Going All Natural :)

When people think of doing a whole foods diet, they sometimes forget that even things like toothpaste or their deodorant may have artificial ingrediants and colorings in it. We often don't think to look at the ingrediants found in toothpaste or even shampoos/conditioners, but what you see, is a whole lot of questionable things. I don't use any deodorant with aluminum in it, but instead use this very one instead, which is all natural. You can pick this up at a healthfood store or even off amazon. Toothpaste has preservatives, naturally, to prevent it from going rancid. The most frequent one you will see is sodium lauryl sulfate. But, did you know that not all preservatives have to be bad. Natural and safe preservatives include, lemon and vinager, salt, ascorbic acid (vitamin C),tocopherol (vitamin E)and even alcohol. If you squeeze fresh lemon juice over avocado or fruit salad, it prevents them from turning brown in the fridge. Citrus fruits tend to keep in the fridge unlike apples and bananas.

Bad sythentic preservatives/additives include: TBHQ, EDTA, Sodium lauryl sulfate, titatium dioxide, BHA, sodium nitrate, sodium benzonate, red 40, yellow 6 (and many other artifical flavorings and colors), msg, and partially hygrogenated oils. Uh, I am sure there are much more, but I have un-familiarized myself with them yet. Did you know that before the invention of synthetic preservatives, people used only natural preservatives in their foods such as those above. If you go to a healthfood store, you can find all natural toothpaste, that even is flouride free. Dentists recommend flouride for healthy teeth, but I question that. This toothpaste is flouride free and has many natural things in it. I have ordered mine from amazon because I couldn't find toothpaste that was this natural in the healthfood store.
To learn more about natural preservatives you want instead, go to this article.
http://www.ehow.com/about_4743326_natural-preservatives.html