way.  It sounds cute. 

Like the stuff one sees on TV is reality, and anything that conflicts is some quaint idea, not to be taken seriously.  Oh, that is funny.

 

They've ALWAYS been dangerous, and  not just because of the magnetic field they create when in operation.

Once again, Since at least the early 90s, the food industry, and perhaps the appliance manufacturers suppressed information about the real threats, so that they could make money on microwave ready foods. 

Criminal corporatists AGAIN !  They have NO RIGHT and no place in our government.  As if making a monetary profit were more important than the health of everyone. 

 

"Everybody has his own opinions but something like that can't be heard on a forum where the main subjects are appliances."

 

hehe.  But it is. 

If a product is in deed strong, it will be able to withstand inquiries.  NO ONE and nothing is above reproach.  Especially those who think they are.  I always say, when someone resists questioning, you question them even MORE.

 

It's only the corrupted who can't handle scrutiny.  And they don't count.

 

Dealing with truth is some of the hardest things we humans have to do sometimes in life.  In order to affect change in your life, you have to start with the truth.

 

I'm certainly not afraid of trolls.  

Those who feel their worlds are being threatened with new information. 

As you can tell by my other posts, I don't mince word when it comes to something I know.  If I don't know or am estimating, I say so.  If someone doesn't like that, THEY have a problem in their own mind.

 

And don't get me wrong.  I love our wonderful engineers and product creators who have dedicated their lives to making the plight of humans "better".

That is what we humans do.  They are not the problem, even when a product that is faulty is created.  After all, how many times did Edison try before he succeeded?

 

The problem lies with the corporatist opportunists who manipulate, lie, and scheme so that a petty game of classism is dangerously played out.  We don't need that.

 

 

Question: If I'm an "eco-freak" (someone who lives their life with natural, sustainable products and ideas), what does that make yourself and others who are not?

 

 

 

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Yes there is.

Microwaves: 

Not only bad because of the electrical fields they create when they are in operation.
ALSO
They change the composition of the food and create poison AND destroy vitamins and nutrients in food.

 

Simple experiment- Look what putting a live animal in a microwave will do. vs. the same amount of time in a large covered skillet.

 

One creates permanent internal damage and death. 

The other- possible burns or scalding that would heal.

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Cooked foods are bad enough.
There was a time in our history to cook when sanitation issues were over bearing. Those times are long passed.   

This info. is so clear. 

And it reveals what most of us are getting sick of- the STINKY, selfish behavior of criminal corporatists, trying to keep the truth from getting out. 
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Remember, just because you didn't hear about on fox (not) news or cnn, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.  Those types of media outlets are biased propagandists.  They are not credible sources. 

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"Cooked food is bad enough"

Perhaps you mean over-cooked food. There is some evidence that suggests that the excess Carbon may lead to an increased risk of some cancers (Note that I didn't say cause because this is not definite. There are too many factors in our lifestyle that can lead to these outcomes).

 

Not cooking foods - especially meats is incredibly dangerous for your health. There is a reason our life expectancies have increased so much in the last few centuries. Raw meats often contain bacteria and other creatures that are dangerous to your health - and this increases the load on your body. No, you can't become immune to them since they are living creatures like worms. 

I'm not saying that you should light your meat on fire, but cooking it safely lends to far better health - you can steam meat, slow cook it, fry it or roast it. 

 

I can understand not cooking (or particularly, steaming) vegetables, since this often extracts nutrients and the like from the vegetables. I think its bad enough that it ends up being far healthier to drink the water used to steam the vegetables than to eat the vegetables themselves! 

 

As for the soaps discussed above in this thread, I believe that if you are using any soap, you should actually be thoroughly rinsing it off before you leave the shower and dry off rather than quickly rinse and dry. That way you take away much of the dangers of what you put on. 

And my tip for those who think they might be doing bad things to their body, you might wish to up your intake of water. Increasing your water intake so the "waste" is clear ensures that your body has enough excess water in it to flush out the bad things, keep cells happy and ensures you are able to sweat out any bad stuff, if need be. Apparently, this is also a cheap way to increase your "beauty' without the need for expensive cosmetics. 
 
Your link isn't working.

Well anyway, I'm not going to be in that microwave, so the comparison is with a live animal is nonsense. A piece of meat in a microwave needs less time than in a skillet. That's the whole idea behind it.

As for vegetables, scientific research has shown that there are more vitamins left in vegetables shortly cooked in a microwave with just a bit of water than cooked or steamed vegetables. And they don't change the composition of the food, that's a lot of bogus. Broccoli from a microwave is still broccoli!

http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/updates/Microwave-cooking-and-nutrition.shtml
 
I hate to throw a wrench in things, but I personally don't care what is in my toiletries (to an extent), as long as they serve their intended purpose. I want a body wash that smells good and doesn't irritate my skin (Suave seems to be a good choice), a shampoo that removes the excess oils from my hair, leaves it soft and smells good. (I typically use Selsun blue dandruff shampoo), a facial cleanser that removes the excess oil and dirt, doesn't dry my skin out, and doesn't cause me to break out in a rash (I'm using Noxzema right now), I want an antiperspirant/deodorant that keeps sweat down, doesn't need to be applied every hour, and doesn't cause me to break out in hives (I use Dove for men). I use lotions occasionally, and most do fine, but I have tossed a couple that made me itch. That is all I look for in Toiletries/bath products, and I don't have an unlimited budget to spend on eco friendly products (most are significantly more expensive).
 
What I do know, and many others too, is that people in the U.S. do not look the way they did in 1980, or 1950, or even 1930.

Child hood obesity is going through the roof.
So is childhood autism.

If you go back and watch old news segments, look at old newspaper pictures, old yearbooks and other similar media that showed people in un-edited form,
they looked healthier than people today. Healthier meaning height and weight proportionate.

Its really sad to see such an unhealthy society, especially when you know what it once was.

As for adopting to not having the Microwave. I made a list of what I used mine for and thought about how I was going to adopt.

1. melting butter.
2. heating water.
3. general heating of food, (when I was eating more cook foods).
4. pop corn.

I got a $10 instant water heater a Sunbeam Hot Shot and learned some techniques for melting butter which are actually better than they were in the microwave.
As for heating food. I got out the pots and learned how to heat up in there and in the toaster oven.
I already had a hot air corn popper which I was using half the time. now I use that all the time. Tastes better and with out all those awful oils that come in microwave popcorn.
All took a bit longer, but it was worth it. Now it's routine.

If you are heating food in those plastic containers that come in pre-prepared entre's, that is another toxic issue.

Washer111-
"Not cooking foods - especially meats is incredibly dangerous for your health"

Very true. I'm vegan and not everyone has ditched the factory meat yet, I have to remember that.
If one is still eating meat, you're taking so many chances with your health.

These factory farms torcher these animals literally to death. Inject them full of growth hormones, anti-biotics, pain killers to keep the poor animals sedated while they are be torchered. Kick, scald, burn, dismember.... absolutely disgusting.

There is a whole lot of corporatist farmers who won't be going any where near heaven for the crimes they have committed in the last 30 years. When we had family farms, these things weren't happening.

And these sleazy corporate farmers, they keep the animals inside, so they never see the light of day or fresh air, which affects the quality. Then they make sure the buildings on the outside are neatly mowed and looking just so, so that the average person would never suspect the abuse going on.

Anyway, appalling.

I ditched a stove and haven't missed it. It's a nice freedom. Not only do you ditch the stove, you ditch the energy usage, you ditch all the cookware, you ditch the cooked-on-messes, The prep times, the build up of heat in the house, the risk of fires, and all the freezer space you use to keep stuff.

You want to know how bad the food is in America. Try deporting our processed food to other countries. Most countries will not accept the crap from America, so then you ask why. They know that its filled with... yuck.


 
corporatist farmers who won't be going any where near he

Sorry, but the farmer's don't get any say in how they are to treat the animals. The company itself commands them to do what they have to do in order to make money, simple as that. You don't like it, and you are out of a job, out of contract and out of luck. 

 

Eating meat is not gambling with your health. Not eating meat IS. You are causing yourself to become deficient in several key minerals in your body that are required. Animals fats are needed by your body: Cholestrol is not harmful, like everyone thinks. Even if you don't eat meat daily, eating it every week, for example is far better for your health than not. Remember eating a balanced diet is key. No, not one full of grains and meat, one that encompasses each major food group. Look at what people at during the 1950's and 1960s. Meat and Vegetables and Grains. They were healthy. It is the extra-processed food people should be concerned about, not Meat!

In our fair country, there are little, if any "industrial farms." Most of our animals are raised in farmland not too far from our cities or on large stations in the desert. As for Chickens, I know they are perhaps the most tortured, but it comes down to population growth. People go and have 10 children and claim it is their right, then start to wine about how unfairly animals are treated. WAKE UP! If you didn't have those 10 children (along with all the other parents that do), then we wouldn't be in this mess where we need to farm animals as intensively as we do. The Western world seriously has to consider 1 or 2 child policies, as we cannot sustain the pathway we are headed down. Simple as that. 
 
Microwaves---they are NONIONIZING radation-it WILL NOT alter cell structure as X-Rays,Gamma Rays,and so on will.You can safely cook with microwaves as those old time techs did at Ratheon did heating chocolate bars and hot dogs near radar dishes.The microwaves are simply another method of HEATING food or other items.Relax--food cooked with microwaves is safe.No more dangerous than "Manifold" cooking of years ago-wrapping foods in aluminum foil and cooking them on the exhaust manifold of your car motor while traveling.
I eat meat,too-humans DO need nutrients from meat to survive.Remember----We do have the digestive system of a CARNIVORE and have depth perception-allows you to determine distance to a target for persuing it.Same with your hearing.
For obesity-people just aren't doing physical things as much as they used to---esp kids-they are watching TV more,glued to the computer,and playing video games instead of playing games outside-persuing sports and other physical outdoor hobbies-say like hunting or fishing.
I don't think the day will EVER come and hope it does not where you are limited in family size or other matters.In the US this will go over as well as throwing a drowning person a lead balloon.
 
Another thing-High frequency RF and microwaves are dangerous to you if you are in powerful RF feild-say in front of a transmitting antenna or radar dish-microwave communication dish that is transmitting(these have red lights above them that are supposed to be on when the dish is radiating that is accesible on a building roof)-this will cook you in the same manner as a peice of meat or food in your microwave.I have experieinced this-strange sensation-got away from the antenna quickly.FM broadcast and TV broadcast radiation from transmitting antennas can give a cooking effect on you.And where I work-we stay away from antennas that are energized-esp the fronts.In the building you are safe-sheilding,and not in the path of the antenna radiation.And there is a "no fly zone" over our site-SW broadcast antennas radiate UPWARD so some aircraft can be affected-may cause electronically controlled engines to stall.
 
This is a very complex topic and nobody reading should take anything posted as serious without at least 2 hours of independent research. I spent 2 hours compiling these examples:

Many things have been government approved only to have their approval withdrawn later. Things as trivial as scents and colorants. Artificial butter flavor powder (diacetyl) has been shown to promote Alzheimers, shown toxic at factory level, and is being eliminated at the enduser level.

Mineral oil is not particularly harmful per se (minus impurities like benzene), though it may not well serve the purpose for which it is often packaged, skin care. It is after all a solvent. It dismantles natural skin fats. Preparations containing ONLY MO... like worst of all, "baby oil"... I believe should be avoided.

OBTW, I have ichthyosis (google it) and made my own skin lotion (that's what 'arbilab' was before it was a screenname). It contains mineral oil, but the oil phase is dominated by lanolin, nearly identical to human skin fats (except from sheep..... and no, you don't have to kill the sheep to harvest it..... in fact you have to wash it out of wool before you can use either). Human skin fats (sebum) contains oils, waxes, surfactants, salts. See how complicated this gets?

Triclosan can contain benzene impurities. Benzene is bad. It can be in US soda (benzoic acid) as a preservative, and that's one of the things EU won't let US sell them. Benzene is in US nose spray (benzalkonium chloride), replacing the much more hazardous mercury preservative Thiomersal, which a great many parents fear will give their children autism when preserving vaccines. Though the explosion in diagnosed autism tends to be relegated to the increased awareness of the disorder rather than the actual occurrence. Triclosan, like all antibacterials, kills 99% but empowers the survivors to be antibacterial resistant. Benzalkonium meanwhile, paralyzes nasal cilia. See how much MORE complicated this gets?

Ugh, microwaves. A couple (crackpot?) Swiss "reserchers" reported that microwaves "exploded" molecules. Their study wasn't peer reviewed. Switzerland sued them for 'impeding commerce' and won, but was later overturned. MUCH MORE complicated. I can tell you this, that I oven-heat most prepared foods because they taste better than microwaved which tends to burn the fringes. Oh, and the "inside-out" microwave heating, UTTER RUBBISH. Infrared images have shown EXACTLY how microwaves heat, outside in just like analog ovens only more intensely. This is why I seldom operate the microwave above 60% power, to give the heat time to distribute.

Blah blah blah. There is pseudoscience some have adopted as gospel (fools, as bad as the corporate knotzies they decry). There is convenience marketing (microwave on high for 3 minutes, your oven may vary). There is freaking PAYING ATTENTION to what you do in the kitchen and the results and adapting accordion (empiricity).

Sure sign of a "nature knotzie" is lumping microwaves in with epidemic obesity which neatly coincides with the sugar protection act of 1977 (only one of many dating back to the 1700s) that made it illegal to import sugar and was lobbied into existence by the corn producer and processor industries and is why high fructose corn syrup replaced sugar in almost everyting and why nothing sugared tastes like it did in 1976. It also destroyed 80% of the Caribbean economies, why most of them are thugocracies today.

Y'see, when fructose becomes a dominant feature of human diet, it signals the body that the foodchain is failing (onset of famine) and to store sugars as fats. Why else would the fructose industry produce commercials blatantly lying that "your body can't tell the difference"?

SEE HOW COMPLICATED THIS GETS? So you just can't process it by parroting a few reactionary talking points from a few fringe screwballs.
 
Interestingly, high fructose corn syrup isn't anywhere nearly as widely used in Europe as it is in the USA. This is probably because of the large European sugar beet industry that meant traditional sucrose granulated sugar was more heavily protected.

I found a lot of products in the States pretty unpalatable because of corn syrup. I don't think Americans notice it anymore because it's become so prevalent.

For example, I found US sodas very odd tasting compared to normal sugared sodas.

With regard to microwaves, they definitely do penetrate a lot more deeply than infrared radiation (a grill/salamander) and thermal conduction (an oven) but they definitely do not cook from the inside out.

A smaller item will heat quite evenly, but a larger item won't heat through and it's definitely better to turn down the power which actually just causes the magnetron to pulse on and off in a cycle. So you get a blast of heat, then it can spread, then another blast of heat and so on.
 
Well, now I should believe an article about microwaves on a site of a raw food advocate? Hans Hertel's research was really very questionable as already mentioned. He didn't achieve his results by research according academic standards. And neither has he later tried to do it again but then according the standards.

No other research has given evidence that microwaved food is dangerous.

Here's a bit more on microwaves:

http://www.cspinet.org/nah/04_05/microwavemyths.pdf

(pdf file)

Now about autism, since you dragged that into the dicrussion. You see, I know a few things about autism through my work. Yes, autism indeed seems to go through the roof. But that is not because society has been changing or due to different food patterns. Autism is caused during the pregnancy. A few reasons there are more people diagnosed with it, is because science is a continuing process. We know a lot more about autism than when it was discovered in 1943. Diagnosing it is much easier nowadays. Besides that, there is more focus on it. In the past our society (at least here in Europe, but I guess it must have been the same in the USA) solved that problem by finding a suitable job for people who had mental problems. Nowadays people with autism are special because they don't fit into our modern society. Children have to be perfect nowadays and if they aren't, they have to be "repaired" instead of accepting them for who they are.
 
Having a very mild form of the "disorder" I can say that some members of the medical/health community support the notion that those who suffer from Autism actually have major trouble in their intestines - that is, the Micro-Villi are in very poor condition and a diet rich in Glutens (Grains) cause the gut to harbour dangerous organisms.

 

The "GAPS" Diet aims to remedy this by starting you off on a Diet of Meat Broth and Homemade Yoghurt, and slowly adding nutritious vegetables and gluten free items into the mix. The idea is that the Yoghurt and Meat-Broth you are eating helps to quickly repair the intestines and the probiotics ensure it is filled with healthy flora. I know of a lady that has gone through this diet over several years and is in far better health as a result (Although she is not autistic). I myself tried this, since I am prone to digestive trouble, but struggled to progress from the initial stages of the diet, and thus lost significant amounts of weight that I haven't been able to regain - even though I have been off this diet for almost 2 years now. 

 

I also agree with the statement that people today that are different are isolated and secluded from society to be "repaired." Yes, you can get help to help you in social situations, but the lack of understanding people have really does hurt sometimes. At least 4 years ago, when I was "diagnosed" with this disorder, a clip came on the news about a new medication that could help people like me with Asperger's Syndrome. Having had an additional 4 years experience in the world since then, I will be brutally honest and say that BEING the social outcast has turned out to be very beneficial for me, instead of finding myself in one of the "in" crowds that will do just about anything to show-off to their friends... 
 
Thank you Arbilab

For the time spent compiling, I appreciate it.

I'd be interested to know more about mineral oil. In particular, "dismantling skin fats"

While I understand there are some who oppose the use of in skin care products for various reasons, (it's source) my understanding has been that it has little to no evidence of sensitizing skin? And may explain one of the reasons why it's been so common, and widely used.

I do not have sensitive skin, however my go to facial moisturizer has be Cetaphil Moister Cream. (Loaded with petrolatum) it dose not feel greasy. (Its a oil in water emulsion)
Mind you I'm not using it for its ingredients, or lack there of, but for its performance.
Is there a reason I shouldn't?

We've talked before about emulsions, ect, and I know you know what your talking about.

(Don't know if I want my fats dismantled) LOL
 
Eddie ...

... I'm a huge fan of coconut oil, but to use it straight as a moisturizer? I've tried it and I turn into a greasy mess! I'd never dream of slathering down in coconut oil before getting dressed for work; I'd ruin my suits!

That being said, I long ago stopped using conventional deodorants and anti-perspirants. I've been using that natural salt crystal stuff for years now, and it's the best thing ever! It actually facilitates in changing the ph of your body (it gets more acidic -- STINKY -- because it's reacting to those nasty chemicals you put on it every day, requiring you to use more and more of it). There are days when I can actually skip the deodorant without any odor.
 

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