Re: personal care products

[Guest guest]

I've just been researching this! How funny; I guess great minds think alike =)

I'm stuck on the toothpaste thing, but for shampoo I've read about using baking

soda to wash and an ACV rinse. There's a lot of info online about this. I think

I'm going to try washing with an egg white today since I have so many extras,

and do an ACV rinse.

For my skin I think I'm going to start dry brushing it; apparently it aids in

detoxification, so it might help minimize die off! And I'll probably just use

coconut oil as a 'lotion' after my shower. I don't like using any commercial

body products either because it's true that your skin absorbs a lot of stuff!

Hope that gave you some ideas!

Alyssa =)

>

> While I was getting ready for work today, it occurred to me that my personal

care products are just as important because some of them end up in my mouth and

absorbed into my system through my skin.

>

> Any ideas about toothpaste/mouthwash without sugar and additives? Lotions and

shampoos?

>

> Anyone else have thoughts?

>

> Ellen

> CD 09

> SCD just now

>

[Guest guest]

No, I don't normally ingest toothpaste or mouthwash for digestion but sometimes

I find that the sugary feel they leave in my mouth is a problem.

Ellen

>

> >While I was getting ready for work today, it

> >occurred to me that my personal care products

> >are just as important because some of them end

> >up in my mouth and absorbed into my system through my skin.

> >

> >Any ideas about toothpaste/mouthwash without

> >sugar and additives? Lotions and shampoos?

>

> Some people do look into this. If you are

> super-sensitive, it's something to consider, but

> for the majority of us, it's not an issue.

>

> The point is that we are eliminated food which

> feeds the bacteria in our guts. If it doesn't go

> through our guts to be absorbed, it's generally not an issue.

>

> I don't imagine you EAT your toothpaste or drink mouthwash?

>

>

>

>

> — Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

> Darn Good SCD Cook

> No Human Children

> Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

>

[Guest guest]

Marilyn,Actually the skin is very good at absorbing things. You would be surprised just how many chemicals you have absorbed from personal care products--most of them petroleum products and/or xenoestrogens. I really like the brand A'kin for hair and body care. It is an Australian company, but they do have a US distribution http://www.puristusa.com/. AmeliaFrom:

Wizop Marilyn L. Alm To: BTVC-SCD Sent: Wed, February 3, 2010 6:41:56 PMSubject: Re: personal care products

At 08:03 AM 2/3/2010, you wrote:

While I was getting ready for

work today, it occurred to me that my personal care products are just as

important because some of them end up in my mouth and absorbed into my

system through my skin.

Any ideas about toothpaste/mouthwas h without sugar and additives? Lotions

and shampoos?

Some people do look into this. If you are super-sensitive, it's something

to consider, but for the majority of us, it's not an issue.

The point is that we are eliminated food which feeds the bacteria in our

guts. If it doesn't go through our guts to be absorbed, it's generally

not an issue.

I don't imagine you EAT your toothpaste or drink mouthwash?

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

At 03:42 PM 2/3/2010, you wrote:

Actually the skin is very good

at absorbing things. You would be surprised just how many chemicals

you have absorbed from personal care products--most of them petroleum

products and/or xenoestrogens. I really like the brand A'kin for

hair and body care. It is an Australian company, but they do have a

US distribution

http://www.puristusa.com/.

I know that the skin is very good at absorbing things -- and that there

can be effects from it doing so.

I'm just saying that in terms of what is SCD-allowed, since it doesn't go

through the gut, it doesn't necessarily feed the bad bacteria.

Like you, I prefer to avoid a number of things... but it wasn't something

I concerned myself with when I was first starting the diet. I got the

diet in line, and then started working on other things.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

Alyssa,

I think it's the egg yolk you want to use, not the white. The pecanbread board

talked about this recently, and it was said that the white pulls biotin out of

your hair.

I've hear Tom's of Maine has some good toothpaste. There is also something

called toothsoap that they recommend at pecanbread.

I use toothpaste and mouthwash from Nutribiotic, which have pretty inoffensive

ingredients.

Last but not least, here is a good website to find friendly body products:

http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/index.php

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

>

> I've just been researching this! How funny; I guess great minds think alike =)

I'm stuck on the toothpaste thing, but for shampoo I've read about using baking

soda to wash and an ACV rinse. There's a lot of info online about this. I think

I'm going to try washing with an egg white today since I have so many extras,

and do an ACV rinse.

>

> For my skin I think I'm going to start dry brushing it; apparently it aids in

detoxification, so it might help minimize die off! And I'll probably just use

coconut oil as a 'lotion' after my shower. I don't like using any commercial

body products either because it's true that your skin absorbs a lot of stuff!

>

> Hope that gave you some ideas!

>

> Alyssa =)