just because your beauty products same
natural or even organic does not mean
they’re safe or even free of chemicals
hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re speaking
with journalists Adria vassal about her
book II coholic body and how we can
green up our beauty regimen so we’ll
start with a synopsis of ecology Adi a
Quahog body is basically a really
practical guide to greeting every single
part of your body head to toe inside of
that so everything from shampoo to
supplements to sandals and everything in
between out of all the categories that
you cover is there one that is the worst
culprit you know one of the big toxins
on the hit list right now is chuckle sin
and triclosan the Health Canada just
declared a toxic and it is in everything
a lot of products labeled antibacterial
so that’s in your antibacterial
toothpaste like Colgate Total
antibacterial deodorants so even when
you’re picking aluminum-free deodorant
it can have triclosan inner your
antibacterial hand soap that you know
lots of people get from lots you know
lovely stores and they think I to
bacterial is better for you but Canadian
doctors are telling us that it actually
helps breed superbugs saw lights another
one that’s in pretty much everything
that has synthetics scent so perfumes
colognes that kind of thing those are
full of hormone disrupters that are
banned from baby toys but they’re okay
to heaven sent it david crowder and baby
shampoo doesn’t make any sense and you
won’t see that word by light listed on
the label by the way it’s just hidden
behind the word fragrance so that’s why
the unscented part is so important and
you know for sunscreen sunscreen
octonauts ached and oxybenzone are a
couple other ingredients that I’m not a
fan of they do a terrible job at
blocking the cancer-causing UV rays on
top of that they are actually estrogen
mimicking and linked to more hormone
disruption and they are some people
causing allergic reactions so get rid of
aqua knocks eight and oxybenzone and
look for a sunscreen that has natural
minerals instead like titanium dioxide
or zinc oxide don’t worry it’s not your
grandfather’s zinc that turned you know
lifeguards noses white today’s ink is a
lot better what are the health issues
associated with these chemicals
the health of applications to the
chemicals that are in my mean 50 lists
are all over the map so triclosan for
instance which path Canada is in the
middle of declaring toxic it actually
has been found in to interfere with
thyroid function in animals and they’re
still trying to figure out how it works
on humans others like parabens are
estrogen mimic errs and questions are
being raised about whether they are
because parents have been found in
breast cancer tumors and stuff whether
they are linked to breast cancer and and
the spread and growth of it because it
is Astro genic as well they’ve been
linked to male reproductive problems now
in terms of the rest of the world I mean
for example how is the United States at
banning these products Europe’s band
about 1300 chemicals from body care
products Canada’s band about 500 and the
US is bad like eight you also address
clothing which is not necessarily
something that everyone would think has
a huge ecological impact cotton is one
of the most pesticide intensive crops
around it uses twenty-five percent of
the world’s chemical insecticides all
for cotton and so for just a t-shirt
it’s about a quarter pound or third of a
pound of pesticides you have to think
about all the chemicals that go into
dying and making the fabric jeans are
one of the most polluting product around
and they’re great to get secondhand and
there’s some great companies like second
denim which is a great canadian company
they do the famous yoga jeans they also
have an eco line the thing about jeans
is the darker the gene the safer you are
because it’s when they do all that
whiskering and fading and sandblasting
it’s really really harmful processes and
chemicals that are used to do that and
it making work for sick around the world
to make those jeans so if you have just
straight dark denim it’s actually a
safer product even if you don’t buy the
organic one what do you think is the
easiest change that people can make to
their beauty regimen actually the
easiest thing to do is make something
yourself and I am NOT Martha Stewart I
don’t like to get into super elaborate
recipes but my favorite thing is
literally just to walk to my kitchen
before I take a shower grab a bottle of
oil a good quality oil whether it’s
coconut oil sunflower oil safflower oil
grapeseed oil especially if you can find
our organic bring it to your bathroom
take a shower and when you come out put
a few drops on you as moisturizer and so
all natural you control the ingredients
it’s
agree it and it is cheapest l and guys
can actually take that oil and put it on
their faces after shower again and use
it as a shaving oil what are a few DIY
recipes but people can incorporate into
their beauty regimen well I do a lot of
DIY recipes in the book but some of my
favorites are ones that my family’s been
doing for a long time you know my
mountains been doing this anti-aging
mask on her face once a week since I was
a kid and I’ve been doing it with her
she just puts egg yolk whisked with a
little bit of honey and you can put in a
little bit of yogurt for lactic acid
which a lot of really expensive face
massive creams have and whisk that
together put on your face if you
actually end up swallowing it it’s still
delicious and just put on your face let
it sit there for you know 20 minutes is
your sunday spa kind of experience you
can do a hot oil treatment by putting
olive oil heat it up into your hair and
let it sit there as long as you can
before you take a shower but I prefer to
actually just take make my own
mayonnaise on my hair so big some oil
like olive oil added an egg and you
could put in a little bit of honey even
whisk it together put in your hair make
it part of your whole spa day ritual
where you’re just sitting there it’s my
Sunday I’m taking 20 minutes to myself
before take a shower and this is the
stuff that my mother taught me to do
from when I was a kid and those are the
ones i really love because the part of
my family history and I know my mom
looks amazing you know she’s in her mid
60’s now and she looks great and so I
know they work we know eggs were such a
beauty product oh my god they’re so rich
in so many nutrients nutrients which
they advertise on expensive you know
face creams and that kind of thing when
you can just get it all from an egg all
right thank you very much thank you
natural or even organic does not mean
they’re safe or even free of chemicals
hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re speaking
with journalists Adria vassal about her
book II coholic body and how we can
green up our beauty regimen so we’ll
start with a synopsis of ecology Adi a
Quahog body is basically a really
practical guide to greeting every single
part of your body head to toe inside of
that so everything from shampoo to
supplements to sandals and everything in
between out of all the categories that
you cover is there one that is the worst
culprit you know one of the big toxins
on the hit list right now is chuckle sin
and triclosan the Health Canada just
declared a toxic and it is in everything
a lot of products labeled antibacterial
so that’s in your antibacterial
toothpaste like Colgate Total
antibacterial deodorants so even when
you’re picking aluminum-free deodorant
it can have triclosan inner your
antibacterial hand soap that you know
lots of people get from lots you know
lovely stores and they think I to
bacterial is better for you but Canadian
doctors are telling us that it actually
helps breed superbugs saw lights another
one that’s in pretty much everything
that has synthetics scent so perfumes
colognes that kind of thing those are
full of hormone disrupters that are
banned from baby toys but they’re okay
to heaven sent it david crowder and baby
shampoo doesn’t make any sense and you
won’t see that word by light listed on
the label by the way it’s just hidden
behind the word fragrance so that’s why
the unscented part is so important and
you know for sunscreen sunscreen
octonauts ached and oxybenzone are a
couple other ingredients that I’m not a
fan of they do a terrible job at
blocking the cancer-causing UV rays on
top of that they are actually estrogen
mimicking and linked to more hormone
disruption and they are some people
causing allergic reactions so get rid of
aqua knocks eight and oxybenzone and
look for a sunscreen that has natural
minerals instead like titanium dioxide
or zinc oxide don’t worry it’s not your
grandfather’s zinc that turned you know
lifeguards noses white today’s ink is a
lot better what are the health issues
associated with these chemicals
the health of applications to the
chemicals that are in my mean 50 lists
are all over the map so triclosan for
instance which path Canada is in the
middle of declaring toxic it actually
has been found in to interfere with
thyroid function in animals and they’re
still trying to figure out how it works
on humans others like parabens are
estrogen mimic errs and questions are
being raised about whether they are
because parents have been found in
breast cancer tumors and stuff whether
they are linked to breast cancer and and
the spread and growth of it because it
is Astro genic as well they’ve been
linked to male reproductive problems now
in terms of the rest of the world I mean
for example how is the United States at
banning these products Europe’s band
about 1300 chemicals from body care
products Canada’s band about 500 and the
US is bad like eight you also address
clothing which is not necessarily
something that everyone would think has
a huge ecological impact cotton is one
of the most pesticide intensive crops
around it uses twenty-five percent of
the world’s chemical insecticides all
for cotton and so for just a t-shirt
it’s about a quarter pound or third of a
pound of pesticides you have to think
about all the chemicals that go into
dying and making the fabric jeans are
one of the most polluting product around
and they’re great to get secondhand and
there’s some great companies like second
denim which is a great canadian company
they do the famous yoga jeans they also
have an eco line the thing about jeans
is the darker the gene the safer you are
because it’s when they do all that
whiskering and fading and sandblasting
it’s really really harmful processes and
chemicals that are used to do that and
it making work for sick around the world
to make those jeans so if you have just
straight dark denim it’s actually a
safer product even if you don’t buy the
organic one what do you think is the
easiest change that people can make to
their beauty regimen actually the
easiest thing to do is make something
yourself and I am NOT Martha Stewart I
don’t like to get into super elaborate
recipes but my favorite thing is
literally just to walk to my kitchen
before I take a shower grab a bottle of
oil a good quality oil whether it’s
coconut oil sunflower oil safflower oil
grapeseed oil especially if you can find
our organic bring it to your bathroom
take a shower and when you come out put
a few drops on you as moisturizer and so
all natural you control the ingredients
it’s
agree it and it is cheapest l and guys
can actually take that oil and put it on
their faces after shower again and use
it as a shaving oil what are a few DIY
recipes but people can incorporate into
their beauty regimen well I do a lot of
DIY recipes in the book but some of my
favorites are ones that my family’s been
doing for a long time you know my
mountains been doing this anti-aging
mask on her face once a week since I was
a kid and I’ve been doing it with her
she just puts egg yolk whisked with a
little bit of honey and you can put in a
little bit of yogurt for lactic acid
which a lot of really expensive face
massive creams have and whisk that
together put on your face if you
actually end up swallowing it it’s still
delicious and just put on your face let
it sit there for you know 20 minutes is
your sunday spa kind of experience you
can do a hot oil treatment by putting
olive oil heat it up into your hair and
let it sit there as long as you can
before you take a shower but I prefer to
actually just take make my own
mayonnaise on my hair so big some oil
like olive oil added an egg and you
could put in a little bit of honey even
whisk it together put in your hair make
it part of your whole spa day ritual
where you’re just sitting there it’s my
Sunday I’m taking 20 minutes to myself
before take a shower and this is the
stuff that my mother taught me to do
from when I was a kid and those are the
ones i really love because the part of
my family history and I know my mom
looks amazing you know she’s in her mid
60’s now and she looks great and so I
know they work we know eggs were such a
beauty product oh my god they’re so rich
in so many nutrients nutrients which
they advertise on expensive you know
face creams and that kind of thing when
you can just get it all from an egg all
right thank you very much thank you
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