Did you know your morning make up routine could be messing with your hormones? Lots of foundations, mascaras, bronzers, & blushes are filled with toxic ingredients. Some of the ingredients used in your routine have the same chemicals used as in pesticides that poisons insects, fungus and weeds! The good news is there are some safe or cleaner make-up brands and lines out there. You don’t have to make a big change, but little by little, choosing the cleaner option will be better for you in the long run! One of our patients, Mercy, is a representative for the toxin-free makeup line called “Crunchi.” Check out their products using her link here: https://crunchi.com/?als=MercyAguirre What are some of your favorite clean products?? Sources: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26825071/ , https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0026265X25011233 https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9284/10/6/160 https://www.ewg.org/the-toxic-twelve-chemicals-and-contaminants-in-cosmetics

A remarkable study published in the journal Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology revealed something very special about garlic: it is a natural detoxifier of lead and is not only as effective as a common chelation drug known as d-penicillamine at pulling this metal out of the body but is also much safer. The study was titled, "Comparison of therapeutic effects of garlic and d-penicillamine in patients with chronic occupational lead poisoning," and sought to confirm previous research in animals that showed garlic (Allium sativum) is effective in reducing blood and tissue lead concentrations. The study took the measurements of the blood lead concentrations of 117 workers at a car battery plant who were randomly assigned to two groups of garlic (1.2 milligrams of allicin from approximately 1,000 mg of garlic extract, three times daily) and d-penicillamine (250 mg, three times daily) and treated for 4 weeks. Clinical signs and symptoms of lead poisoning were also investigated and compared with the initial findings. Clearly, despite the near equal reduction in measurable blood lead concentrations in both groups, improvements in various measured clinical manifestations were only found in the garlic group. Also, side effects were higher in the d-penicillamine group. These results clearly indicate the superiority of garlic over the drug and underscore how drug-based interventions often end up 'normalizing' target values, e.g. blood lead concentrations, without resulting in improvement in the quality of life or even the objective clinical signs and subjective symptoms of the treated patient; to the contrary, often the patient feels and is much worse off following drug treatment.