Is this aluminium-based deodorant safe?

hi Gary

have you heard of Potassium alum- it is in Al Free deodorant I recently bought- on googling the ingredients, I’m no longer sure it is safe? just wondered if you have come across that ingredient?

cheers

Crystal Essence Mineral Roll-On Deodorant in Pomegranate

, Crystal Essence’s Pomegranate Mineral Roll-On Deodorant

Description: Crystal Essence Pomegranate, made of natural mineral salts and infused with the refreshing aroma of pomegranate, leaves an invisible protective barrier against odor-causing bacteria. A powerful antioxidant, pomegranate promotes skin regeneration. Crystal™ essence Pomegranate is long-lasting, non-sticky, non-staining and leaves no white residue.

Ingredients: Purified water (aqua), natural mineral salts, potassium alum, cellulose, pomegranate fragrance (parfum) made with essential oils and extracts
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Gary:

I wouldn't use it personally.  We don't really know what happens to these supposedly benign aluminium compounds when added to the moist, acid environment of the armpits.  The armpit is uncomfortably close to the lymph glands that cleanses the breast tissue.  

Aluminium is classed as a toxic element when in the body.  We don't know how much is absorbed through the skin from makeup; but I have noticed that women who habitually wear a lot of makeup seem to be overly represented in my Hair Tissue Mineral Analyses when it comes to aluminium levels.

Aluminium is associated with inflammation, Alzheimer's and some cancers.  It interferes with iron and vitamin C within the body. 

Better to be 100% safe.  Your good health is everything.  So, I say this:

If in doubt - Leave it out!

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Our environment is increasingly becoming contaminated with toxic elements such as uranium, cadmium, arsenic, mercury, lead and aluminium

Our environment is increasingly becoming contaminated with toxic elements such as uranium, cadmium, arsenic, mercury, lead and aluminium.  Even "clean, green New Zealand" is really a dirty place when you look closely enough. Please have a listen to the interview that follows:

  

HTMA from a man who works the land - Arsenic from treated
timber posts, aluminium from fertiliser.  The high Fe, Mn and Cr
may be mostly due to the use of welding and cutting torches.
The elevated Na and K are due to stress responses - hardly
surprising!

While I may not agree with everything the interviewer and interviewee are saying, they are spot-on with regards to their concerns about the ever-increasing contamination of our environment with toxins like mercury and aluminium and the potential threats to mammals, including Human Beings. I do share their concerns about the use of aluminium deodorants, especially about the armpits and breasts by women.  Its just not a good idea.

While it does make sense to get rid of your aluminium cookware and to switch to non-toxic deodorants, I urge you not to panic.  Unless you work in a toxic environment such as an engineering workshop, or on the farm, the chances are you are okay.  We all react differently to exposure to toxins.  Some of us accumulate them while others excrete them as fast as they are being absorbed.  It comes down to our nutritional status (or lack of!) and the health of our eliminative organs (liver, kidneys) as to how efficiently our bodies can handle toxins and excrete them.

The Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) is the best test available for determining if you are apt to accumulate toxins such as mercury - and to determine if there is a build-up of anything undesirable and what to do about - other than to blindly panic!

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The advice in these articles is given freely without promise or obligation.  Its all about giving you and your family the tools and information to take control of your health and fitness.