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MASTER YOUR METABOLISM #6.1

ARE PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS AFFECTING YOUR WEIGHT?

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Yup. You read that right. It’s possible that the personal care products you are using every single day, sometimes several times a day are causing you to gain weight!

Why? What’s happening?!

Our skin is our largest organ on our body and absorbs most everything we put on it every day. Many of the products used in the beauty and personal care industry have very little to no regulation. There are currently upwards of 100,000 chemicals approved for use in the USA with very few of them having zero safety studies on human use at all.

We also see high levels of fragrance in many products. Fragrance is a hidden way to put ingredients in a product and not have to disclose its contents, many of which are known carcinogens, endocrine and hormone disruptors. These ingredients can also mimic estrogens in the body and contribute to higher risks of certain cancers and metabolic disruption. This is why you are taking the Phytoestrogen supplement daily! This product is designed to help re-balance and restore homeostasis to your estrogen levels regardless of if you need more or less of them! It’s truly an amazing product!

It’s time to be more aware of what we are putting into and onto our bodies and become advocates for safer and healthier products on our shelves!

For your challenge today, I’d like you to spend some time cleaning out your medicine cabinets, drawers and any spaces you keep beauty and personal care products. You can use either the Think Dirty or EWG Skin Deep App on iPhone or Android to scan and discard products that are not safe for you to be using! (you will want 0-3 for as many products as possible, keep in mind all doTERRA products are approved safe)

You’ll want to check out the reference guide on page 37 for some clean and safe products you can swap out for almost all of your personal care needs!