The Truth About Soap

When you step into the market to pick up a bar ofallergy.I had a better idea.While allergy testing covers
soap, what is it you're really buying? Phrases likemost airborne irritants, it does not cover the common
beauty bar, deodorant bar, moisturizing bar, and the listchemicals we subject ourselves to everyday. Since
goes on and on, is only telling you one thing, you aremy daughter and I are both severely allergic to
not buying soap. What you are purchasing is aformaldehyde, a common preservative used in most
petroleum based detergent product.Soap, by definition,hand creams, lotions, lip balms, and cosmetics, it
is a cleansing agent made from the mixture of theoccurred to me that he might suffer from a similar
sodium salts of various fatty acids or natural oils andallergy. So, I stripped his bedding, pillows, clothing,
fat. Because of FDA regulations, a cleaning productcurtains, and washed everything in a batch of
cannot be listed as soap unless it actually contains thehomemade olive oil laundry soap.The result: After two
fatty acids and natural oils combined with lye toweeks his sinuses began to clear. Within a month all of
produce soap.So, what's the difference you may ask?the symptoms he routinely suffered; from migraine
Let me tell you a story about my son. For two yearsheadaches to breathing difficulties, gradually faded
he suffered with severe allergies, chronic sinusaway as though they had never existed.Many people
infections, and was all around miserable. The first steptoday realize that our homes are over-saturated with
in dealing with his problems was to remove hisa host of chemicals, many of which carry moderate to
adenoids that had become infected. After the surgery,severe side effects with prolonged exposure. What
his sinuses cleared up for all of two weeks. Then oncewe fail to realize is how many of them are completely
again he succumbed to yet another sinusunnecessary.Making your own soap is both a
infection.Unable to determine the reason for the sinusrewarding and simple process and one that can truly
infections, he was put through allergy testing. After twobenefit your entire family.MK Welty hosts an
sessions and more than 80 injections covering irritantsinformational website dedicated to the art of making
from pet dander, mold, trees, dust (and the list goeshandmade soap. Find soap recipies, soap making
on), they determined that he reacted to absolutelyinstructions, supplies and more at
nothing. And so we were sent home with instructionsor visit our sister site, where you will find great
to monitor his diet for the next month in the hopes ofinformation on herbs commonly used in soap making.
determining weather or not he suffered from a food