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