Do you use a deodorant or antiperspirant? Do you know what ingredients make up that magical deodorizer that you put under your arm every day? 

Similar to nutrition, where it's important to understand what you're putting IN your body, when it comes to body care products, it's very important to understand what you're putting ON your body. The skin is very absorbent, so carefully discerning which products you use daily can be a contributing factor to your overall health & wellness. 

In this episode, we take a look at the 5 most common ingredients that appear in underarm care products, what harm those chemicals could bring, and some natural alternatives to the artificial deodorants and antiperspirants.  

• Schmidt's
• Tom's
• Native
• Lume
• Routine
• Little Seed Farm
• Crystal

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Resources:

• Aluminium, antiperspirants and breast cancer
• Antiperspirant Use and the Risk of Breast Cancer
• An earlier age of breast cancer diagnosis related to more frequent use of antiperspirants/deodorants and underarm shaving
• Aluminium chloride promotes anchorage-independent growth in human mammary epithelial cells
• Hyperaluminemia in a Woman Using an Aluminum-Containing Antiperspirant for 4 Years
• In vitro study of absorption of aluminum from antiperspirants through human skin
• Use of Underarm Cosmetic Products in Relation to Risk of Breast Cancer
• American Cancer Society on Antiperspirants
• Aluminum and Alzheimer's disease: after a century of controversy, is there a plausible link?
• Parabens can enable hallmarks and characteristics of cancer in human breast epithelial cells
• Urinary concentrations of environmental phenols and their associations with breast cancer incidence
• Urinary Paraben Concentrations and Ovarian Aging among Women from a Fertility Center
• Triclosan and antimicrobial resistance in bacteria: an overview

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