Natural is good, to a degree. I like natural.
My husband recently developed hives and then his arms and legs began to swell. He downed antihistamines for a few days before we sat down with a calendar and tracked the start of the itching to one particular week. That week he went to the dentist and was prescribed antibiotics. A few days later he quit taking the pills, blaming them for the developing welps. A new truck also came into play. I was the one allergic to the truck (sneezing, stuffed nose, etc…). And then we also remembered that we had switched to hand-made natural laundry soap that very same week. Bingo.
The natural laundry-soap helped me with my sensitivities to certain fragrances, but it certainly did not help my husband with his skin. Once we realized the laundry soap was the culprit I immediately re-washed every fabric that he comes into contact with, and just like that, at a snap of a finger, his arms and legs quit swelling.
There is a reason we have conveniences. There is a reason some products are commercially made. And sometimes natural isn’t the best, not for everyone.
Yesterday someone mentioned a supplement that they wanted to try for weight loss. My interest was piqued, and my questions followed. How does it work with your prescriptions? What side effects does the supplement have? Has it been time-tested, or safety tested? The person replied to me, “It is all natural, it has to be good for you!” Wrong! Very, very wrong!
An all natural body cream, with no preservatives (and there is NO natural preservative that works effectively), is trouble waiting to happen. Do you want to spread invisible fungus on your body? An all natural supplement does not guarantee safety (Google all natural supplementst that have resulted in permanent health damage and death). A mushroom is natural, but that does not mean we can pick just any mushroom from the forest and cook it for dinner.
As I said, I like natural. I like foods and cosmetics made from whole ingredients, but natural does not mean safe. And natural does not mean no chemicals, every natural thing that exists on this Earth is made up of chemical compounds. Chemistry and chemicals are not four letter words.
Buy smart. Live smart. Be smart. Natural isn’t always the answer.
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