Does your lipstick contain LEAD? The FDA looked at 400 lipsticks purchases from October to December 2007 and tested for lead. Some of the brands that contained lead were Avon, Mary Kay, M.A.C Estee Lauder, Clinique, Bobbi Brown, Victoria Secret and others. Lead can...
Losing Hair Going Bald Thinning Hair? In 2004 I was starting to have a lot less hair on the top of my head, though I was not really concerned about it. No one likes to go bald, I remember my dad being bald in his 40’s so I figured it was just in my genes. Until...
Clorox Green Works & Simple Green – Allergens & More Both of these products contain Limonene a suspected allergen. Simple Green Also contains Toluene which can cause complications in pregnancy Clorox Green Works Natural Glass & Surface...
Tide’s “Free and Gentle” laundry detergent claims to be “gentle on the skin” because it’s free of dyes and perfumes. Ads for the detergent target parents and feature pictures of small children. But a recent report exposed...
Enfuselle Skin Care – Nutrition Therapy for your skin. The same nutrients that help keep you healthy on the inside also play a huge role in how you look on the outside. 50 years of scientific nutrition research has been applied to developing the most advanced...
Elderberries contain several flavonoids. The primary antioxidants in Elderberries are anthocyanidins (pigmented antioxidants). They also contain rutin (Vitamin H), isoquertin, and hyperoside (2 healthy phytochemicals). OK, so why is this stuff in an...
The purple carrot is the “original” carrot first cultivated in ancient Persia. They contain many phytochemicals including anthocyanins, carotenoids, isocoumarins, phenolics, polyacetylenes, and sesquiterpenes. There are up to 28 times more anthocyanins in...
Japanese knotweed is a large herbaceous perennial plant native to eastern Asia in Japan, China, and Korea. It also has been introduced to Europe and North America because it is a concentrated, consistent source of trans-resveratrol. When we think of...
Ellagic acid is a naturally occurring fat soluble antioxidant found in raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, walnuts, pomegranates and the Muscadine Grape. The Muscadine grape is the only grape that contains Ellagic acid. Ellagic acid has antioxidant activity, free...
No phytochemical has dominated the research over the past several years like the compound, Resveratrol. In 2008, there were about 500 articles published on this compound; to date, there are over 3940 research studies and abstracts cataloged on PubMed. Resveratrol is...
