Chemicals on Shine

Creepy News: Average Woman Has 500+ Chemicals on Her Body

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I guess I shouldn't be that shocked, but it's still pretty weird to think that on an average day, we've got more than 500 chemicals hanging out on our bodies, according to this research.

Where does it all come from? Think about it. We step out of the shower (likely with some lingering body wash on us) and apply deodorant, body lotion, perfume, moisturizer, makeup and who knows what else. It all adds up pretty quickly. The study found that fragrance alone can add 400 chemicals to your body! (So if you're going to use it, better make it a good one, like one of these.)

The 7 foods experts won't eat

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How healthy (or not) certain foods are—for us, for the environment—is a hotly debated topic among experts and consumers alike, and there are no easy answers. But when Prevention talked to the people at the forefront of food safety and asked them one simple question—“What…

5 Ways to Make Your Kitchen BPA-Free

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By now you may have heard of the controversy surrounding Bisphenol-A (BPA), the plastic hardener whose harmful effects on humans—especially infants and small children—have been well documented.…

Chemicals and Additives in Our Kids Diets

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I'm crazy about all the bad stuff out there we call food and feed our kids. Halloween, though fun for the kiddies, is an example of how difficult it is in our society to go against the flow from a nutritional perspective. We are trying hard to eliminate all the chemicals and food…

Green Screen for Sun Fun

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’Tis the season to slather on sunscreen, so make sure you’ve got the good stuff. My top picks in eco-friendly sunscreens are gentle enough for little ones and strong enough for the whole family, with a bushelful of organic and natural ingredients to boot. The Environmental Working Group gives…

Can skincare products cause organ failure?

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Nanophobia has officially hit the skincare market. This week's NY Times "Skin Deep" covers nanoparticles, the tiny skincare components that are engineered on a nanoscale, which means really, really small--like a million times smaller than Honey I Shrunk the Kids small--and whether or not their ability to penetrate the skin could cause liver failure. It's fun, light reading, after the jump!

Ingredient of the Week: Sirtuins, the anti-aging mystery

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Welcome to Ingredient of the Week, where we'll be reporting the latest innovative and must-have ingredients in the skin care market. This month, we're highlighting ingredients from the December issue of Allure (on stands November 25th) in "Best Face Forward," an eye-opening look at the newest anti-agers in the industry. First up: Sirtuins.

What they are: Protein enzymes in our bodies and major players in the aging process.

What we know: Sirtuins help repair cell damage and extend the life of a cell by serving as their "guardians," says lead researcher David Sinclair of Harvard Medical School in a Washington Post article. He explains:

What we think is that if a cell is at a point of deciding whether to live or die, these sirtuins push toward the survival mode and let the cell try a little harder and longer to fix itself...