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Mineral vs Synthetic Sun Cream: Which Should You Choose?

Mineral vs Synthetic Sun Cream: Which Should You Choose?

Mineral vs Synthetic Sun Cream: Which Should You Choose?Most sun creams found on supermarket shelves today use synthetic UV filters. In fact, many people don't realise there is another option.Mineral sun creams use naturally occurring mineral filters instead of synthetic UV filters. They have been used for decades, provide effective…

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A Natural Approach to Sun Exposure: Beyond Sun Cream

A Natural Approach to Sun Exposure: Beyond Sun Cream

Sun care is often reduced to a single question: "What sun cream should I use?"But a truly balanced approach to sun exposure starts much earlier than applying a product.Sunlight is essential for human health. It helps regulate our sleep-wake cycle, supports vitamin D production, influences mood, and plays a role in…

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What are Endocrine Disruptors?

What are Endocrine Disruptors?

What Are Endocrine Disruptors?Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that may interfere with the body's hormonal systems.Hormones act as the body's chemical messengers, helping to regulate growth, development, metabolism, reproduction, mood, sleep and many other essential functions.Because hormones operate at extremely low levels within the body, some ...

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What is Chemical Loading?

What is Chemical Loading?

What is Chemical Loading?Chemical loading refers to the cumulative exposure to chemicals from multiple sources over time. While individual exposures may be small, they can add up throughout a lifetime.Every day, most of us are exposed to hundreds of different chemicals.We brush our teeth, wash our hair, apply deodorant, moisturise ou...

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Detox Your Bodycare: Why What You Put on Your Skin Matters

Detox Your Bodycare: Why What You Put on Your Skin Matters

We often talk about detoxing our diets. Cutting back on sugar, ultra-processed food, alcohol or caffeine. But there is another daily exposure most of us rarely question. The products we rub into our skin, every single day.

Deodorant. Toothpaste. Face...

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The Truth about Teflon

The Truth about Teflon

Have you seen Mark Ruffalo’s 2019 film ‘Dark Waters’? The American legal thriller centres on an environmental lawsuit and the dangers of Teflon, and has recently been in the spotlight after being added to Netflix.

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Chemicals to avoid

Chemicals to avoid

Over the last fifty years there has been an explosion in the use of synthetic ingredients in cosmetics. They sneak into use and most of us are unaware of them. For example the use of microbead plastics as exfoliants which was only banned after the campaign gained wide public awareness (they…

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