Is It Really Possible That Your Anti Aging Products Are Damaging Your Health?

Did you know that Ralph Nader has said that “Over the last 100 years, the rate of cancer in the U.S. has sky-rocketed from 1 out of 800 people diagnosed, to 1 out of 3 today.” Do you have any idea why? Of cause there is no definitive answer however there is a reasonable chance that one of the causes may be dangerous ingredients in personal and beauty care products such as skin care and anti aging products and cosmetics and more.

Doubtless many of the ingredients found in so many products that most of us use every day are dangerous. And it’s not just anti aging skin care products, it’s even true of so many foods.

Here’s an example. One ingredient that you should avoid in anti aging and skin care products. Mineral oil.

Mineral oil comes from crude oil and is a byproduct of the distillation of crude oil. Baby oil is pure mineral oil, often with a fragrance added. (And even fragrance can be suspect too).

Mineral oil is found in a wide range of anti aging products and skin care products and it is added to those products as a moisturizer. The reality is that mineral oil has absolutely no moisturizing properties of it’s own. Rather the intention is that mineral oil in anti aging products will cover the face with a thin film of oil on the skin that will help minimize moisture lost from the skin. And to some extent this is successful.

Have you ever heard of a Material Safety Data Sheet? A Material Safety Data Sheet is a document that lists essential information for anyone handling a chemical, including important safety information. Read a Material Safety Data Sheet on mineral oil and you’ll see that it says that mineral oil is are “suspected carcinogens of the skin and scrotum, larynx, lung and alimentary tracts” and that mineral oils “may cause eye, skin and respiratory tract irritation” and also that “pre-existing skin disorders may be aggravated by exposure”.

In other words mineral oil can cause cancer of various parts of your body including your skin, it irritates your skin and makes skin conditions worse.

Mineral oil isn’t all. There’s many other ingredients that you may see listed on the label of anti aging products that may well be dangerous. Why is this so and why aren’t we protected from this?

The FDA isn’t required to protect us. It’s not their job to test how well anti aging products work or how safe they are for us to use. And of course big companies are known for their concern about the well-being of their customers. A fine example is the cigarette companies. If the company is allowed to use these ingredients then it will.

Many of these dangerous ingredients are found in our personal products like our skin care products because they’re cheap. The cheaper the ingredients the more profit that is made on the sale of the product. It’s well known that there are excellent ingredients that work extremely well to promote skin health but most of these are not used because they are expensive.

But there are some very clever people running some small skin care companies that know that it is possible to make high quality anti aging skin products that are very effective. They can’t compete on TV advertising but they can compete on product quality but the chances are you’ll never find out who they are because they don’t advertise.

Through my website I try and inform readers about the risks of so many ingredients in anti aging products and the point them towards these small niche companies.

Visit my website to find out more.

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