Comments on: Do parabens release formaldehyde?

By: beautifulwithbrains

beautifulwithbrains — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:08:28 +0000

Hi Dave and thanks for you comment. I’m glad you enjoyed the post and it is great to know they are finally looking for safe alternatives to formaldehyde.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:35:06 +0000

Enjoyed your post on formaldehyde-releasing preservatives. I teach embalming at a mortuary science college in California. We have begun demonstrating a new non-toxic, organic embalming compound called Aardbalm. It is manufactured in the UK. The manufacturers of Aardbalm are looking for safe alternatives to formaldehyde – the mortuary industry being one of the larger users of the preservative. Thanks again for your informative blog.

By: beautifulwithbrains

beautifulwithbrains — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:55:55 +0000

That’s too bad! Unfortunately there are so many products containing these ingredients and some are quite expensive. I can’t understand why they won’t use safer ingredients. Hope they’ll listen to you, let me know how it goes.

By: Anastasia

Anastasia — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:39:30 +0000

I just realised my super-expensive No. 7 4-in-1 cleansing make-up remover wipes have 2-Bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol in. Arrgh! How is that good skincare?! I can’t believe they charge £6 a pack, too.

I’m going to go and complain tomorrow. I bookmark this post and check all my stuff =O

By: beautifulwithbrains

beautifulwithbrains — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:45:45 +0000

Xylitol sounds great, I will definitely look for products that contain it the next time I go shopping. Thanks for all the info. Afte I read your previous comment I discovered I had bought some chewing gums containing aspartame. I had only chewed 2 gums as I don’t particularly like chewing gums, but they went straight into the bin.

By: Anastasia

Anastasia — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:48:15 +0000

A really good sweetener and sugar alternative is xylitol. It’s low GI, half the calories of sugar, isn’t a neuro-toxin like aspartame and it’s actually good for your teeth!

By: beautifulwithbrains

beautifulwithbrains — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:39:24 +0000

I’m glad you like the post. I like researcging info on ingredients and I’ve learnd so much since starting the blog. I think there is a lot fo alarming and misleading info on ingredients out there and it’s really important to do some research and see if there is any truth in these claims instead of just believing everything you read. I didn’t know about aspartame too, thanks for sharing that. I’ll have to go and check if I have any poducts containg it so I can throw them away.

By: Anastasia

Anastasia — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:51:25 +0000

This post is so helpful! I recently found out that the artificial sweetener, aspartame turns to Formaldehyde in your body. I used to drink tons of Diet Pepsi until I heard that, and now, nothin’ but water =S

You certainly know your stuff :]