Why Mice, And Millions Of American Women, Should Use Natural Moisturiser.
Written by Peter Albertonach   
Monday, 30 November 2009 09:06
There's very good reasons why mice should be using a natural moisturiser. And many of those reasons also apply to people, including the millions of women who use moisturisers in America.
by PeterAlbertonach


There's very good reasons why mice should be using a natural moisturiser. And many of those reasons also apply to people, including the millions of women who use moisturisers in America.

Recently a study was published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. In this study scientists were interested to find out if caffeine could cause cancer in mice. As a part of the study each mouse had a moisturiser applied to it's skin 5 times a day for 17 weeks.

The scientists were very surprised when they came to a conclusion that was not what was expected. The conclusion was that applying these moisturisers to the skin of the mice "increased the total number of histologically characterized tumors by 69%". Or in other words that applying moisturiser to the skin of mice very significantly increase the risk of skin cancer.

Lets look at this a little more and find out some more details, and in particular why the mice, and all those women in America who use moisturisers daily, should be using a natural moisturiser.

The moisturisers that were applied to the skin of the mice were Dermabase, Dermovan, Eucerin Original Moisturizing Cream (Eucerin), or Vanicream. Each of these moisturisers contains sodium lauryl sulphate and mineral oil.

Mineral oil is a very common ingredient in many personal products that you may use every day including cosmetics, skin care and anti aging products. It is a petrochemical product which means that it comes from crude oil and it has been linked to various cancers as well as other health problems. The reason mineral oil is used extensively is because it is extremely cheap.

Sodium lauryl sulphate is well known as a common ingredient in many soaps and shampoos and has also been linked to cancer and other health problems as well. For this reason many consumers specifically look for soaps and shampoos that do not contain sodium lauryl sulphate. But many consumers are unaware that other products, such as moisturisers, also contain sodium lauryl sulphate.

The mere fact that these moisturisers increased the risk of skin cancer in the mice by a very significant amount doesn't prove that the mineral oil or the sodium lauryl sulphate caused the skin cancer. Much more serious investigations would need to be undertaken to establish the exact cause, however one more fact should lead you to worry about your moisturiser, and also suggest you that you should be seriously considering using a natural facial moisturiser in the future.

This is the fact. The conclusion from the study, namely that the rate of skin cancer in the mice was significantly increased, surprised the scientists, so much so that they decided to do the experiment again using a more natural moisturiser that didn't contain either sodium lauryl sulphate or mineral oil. And when they redid the study using a more natural moisturiser they found no increase in the rate of skin cancer in the mice.

So you can see that there are good reasons why millions of American women, as well as mice, should be using a much more natural moisturiser rather than a moisturiser that they may be using now, which may contain sodium lauryl sulphate and mineral oil.

There are hundreds of personal products, many or most of which contain petrochemical and chemical ingredients which have serious health concerns linked to them, and many of which have been shown to cause cancer. You may have used one of these products today, like your moisturiser.

There are very good natural skin care products available which do not use these chemical and petrochemical ingredients, and which use ingredients which are safe for mice, and women, to use and which work very well as a natural moisturiser.

To find out more about natural skin care products that don't contain chemical ingredients like sodium lauryl sulphate mineral oil head
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