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Toxins and Inflammation
Environmental and Topical Toxins that May Be Increasing Your Inflammation
Environmental toxins as well as the types of foods we eat factor into the escalating epidemic of chronic diseases.
Did you know your skin is your largest organ? What comes in contact with your skin can make you or break you. I’m talking about topical toxins found in your creams, soaps, shampoos, nail polish, laundry detergent, cleaning products in your home and so on.
You can begin immediately to change your environment today, and you can do it easily if you know what to look for.
The first thing to do is to check the ingredients labels on the products you are currently using. But, what do you look for? I want to start with three ingredients you can target to pinpoint the topical toxins in the products you may currently be using. Products that might be contributing to chronic inflammation, either existing and thriving or developing.
Check anything that cleans for the ingredient Sodium Lauryl Sulfate or SLS. That is the ingredient that makes your shampoo foam so beautifully. It’s classified by the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database as a “moderate hazard” and has been associated with various ills like cancer, endocrine disruption, organ and neurotoxicity and skin irritation.
