Posts Tagged ‘toxins’
|Cosmetic concerns: what toxins to avoid in your skin care
Thursday, March 25th, 2010
A recent study in the United Kingdom found the average British woman wears more than 500 chemicals every day.
These potentially-toxic ingredients come in the form of fragrances, lotions, makeup, shampoos and conditioners, and other body products. This puts the largest organ of your body — your skin — under constant siege. The onslaught can lead to hormonal changes, cancers, allergies, nervous system disorders, and more.
Since there are no safety regulations for cosmetics, companies are free to use whatever they want, putting you at potential risk with every product you buy. (more…)
Tags: chemical exposure, cosmetics, skin health, toxic chemicals, toxins
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New Year’s Resolution: Join the Nature Cures Clinic group cleanse!
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Welcome to the Nature Cures Clinic Group Cleanse and Elimination Diet Program – A program designed to address the most common causes of chronic health issues.
We’ve found that the underlying causes of many of our patients’ health problems are due to toxins in the system. Toxins are not just what we take in from our environment through food, cleaning agents, water and air – but can be created internally too from hormone imbalances, food allergies and stress.
To address these issues we’ve designed a program that combines the benefits of a metabolic cleanse with the Elimination Diet – allowing you to get the most from both efforts by 1) detoxing the liver (and thereby “cleaning the slate” for the elimination diet to be most effective) and 2) using a 9-day cleanse the first week of the elimination diet, which cuts down on the amount of time you are on the diet!
It’s easy as 1…2…3! (more…)
Tags: body cleanse, detox, Diet, Elimination diet, toxins
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Summer Skin Health: From the Inside Out
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Nature Cures Clinic Nutritional Therapist
We’re deep in the heart of summer and after days of berry picking, hanging out at the river, hiking in the mountains and being outside in the heat your skin may need some attention. In the Spring we focus on preparing the skin for months ahead by doing our “spring cleaning” and ridding our systems of toxins as well as increasing our essential fatty acids to help protect our skin from over-exposure to the sun. Now it’s time to help our skin regain that spring glow through the last months of hot weather.
For all of us, dry skin is a natural process and we are meant to shed a layer of skin every day. We slather on lotions and potions to “temporarily” relieve us of the chalky look and feel of dead skin cells. At the least, the ingredients in these products can clog pores and create skin problems, but sometimes they can cause real health concerns. For true solutions to skin renewal I think it’s best to go back to Mother Nature. (more…)
Tags: Exercise, Nutrition, skin health, toxins
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Our Daily Toxic Exposure
Friday, July 9th, 2004
A recent article by neuro-psychologist Sheila Bastien, Ph.D., pointed out that we are exposed to more than 500 chemicals and toxic substances every day. This isn’t surprising given that over 70,000 chemicals are now produced and used regularly.
Dr. Bastien listed just a few of the sources of these chemicals we are exposed to on a daily basis. They include:
“pesticides, secondhand smoke, alcohol, fresh paint, scented products and perfumes, food preservatives and flavor enhancers, aerosols, tap water, cosmetics, new carpets, petroleum products, formaldehyde, outdoor pollutants, cleaning compounds, printing and office products.” (more…)
Tags: Chemicals, detox, herbicides, Naturopathic medicine, pesticides, toxins
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