Babies, Chemicals and Pure, Honest Skin Care

Hello Everyone,

We spend a lot of time on this blog talking about health and good skincare, organics and purity.
One thing I've learned about us humans is that we might get it in one context and fail to carry it over to another.

So today I want to talk about children and infants, and what chemicals they are exposed to and are consuming. How we can avoid these exposures for them.

First of all, you have to get that the products on the supermarket and drug store shelves are NOT made for the benefit of your children, but for the profit of that corporation or company. Some are more upstanding and have integrity; others spend their energies trying to spin the good words so that you think you're doing the right thing, but you're not.

You can't be a - excuse the pun here - babe in the woods when it comes to organic and pure products. You have to become an intelligent and savvy consumer. You have to take full responsibility for what you consume and what your children consume.

You have to learn to read labels and come to know who are the integrity players and who is not.

Rule of thumb here: if it's in the supermarket or Walmart or Target, you're going to have to be really, really careful. Most of the integrity players in the health and wellness industry are the multilevel marketing companies like One Group and the Miessence Line and their new Baby Care Line. You're going to have to do your homework. Use the Internet and Google them, read what their philosophies are; what's their mission statement. Now, go to the products ingredients and read. Everything you don't understand, Google it.

You can go into the archives of my blog to read past posts about the difference between the labels of "natural", "organic" and "certified organic". What's important, of utmost importance is that if you are saying yes to a chemical, you do it willingly and fully aware.

When it comes to infants and children, their exposure to chemicals is extraordinary. Never before in the history of the world have children been born with toxins already in their bodies like they are today. They come in with toxins into a toxic environment. As you would with cleaning up your own exposure, you must do the same for them. The best you can do, is the best you can do. What I mean by that is this: you begin. You wash their clothes in non toxic soaps, you make sure they are wearing natural fibers (cotton, linen, silk, rayon, hemp); you feed them only organic foods and pure water. You make sure that if they are on formula, that it's not just "organic" you're looking for, but NO SUGAR as well. And as far as the soaps, lotions, and potions you apply to their delicate skin, it is as pure as you can find.

Babies absorb chemicals! Baby lotion, powder and shampoo can lead to higher concentrations in an infant’s body of phthalates, chemicals linked to allergies and altered reproductive development, a US study shows. The study conducted at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute http://www.seattlechildrens.org/home/about_childrens/press_releases/2008/02/003170.aspfound that babies treated with common baby care products such as lotion, shampoo, and powder were more likely to have phthalates in their urine than other babies. Phthalates are chemicals commonly found in personal care and other household products, including plastic children’s toys, lubricants and chemical stabilisers in cosmetics and personal care products.

Animal studies of phthalates have found that they can harm reproductive system development, and studies in humans have found that prenatal exposure or exposure through breast milk can alter hormone concentrations, the study says.

Lead author Dr Sheela Sathyanarayana, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington medical school, describes the findings as “troubling”: “Babies may be more at risk than children or adults because their reproductive, endocrine and immune systems are still developing,” she says. She adds that phthalate exposure in early childhood has been associated with altered hormone concentrations as well as increased allergies, runny nose and eczema.

Yes, these products cost more money. Quality costs more money in the short run, but I promise you this. Pay now or you will pay later. You deserve only the highest and best quality and so do your children. America is learning the hard way that cheap has cost us big time in our health, in our environment and in our well being. Choose Life. The products I recommend without any equivocation are those marketed by One Group. Yes, I market these products, but I also use them. After a very, very long search for products that I could honestly recommend without any second thoughts or reservations. I invite you to visit: http://www.honestskincare.mionegroup.com

Our children are our future. Nothing is too good for them, or us.

Thanks for reading!

Kath