deodorant /Re: baking soda and aluminum

[Guest guest]

Unfortunately natural deodorants don't function as antiperspirants.

Antiperspirants are aluminum-based compounds, so once you start avoiding

aluminum you'll lose the sweat-reduction properties. (A good explanation as

to how antiperspirants work is available here:

http://health.howstuffworks.com/question627.htm)

As a result, some people do have to reapply natural deodorants at some point

through the day. As much as it would be convenient to find a natural

antiperspirant, I don't think purposefully blocking sweat ducts is healthy

no matter what compound is used: sweat is how we get rid of toxins and cool

our bodies.

-Lana

On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Sumner <sumner_33@...> wrote:

> I have tried so many different types and concoctions and have not

> found anything that works well for me. I'm a pretty heavy sweating

> person. There is a Burt's Bees spray that works 'ok'. I will try the

> spray salt/peroxide concoction next - hopefully with some luck.

>

[Guest guest]

>

<<But yeah the toxins will make you stink and toxic thoughts release the

bad smell from the apocrine glands. I always remembered by they make you

smell like an ape.>>

Naturally, since we are rather posh apes ourselves.

I raw feed my dog on raw meat and bones only - after a week or two off

carbs and dry food generally, dogs also have quite unsmelly poop that

dries out into compact little thingies.

My poop is also reasonable although no one's will be mined for perfume

LOL! But I eat a **lot** of fermented foods - perhaps improved enzymes

within, like the raw milk you drank while on the farm?

regards from edella

[Guest guest]

Not to mention chlorine is one of the ten most toxic substances there is!

I love the smell of orange oil because it means my house is clean!

Kathy

Re: deodorant /Re: baking soda and aluminum

Just the other day, a friend of mine was using bleach to clean her stove. I

mentioned that the smell bothered me and another friend who was there piped

up that she " loves " the smell of bleach because that is how she knows

something is clean.

Duh!! What ever happened to clean smelling like clean? Nowadays, febreeze,

lysol, bleach, etc are all associated with " clean " . Bleh!

-Lana

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 5:54 PM, barbiec1953 <bcentofante@...> wrote:

> I agree ! So many people in this country have lost an appreciation

> for natural smells of all sorts... we have learned to like chemical

> concoctions as perfumes, soaps, cleaners etc. instead of the natural

> scents...

>

[Guest guest]

Lana-

> Salt is a major component of sweat and if you

> sweat a lot you might need more salt than you expect.

No kidding -- when I sweat a lot, I get salt stains all over my clothes.

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[Guest guest]

Aidan-

> I find clothing makes a huge difference. If I wear cotton or wool

> there

> is virtually nothing to worry about, but the more polyester in my

> shirts, the more they smell. My touch football shirt is the worst. It

> doesn't have to be polyester either, polypropylene thermals are just

> as

> bad.

Yeah, I second that. I can't wear anything synthetic next to my

skin. If I do, I wind up sweating more, nasty things happen to my

skin, and the sweat winds up stinking horribly. With cotton, though,

I can sweat a ton and still smell reasonably OK.

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