Are our foods & personal care products making us sick
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This document discusses how modern foods and personal care products may be negatively impacting health. It notes that many foods contain pesticide residues and hormones from mass agriculture. Personal care products are also a source of hormone-disrupting chemicals like BPA. The document suggests adopting a whole foods diet from sustainable sources and natural personal care products as a way to improve various health issues and reduce risk of diseases. It encourages taking a proactive approach to better define and balance one's health.
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- 1. www.naturalhealthycare.com Are our foods & personal care products making us sick? Dr. Debbie Karas, APN-BC, RN www.naturalhealthycare.com
- 2. Objectives www.naturalhealthycare.com 1.Think outside the box w/ histories 2.Less is sometimes more 3.Back to the basics & redefine your health 4.Healthcare begins at home 5.Be proactive, not just reactive
- 3. Is this you? Tired but can’t sleep Depressed & mood swings Weight gain in the middle Anxiety / depressed PMS Hot flashes Joint pain Aching muscles Slow elimination & bloated Slow digestion 3
- 4. Do you feel like this? www.naturalhealthycare.com
- 5. What is going on with your health? • 1/3 of adults & children overweight • Obesity = increase risk of death • Hormone imbalances • High blood pressure • High cholesterol • Auto-immune diseases • Depression • Cancer • Diabetes • Neurological diseases • Insominia 5
- 6. 6 Waterways
- 9. What’s on my food? www.naturalhealthycare.com Apples – 47 pesticides were found in apples – 16 are suspected hormone disrupters. Strawberries – 45 different pesticides residues were detected. 16 suspected are hormone disrupters Peaches – tested for 20 bee toxins Atrazine (herbicide) found in 94% of US drinking water – banned in Europe.
- 11. BPA – (Bisphenol A) www.naturalhealthycare.com
- 12. Our Water? • Water Softener – drinking the salt filtered water and increasing B/P ? • Great Lakes – Metformin contamination of Lake Michigan may endanger fish. (Endocrinology 1/2/2015) • Bottles with BPA? Bisphenol A in water bottles, lining of cans, Sippy cups, vitamin and personal care product bottles…everywhere….. www.naturalhealthycare.com
- 13. 60% of what you put on your skin is absorbed within 26 seconds www.naturalhealthycare.com
- 17. Vitamin D & Cancers? www.naturalhealthycare.com Wellness Report UC Berkley Public Health 2010 • A hormone in every cell • Immune system • Gastrointestinal • Urinary • Female and Male • Lung and melanoma • Research not in, but 67% of Americans are deficient.
- 20. Do you & your patients want to be in balance? www.naturalhealthycare.com
- 21. Are you ready for change? www.naturalhealthycare.com www.mindbodygreen.com
- 24. Every time you eat or drink you are feeding disease or fighting it!
- 25. What will 2015 bring? Still in the dark on labeling. H.R. 4432 (Dark Act) – right to know act Agroecological farming – organic farmers A Generation in Jeopardy – report – how pesticides are harming childrens health Pesticide drift (www.panna.org) www.naturalhealthycare.com
- 26. Life is a balance - Thank you! www.naturalhealthycare.com
- 27. 2 7 Redefining your health & getting back to the basics Dr. Debbie Karas, APN-Bc, RN www.naturalhealthycare.com Thank you!
- 28. References • Recognition & Management of Pesticide poisonings EPA- 6th edition, 2013 • Pesticide Action Network, North America, www.panna.org • Whatsonmyfood.org • www.foodbabe.org • Exposure to phthalates and breast cancer risk in northern Mexico. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Apr;118(4):539-44. doi: 10.1289/ehp.0901091 • Metformin: A Great Lakes Disaster? Medpage Today, Endocrinology 01.02.2015 • http://www.webmd.com/children/environmental-exposure-head2toe/personal-care- products Retrieved 2015 • http://www.webmd.com/children/environmental-exposure-head2toe/bpa Retrieved 2015 • Nutrition and Healthy Eating. http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/nutrition-and- healthy-eating/expert-answers/sodium/faq-20058469 Retrieved 2015 • The Wellness Report UC Berkley Scool of PH, The Benefits of Vitamin D 2012 • http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-16860/the-top-6-inflammatory-foods-how-to- detox-from-them.html www.naturalhealthycare.com
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- Do you feel like this? No energy, tired when you get up, your patients feel like this? Patients state: I am so tired. I can not sleep. I have no energy.
- Do you feel like this? No energy, tired when you get up, your patients feel like this? Patients state: I am so tired. I can not sleep. I have no energy.
- Over 17,000 pesticides products are currently on the market - - the CDC studies show that all of us carry pesticides in our bodies, Home use of pesticides – outpaces use on farms by a ratio of 10 to 1 – puts families acorss No. America at unnecessary risk. Each year an estimated 1 billion pounds of pesticides are applied ot US farms, forests, lawns and golf courses = 3 pounds per person every year. Kids and organics – studies have found….. High pesticide exposures… increased risk of being born w/ birth defets…. Developmental delays and ADHA and autism….. Analysis has shown that wihtindays of switching schoolchilren’s diets from conventional to one of w/ organic fruits and vegetabls, many pesticides metbolites become undetetable in the urine. Also on the average, organic foods more nutritious. - have not been modified. Studies have found 100s of chemicals in the cordblood of newborn infants.
- Sprays, pesticides, insecticides and other items on our crops. Pesticides and other chemical and physical hazards are often associated with nonspecific medical complaints so it is very important to link the symptoms with the timing of suspected exposure to the hazardous agent. - Including disinfectants, insecticides (insect sprays – mosquitos…..) in this definition of Pesticides Vulnerable population – farmworkers, their families, children because of development, women nursing, pregnant.
- Sprays, pesticides, insecticides and other items on our crops. Pesticides and other chemical and physical hazards are often associated with nonspecific medical complaints so it is very important to link the symptoms with the timing of suspected exposure to the hazardous agent. - Including disinfectants, insecticides (insect sprays – mosquitos…..) in this definition of Pesticides Vulnerable population – farmworkers, their families, children because of development, women nursing, pregnant.
- BPA in container bottles of personal care products www.uncleharrys.com www.organixsouth.com www.aubrey-organics.com www.morroccanmethod.com www.janecarlesolution.com Skin products www.mychelle.com www.aubrey-organics.com www.wyndmerenaturals.com www.simplydivinebotanicsl.com www.gabrielcosmeticsinc.com www.encantos.com skin brush. Teeth / Mouth www.organixsouth.com wwww.uncleharrys.com www.eco-dent.com www.uncleharrys.com Tongue scraper Deodorant Alba www.albabotanica.com Tom’s of maine long lasting aluminum-free deodorant unscented www.tomsofmaine.com Nature’s Gate Organics Deodorant (Watch diet for body odor) Makeup – Bare escentuals, zinc in products is good – tones redness, mineral based that are good, Internal Skin Young Living Essentail Oils, Luten 20 mg Hemeopathic remedy – sulfur Lutein in merigolds can imbed in skin and help hydration. Lutein and skin health – www.seventhgeneration.com www.natracare.com Watch paper products that are cholorated products. 5 problem products hair straighteners: cancer, allergy, skn and scalp irritation, hair damage andhair loss, Loose powders: inhalation risk Perfumes / fragrances: allergy concerns Dark permanent hair dyes : llinked to cancer Skin lighteners: skin irritation and damage Shaving cream: synthetic foams can be drying. Water, soda bottles Vitamin and supplement bottles Chemicals, preservatives in bottles – average shelf life of personal care products, cosmetics is 7 to 10 years. Lipstick - 61% has lead. OVER 80,000 chemicals used in personal care products Metals, Safecosmetics.org EWG.org Women use > 12 products daily Men > 6 to 8 products daily Air Freshners – toxic to lungs Phthalatyes, parabens, fragrances - over 76.5% are not consistently reading labels. 10 toxic chemicals to avoid 1. Gluten - can trigger auto immune issues BROWS ( barley, rye, oats, wheat, spouts, ) Vitamin E derived from wheat germ oil Rotate personal care products to decrease sensitivities 2. Parabens – anti-microbial preservativs in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics, deodorants, absorbed - methylparaben, ethylparaben, butylparaben and different listing. Phthalates – growing number of studies link this chemical to male reproductive system disorders, pregnant women should avoid nail polish containing dibutyl phthalate. Avoid products w/ fragrance indicating a chemical mixture that may contain phthalates. - see in perfumes, lotions, cosmetics, laquers and varnishes, coatings on time-release medical pills. ASK you pharmacist about coatings on tabs Most Americans tested by the CBC have metabolites of multiple phthalates in their urine - in Type 3 plastic used in many different packaging – see in flooring and wall coverings, float through the ir and can land on other surfaces. Some of the phthalates or their metabolites are anti-androgenic (work against male hormones and may be estrogenic – act like female hormones. See 03 on phthalate containing plastics. Early exposure, early breast development, increased waist circumference, increased BMI, - NHANES 2005-2006 – some phthalates associated with allergic symptoms and sensitization in adults. Environ Health Perspecti. Postmenopausal women increased exposure – xeno…… Trilosan and triclocarbon – anti-microbial – keep on shelf longer. See inliquid soap and soap bars. - disrupt thyroid SLS – sodium laurel sulfate – a detergent and emulsifier in shampoos, scalp treatments, hair color, bleaching agents, toothpasted, irritation of the skin and eyes, organ toxicity, developmental / reporductive toxicity, neurotoxicity, endocrine disruption, possible increase cancer risks. FD & C color & pigments see in many food and personal care products Hair Dyes - coal tar hair dyes and other coal tar ingredients – darker dyes a known human carcinogen 71% of hair dyes are an irritant. Formaldehyde – very toxi cause cancer and reproductive problems. Phenyl methyl pyrazolone - toxic Federal government regulates exposures Resorcinol – skin irritant, toxic to the immune system and frequent cause of hair dye allergy, disrupt normal thyroid function – Formaldehyde – noxius oder and used in embalming. Women who dye their hair hae a 50 percent greater risk of developing non-hodgkins lymphoma. Fragrances – shampoo to deodorant to lotion, candles, can contain hormone disruptors and among the top 5 allergens in the world. Buy fragrance free. BHA – butylated hydroxyanisole – liver damage, stomach concerns, skin changes, - some countires considered unsafe. Banned in gragnances in the EU. – Seen in cereal product Benzlkonium Chloride – irritation and allergies to skin, eye, respiratory irritation. Oxybenzone Look for Organic - gluten free, phthalate-free, paraban free, frgrance free No artificial sweeteners - look for xylitol or stevia….. Fluoride-free, may not be good long term. Thyroid issues?
- Eat whole foods that are plucked from the earth. Foods that do not come in a package, can, bag or jar, and automatically the inflammation will dissipate in your body, freeing up space for your liver to begin processing fat. The best part, you can eat all you want, as long as it's clean whole foods. 6 Inflammatory foods Processed Sugar – swap out with raw honey, organic maple syrup, liquid stevia Sodium –sea salt or pink Himalayan salt, eliminate processed foods Wheat Flour – swap out wheat for almond flour or coconut flour…. Trans-Fats, (vegetable oi, canola oil safflower oirl,…. U se omega 6 and 3 – virgin oil, olive oil hemp seeds, aocados or avocado oils Cow Dairy milk – use sheep or goat, or almond… Cows eat the GMOS and then pass on to us Alcohol., water still or sparkle (mineral) , tea, cold pressed juices - alcohol is probably the most inflammatory of all the things we ingest.
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- Healthy Living and Choices - test…..
- CLEAN EATING – organic as much as possible, reduced sugar, reduced salt, less preservatives. Read the labels Balance your meals Use topical products and cosmetics that are pure, safe and beneficial – have good bioavailibity