#23 Toxic Beauty with Wendy and Cate

Wendy Myers and Cate Beehan discuss toxic beauty. No, we’re not talking about ourselves! We’re talking about toxic beauty products! Many don’t realize that chemicals in their personal care products are making them fat and sick. Wendy also recommends many of her favorite natural organic products.

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It’s really important that we bring attention to this very important, often overlooked, aspect of health care. There are too many natural alternatives out there to be bothering with commonly commercially available toxic shampoos, soaps, deodorants, toothpaste, perfumes, and other personal care products.

All the products you buy, that you see in your drug store, department store, membership club, etc, contain ingredients that are hormone disruptors and mimic estrogen. For this reason, you want to avoid ALL commercial, popular brands of shampoo, conditioner, lotion, shaving creams, deodorant, soaps, body wash and hand soaps. Most importantly, you want to avoid anything with fragrance or perfume. We’ll explain why.

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All popular brands of beauty products, including makeup, shampoo, deodorants, and perfume contain harmful chemicals.

Like most people, I never questioned the safety of the ingredients of my beauty products. Blindly, I figured the government protected consumers from toxic ingredients and automatically assumed that manufacturers legally and ethically could not put anything in these products that are harmful. You and I were wrong. There are literally thousands of chemicals used in cosmetics, and only a tiny fraction of them have ever been tested for safety. According to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, nearly 900 of the chemicals used in cosmetics are known to be toxic. It’s impossible to list them all, but some of the most common culprits to avoid include:

  1. Phthalates – holds scent and color in products
  2. Parabens – preservative
  3. Formaldehyde – preservative
  4. 1,4-Dioxane – makes harsh ingredients more mild, like detergents

Learn exactly why you should be avoiding these chemicals.

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Recommended Products

Alterna

Aubrey Organics

Dr. Hauschka’s Products

Fresh Brands

Griffin Remedy

Nourish Brands

Lavilin

Zatik

 

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Dr Wendy Myers, ND is a detox expert, functional diagnostic nutritionist, NES Bioenergetic Practitioner, and founder of Myersdetox.com. She is the #1 bestselling author of Limitless Energy: How to Detox Toxic Metals to End Exhaustion and Chronic Fatigue . Additionally, Wendy is the host of The Heavy Metals Summit, the Myers Detox Podcast, and the Supercharged Podcast. Passionate about the importance of detox to live a long and healthy life, she created the revolutionary Myers Detox Protocol , and Mitochondria Detox kit after working with thousands of clients, as well as a range of supplements to help you detox from everyday living and maintain a healthy lifestyle!

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Carla
Carla
10 years ago

Hello, you say in your podcast that you would provide notes of the products you recommended, but I can’t find anywhere on your website that has these? I tried to write them down as you said them, but I could only get a few of them because of your accent. Can you please direct me to the written material? Thanks.

Kelly Mcgettigan
Kelly Mcgettigan
9 years ago

Hi Wendy! I really appreciate all the research you’ve put into this topic. It is so hard to find natural products that are healthy to use and that work. I was very excited to try Lavilin deodorant. Unfortunately, when I received it, fragance (parfum) was on the ingredient label. Isn’t fragrance a phalate? Could you clarify this for me? Thank you, Kelly