The Green Beauty Guide

REPRINTED FROM: The Toronto Star, Fri Mar 5 2010, Page: L03, Section: Ontario. Byline: Vivian Song
I feel this article is so important, I could not resist to add my effort in spreading the word about cancer prevention and vitamin D.

Rhonda Abrams sees the sun in a new light. For years she was afraid of it. Skin [...]

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My sister is a bit slow in grasping the basics of cosmetic label reading, so when she buys a shampoo with a word “organic” on the bottle it’s most often will be used to mop floors. So this time, when she came back with a happy yellow tube of Australian Organics shampoo which contained cocamide [...]

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Not Just a Pretty Face paints a disturbing picture of conventional beauty industry that exposes millions of women to toxic hazards that accumulate in the body triggering autoimmune diseases and making us age prematurely.

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Phenoxyethanol, glycol ether often derived from natural sources, is a popular antibacterial and preservative chemical. It also contains in many vaccines and bug repellants.
Even some of the greenest beauty brands use phenoxyethanol as a preservative, noting that it is derived from grapefruit. Well, cocamide DEA is derived from coconut but this doesn’t make it [...]

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Each time I performed that obligatory “tap, swirl and buff” technique I could feel the powder coating inside of my nose and scratching my throat. I am not sensitive to any chemicals and I am not prone to allergies. So maybe inhaling mineral foundation isn’t really good for us?

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Craving porcelain-white, translucent skin? Don’t reach for that tube of hydroquinone cream. It may make you pale, really pale. Deadly pale, in fact.
The mechanism of permanent whitening with hydroquinone is known for centuries. In 500 B.C. in Iran, farmers and civil workers used pure hydroquinone to keep their skin white and soft. Hydroquinone whitens skin by [...]

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A few years ago silica was proclaimed the universal antiaging mineral. The reasoning was simple: since silica is a major component of collagen, we need to eat, drink, and apply silica topically to help skin to stay firm, the hair shiny and teeth strong. Health food shop owner in Toronto claimed that ample amounts of [...]

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When it comes to pest control, I am the real pest, and not a single bug spray can keep me in control.
In England, everyone is obsessed with living organic. It’s cheap and it’s everywhere. I am not immune, either: we eat organic, sleep organic, drink organic, and grow our little organic baby. And I tend to [...]

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If eyes are the windows to the soul, then fingernails are the windows to your health. From simply looking at changes in the compressed keratin that sits atop our fingertips, doctors can sometimes identify the first signs of rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, lung disorders, liver and kidney problems, as well as certain vitamin deficiencies. Watch for [...]

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Most people assume that cancer is genetic and cannot be avoided. However, according to the American Cancer Society, healthy behaviors could prevent approximately half of cancer deaths. Below is a list of 10 lifestyle changes, all based on the latest research, which people can make to improve their odds of preventing cancer or catching it at its earliest, most curable stages.

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