Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1682404 in Books
• Published on: 2001-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 136 pages

From the Author
Do you know what's in the make-up or the shaving cream you put on your face every day? What about the lotion you put on your skin or on your baby? Or the bubble bath you let your kids soak in? Or even the soap your family uses to bathe or the toothpaste you use to brush your teeth?

Many of the ingredients in the cosmetics, toiletries and personal care products you use every day are harmful. Studies have found that nearly 50% of cosmetic products evaluated were contaminated with the cancer-causing chemical 1,4-dioxane. Cosmetics, toiletries and personal care products do not require FDA approval before they are sold to the public. A harmful product can only be removed from the market if the FDA can prove in a court of law that the product is harmful, improperly labeled or violates the law.

Most products are labeled to "sell" rather than to provide accurate information about the product. Terms like natural and hypoallergenic do not have official definitions, so the manufacturers can use them to mean anything they want. This often leads to misleading information about the product on the label.

You need to read labels more today than ever before! Because of increasing consumer awareness about healthy products, manufacturers are designing packaging to make it look like the product inside the package is healthy and made from natural ingredients. But if you read and interpret the ingredients on the label, there's a very good chance that you'll find that is not the case. Many of the ingredients added to cosmetics and toiletries are harmful or inadequately tested.

So, be sure that the cosmetic and personal care products you're using are healthy. With this book, you will discover how quick and easy it is to tell if the products you're buying contains dangerous ingredients and to find products that are safe and healthy to use.

You can't depend on the FDA or the manufacturers to make sure the products you buy are safe. It's up to you! Protect your family's health. Don't go shopping without this book.

From the Back Cover
Buyer Beware!

The cosmetics industry is very poorly regulated. Many of the ingredients in the cosmetics, toiletries and personal care products we use every day are harmful. Some cause cancer.

Most products are labeled to "sell" rather than to provide accurate information about the product. Terms like natural and hypoallergenic do not have official definitions, so the manufacturers can use them to mean anything they want. This often leads to misleading information about the product on the label.

"Some people will do anything to look good in their coffins. ... Every person who uses cosmetics - male or female - should have this book when they go shopping, or look up the products they are currently using."
Lendon Smith, M.D.
How to Raise a Healthy Child

Dr. Christine Farlow has been counseling patients and teaching classes in health and nutrition since 1984. She has helped thousands of people achieve higher levels of health and well being.

About the Author
The study of health and nutrition has been a passion for Dr. Christine Farlow since 1975. Before she ever earned the title of doctor, people were coming to her unsolicited and asking for advice about health and nutrition. It just seemed natural that the next step would be to become a doctor and make it her business to counsel patients in these areas. Dr. Farlow is a Doctor of Chiropractic with a specialty in Nutrition. She has been counseling patients and teaching classes in health and nutrition since 1984. Her books evolved out of her teaching and her nutritional counseling. These were the tools she found that people needed most to get started toward eating and living healthfully and to make healthy eating and healthy living a lifetime habit.