Sunday, June 3, 2007

In toothpaste we trust?

When it comes to our family it is all about trust, trust that the things we use to improve our lives or make them more comfortable will do us good, not harm. As an
Independent Shaklee Dealer
, many people have said to me that “toxins in our lives are unavoidable, why try?” My answer is always to do the math. Every one less IS one less, leaving our bodies healthier and stronger to deal with the things we can not avoid. Math will tell you that every product you use, some several times a day, times 365 days a year, increases our exposure to toxins exponentially .... or not based on some very simple choices. Our choices directly increase our health, and our quality of life.

One simple choice we make every day is to brush our teeth, often several times a day. We have all heard and understand that proper regular brushing not only prevents dental caries, and by now most have heard that professionals such as Professors Robin Seymour and James Steele of the University of Newcastle Dental School in England say that you are less likely to get coronary heart disease if you have healthy gums. This seems simple enough until you ask, does trust need to be an issue with toothpaste? Unfortunately yes. “Off the shelf” toothpaste can contain anything from chemical detergents for “foaming” to those brands just pulled off the shelf because they contained the very inexpensive to use but toxic diethylene glycol; a sweet-tasting thickening agent in antifreeze (Associated Press http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070603/ap_on_re_as/china_us_toothpaste).

Trust is important to me. Not worrying if there are “safe levels” of multiple toxic ingredients in my children’s toothpaste is important to me. I became an
Independent Shaklee Dealer
for many reasons ..one of which is that for over 50 toxin-free years, trust has been there. Do the math, brushing your teeth just three times a day means putting that toothpaste in your mouth 1095 times a year. Brushing as dentists recommend; morning, bedtime and after meals, puts toothpaste in your mouth 1,825 times a year. What’s in your
toothpaste
? Check out The Sundance Life’s organic and kosher non-toxic
toothpaste
to get clean with trust.

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