Notes from the Northern Lakes Cooperative Pharmacy
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Have you ever noticed these fancy words on the labels of your health and beauty products:
Paraben - pertaining to or designating an acid derivable from uric acid by oxidation.
100% Vegetarian - solely being of vegetable product, no animal biproduct.
Up to 60 percent of whatever we place on our skin goes into our blood stream. Yet companies are blatantly adding ingredients to our personal care products and our food deemed questionably safe. These include parabens, synthetic preservatives suspected to cause problems like weight gain, skin aging and certain
types of cancer. So when you are purchasing your next cosmetic or body lotion and you want to stay away from animal biproducts, select 100% Vegetarian. If your trying to stay away from Parabens, check your product labels for these terms:
Methylparaben, Ethylparaben, Propylparaben, Butylparaben, Benzyl-parahydroxybenzoic acid, Methyl-parahydroxybenzoic acid, Ethyl-parahydroxybenzoic acid, Propyl-parahydroxybenzoic acid, Butyl-parahydroxybenzoic acid, Parahydroxybenzoic acid, and Parahydroxybenzoate.
