Love the Skin You're In!
Most of us are pretty conscious when it comes to what foods we choose to put into our mouths. We like to think that we usually make the best choice with the occasional not so healthy snack. But how much thought do any of us give to what we take into our bodies via our skin? The skin is our largest organ and it is responsible for many functions.
1. Protection of underlying organs and tissues from mechanical damage.
2. Excretion of excess salts, water and urea from the body.
3. Temperature regulation.
4. Maintenance of body shape. The elasticity of skin restores the shape when joints are used during movement.
5. Protection against excessive loss of water from the body by evaporation.
6. Protection against entry of harmful organisms.
7. Storage of nutrients.
8. Detection of stimuli such as temperature, pain and touch and the relay of this information to the nervous system. And last but most important:
9. Absorption.
In fact, we absorb 70% of what our skin comes into contact with both indirectly through the environment and directly through application to the skin of various lotions, cosmetics and medications. 70%! That is a lot especially when you consider the pathway. When we eat and drink, the foods we take in have to go through the gastrointestinal tract before entering our bloodstream to reach the entire body. What this means is that your food is in contact with digestive enzymes, stomach acids and other substances that break down and help to digest and process it. If there are any toxic or un-needed elements they are often whisked away to the liver and kidneys for processing and excretion.
This doesn’t mean that there are no ill effects from eating things that are not good for us; it just means that our foods get broken down and partially processed. In contrast, when we put a substance on our skin, it gets absorbed and into the bloodstream without the benefit of processing and filtering.
This is how trans-dermal patches work for nicotine, pain killers like morphine and hormones for HRT. The fat-soluble medications are absorbed through the fat layer and into the bloodstream to the entire body, instantly. Then there are the medicated creams and lotions on the market for sore muscles and arthritis. These ingredients, salicylates/aspirins and hot pepper (capsaicin) preparations are water-soluble so they need help getting through the fatty tissue to get into the bloodstream. That is where the other various ingredients come into play, the ones that we usually cannot pronounce. The most popular transport agent is propylene glycol. It is responsible for vasodilation (opening up your blood vessels) and dilating your pores so that the medicine can get through.
There are a few problems with this method that you need to be aware of.
1. Propylene glycol is a petroleum by product.
2. It is an ingredient in anti-freeze and other industrial agents.
3. The FDA considers it so toxic that it requires its workers to wear full body protection when cleaning up a spill, yet it is the most common ingredient in all cosmetics.
4. When the propylene glycol opens the door for the medicine, everything else follows.
What that means is that all of the delightful formaldehyde based preservatives, petroleum, synthetic fragrances and Goddess knows what else, are escorted right into your bloodstream for quick distribution.
Isn’t that nice? And we haven’t even talked about cosmetics yet!
Read the ingredient label on any random body product and then ask yourself,
“Would I feed this to my child?” “Would I eat this myself?” Yes, with your mouth.
If you cringe, then maybe you need to rethink what you are slathering on your children and your own body everyday because that is exactly what you are doing. You are eating all the formaldehyde, all of the petroleum, all of the propylene glycol, all of the dyes and synthetic fragrances, all of the ingredients that you cannot pronounce, all of it. YUCK!
And I am sorry to say that many of the products labeled as “organic” are not much better. Remember, if the scent of a product lasts on your skin for more than 20 minutes, it is synthetic. It is not real. The exception to this is resinous oils like frankincense and patchouli etc.
In light of this information we are considering starting a new slogan, Lotus Body Botanicals, Good Enough to Eat! Check out our entire line of edible skin care/healing products, (except of course the Honey Bubbles)!
Peace and Light,
Maria
1. Protection of underlying organs and tissues from mechanical damage.
2. Excretion of excess salts, water and urea from the body.
3. Temperature regulation.
4. Maintenance of body shape. The elasticity of skin restores the shape when joints are used during movement.
5. Protection against excessive loss of water from the body by evaporation.
6. Protection against entry of harmful organisms.
7. Storage of nutrients.
8. Detection of stimuli such as temperature, pain and touch and the relay of this information to the nervous system. And last but most important:
9. Absorption.
In fact, we absorb 70% of what our skin comes into contact with both indirectly through the environment and directly through application to the skin of various lotions, cosmetics and medications. 70%! That is a lot especially when you consider the pathway. When we eat and drink, the foods we take in have to go through the gastrointestinal tract before entering our bloodstream to reach the entire body. What this means is that your food is in contact with digestive enzymes, stomach acids and other substances that break down and help to digest and process it. If there are any toxic or un-needed elements they are often whisked away to the liver and kidneys for processing and excretion.
This doesn’t mean that there are no ill effects from eating things that are not good for us; it just means that our foods get broken down and partially processed. In contrast, when we put a substance on our skin, it gets absorbed and into the bloodstream without the benefit of processing and filtering.
This is how trans-dermal patches work for nicotine, pain killers like morphine and hormones for HRT. The fat-soluble medications are absorbed through the fat layer and into the bloodstream to the entire body, instantly. Then there are the medicated creams and lotions on the market for sore muscles and arthritis. These ingredients, salicylates/aspirins and hot pepper (capsaicin) preparations are water-soluble so they need help getting through the fatty tissue to get into the bloodstream. That is where the other various ingredients come into play, the ones that we usually cannot pronounce. The most popular transport agent is propylene glycol. It is responsible for vasodilation (opening up your blood vessels) and dilating your pores so that the medicine can get through.
There are a few problems with this method that you need to be aware of.
1. Propylene glycol is a petroleum by product.
2. It is an ingredient in anti-freeze and other industrial agents.
3. The FDA considers it so toxic that it requires its workers to wear full body protection when cleaning up a spill, yet it is the most common ingredient in all cosmetics.
4. When the propylene glycol opens the door for the medicine, everything else follows.
What that means is that all of the delightful formaldehyde based preservatives, petroleum, synthetic fragrances and Goddess knows what else, are escorted right into your bloodstream for quick distribution.
Isn’t that nice? And we haven’t even talked about cosmetics yet!
Read the ingredient label on any random body product and then ask yourself,
“Would I feed this to my child?” “Would I eat this myself?” Yes, with your mouth.
If you cringe, then maybe you need to rethink what you are slathering on your children and your own body everyday because that is exactly what you are doing. You are eating all the formaldehyde, all of the petroleum, all of the propylene glycol, all of the dyes and synthetic fragrances, all of the ingredients that you cannot pronounce, all of it. YUCK!
And I am sorry to say that many of the products labeled as “organic” are not much better. Remember, if the scent of a product lasts on your skin for more than 20 minutes, it is synthetic. It is not real. The exception to this is resinous oils like frankincense and patchouli etc.
In light of this information we are considering starting a new slogan, Lotus Body Botanicals, Good Enough to Eat! Check out our entire line of edible skin care/healing products, (except of course the Honey Bubbles)!
Peace and Light,
Maria
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