This story from today's Seattle Post-Intelligencer, about high levels of chemicals found in 10 volunteers, deserves attention: We're walking, talking toxic waste dumps. It is truly alarming, although it doesn't go much into the health effects that these chemicals can cause. But I have long suspected that everyday chemicals are causing or contributing to many of our modern health problems.
I've been reading lately about the chemicals that are in our food and beauty products. One book in particular, "The Truth About Beauty" by Kat James, has become somewhat of a bible for me. For several months I've been reading and re-reading it, underlining and making notes, and slowly trying to incorporate some of its suggestions. I'm eating less sugar and more organic foods. I'm reading the labels on my lotions and potions (and being shocked). Kat's thesis -- based on her personal experience with physical transformation (like dropping 10 dress sizes) -- is that true beauty comes from health. And health comes from taking exquisite care of our bodies with real foods and genuine beauty products.I'm not yet such an extremist that I'm willing to give up my coffee or my Olay Daily Facials, but I am becoming more aware that we are surrounded -- and infiltrated -- by questionable chemicals every day.
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Yeah -- you'd be hard-pressed to find me giving up much. The coffee stays, the alcohol stays, the occasional stupid bag of chips stays -- all of it. And why? I can't live forever and the problems my body has get enough help from all the other healthy parts of my diet and daily behaviour. I eat organic stuff, I use high-end products that are exceptionally natural for my primary skincare (Caudalie and Juice Beauty, with a bit of MAC thrown in...), and so I leave in what I leave in because life is better with it than without -- even if it gives me blemishes on occasion!!
Interesting...I'll have to find that book. After seeing a doctor of Chinese medicine for a skin condition, he told me to go wheat-free AND eat more healthy fats (avocado & nuts - yippee!) Presto -my skin has improved drastically. Good fats are good for you, IMHO. And lots of people have some allergy to manufactured wheat products.
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