Sweating is a perfectly natural process that your body needs to do on a regular basis in order to stay healthy. It helps to regulate your body temperature and allows your skin to expel harmful toxins from your body. The only downside to this is that bacteria tend to thrive in the sweaty areas of your skin. Sweat or perspiration does not have any smell on its own, but the bacteria feast on all this moisture. This process generates waste, resulting in the unpleasant odor that is commonly associated with sweat.
Everybody sweats, but no one wants to smell bad because of it, so many people turn to commercial deodorant products to eliminate these nasty smells. However, mainstream deodorants and antiperspirants usually contain aluminum, which blocks your pores and prevents you from sweating. If you think that using heavy metals to prevent your skin from naturally flushing out other toxins from your body is a problematic way to deal with body odor, you’re right. Without a natural way for toxins and heavy metals to exit your body, they may build up inside you and lead to serious health issues. More than that, most of the mainstream deodorant products that you normally find on drugstore shelves tend to be laced with potentially hazardous preservatives and additives. These toxic ingredients can easily be absorbed into your skin and further compromise your health. (Related: The top 7 most toxic ingredients in your deodorant… are you poisoning yourself every morning?)
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If that wasn’t bad enough, did you know that most commercial deodorants don’t even remove unpleasant body odors? They simply cover them up with synthetic chemical fragrances. Most conventional deodorant products are nothing more than simple band-aid solutions that don’t actually address the problem. Fortunately, all is not lost when it comes to avoiding unpleasant body odors without being exposed to toxic chemicals. There are plenty of safe and healthy alternatives that you can use to naturally eliminate bad body odors. Here are a few natural ingredients that you can use to make your own completely non-toxic deodorant that will also be gentle on your skin.
Purified magnesium
Magnesium is an essential mineral that is necessary to achieve optimal health. Interestingly enough, a deficiency in magnesium can lead to even more offensive-smelling body odors. This means that magnesium can naturally deodorize you inside and out because both internal and external applications of magnesium can reduce your body’s foul smells. Due to its potent neutralizing properties, people have used magnesium for years as a non-toxic alternative to aluminum additives.
Dead Sea minerals
Pristine minerals from the Dead Sea can offer world-renowned beneficial properties, such as providing superior odor protection while also helping to calm and soothe blemishes on the skin.
Potassium
This mineral supports healthy sensory functions. It can maintain your body’s water balance and stimulate your body’s metabolism of proteins and carbohydrate. As such, potassium can support healthy and balanced moisture levels of your skin.
Essential oils
Essential oils can provide a gentle, crisp, and fresh scent without the use of any synthetic ingredients. Some essential oils that are ideal for deodorant use include lavender, peppermint, and citrus oils.
A potent blend of these wholesome ingredients can work together to eliminate unpleasant body odors naturally. Health Ranger Select Magnesium Liquid Deodorant is a non-toxic, non-aluminum formula that contains all these natural ingredients and none of the synthetic chemicals of mainstream deodorants. It is gentle enough to nourish your skin but is also tough on bad body odors. It is also the only food-grade deodorant in the market that has been thoroughly tested for microbiology, heavy metals, and glyphosate.
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