Saturday, March 15, 2008

All Natural

There is a growing awareness on health and wellness. You can see it in the ads on tv and print. Nestle has a product line that is suppose to help you to be healthy. There is also a growing number of spas and wellness centers. More and more people are paying attention to what they eat and how they can sweat it out all for good health's sake.

And so if you want to live healthier you have several options for the food you eat, creams and lotions you put on your skin and several sweat it out sports to choose from but has it ever occurred to you that the cleaning products we use at our homes contain so much chemicals that are harmful to our bodies?

I was forced to take a hard look at this when I became pregnant. When you're pregnant you are restricted to do a lot of things, limited to what you can eat and should be conscious of what you use on your skin and in the house.

And so began my search for all natural skin care and cleaning products that are available in the market and this has proved to be a challenge. So far I only know of a few sellers of all natural lotion, insect repellant, soaps and shampoo. At least there were a few to choose. What was more difficult was looking for all natural household cleaning products. I saw a few but they were expensive. It cost 3 times more than the chemical cleaners in the grocery.

Why are household cleaning products bad for us?
  • Most of these items from bleach to your dishwashing soap are poisonous when ingested.
  • Bleach can burn your skin and eyes. (Now that's why my clothes get holes when too much zonrox is used on it)
To know more about the harmful effects of these things, please check this.

So now my search continues for all natural cleaning products.



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