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Dying to Look Good

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Finally, a wonderful, comprehensive resource to help the average person, who wants to make the change to a healthier lifestyle! I've always felt overwhelmed, with so much conflicting information as to what's safe and what's not. I found out about this book, from the Weston A. Price website - another awesome resource for finding out the truth. The absolute best part of this book, for me (because, honestly, a lot of the "chemical" details are over my head) - are the lists, at the back, of specific products (in each category - hair, face, deoderants etc) that have been tested as absolutely safe. This was so helpful, for me... to have all the research and legwork done, and to be able to simply look up each category, and find out where to buy it. It allowed me to slowly and methodically eliminate my family's personal care products that were harmful and, confidently, replace them with safe ones. The website offers ongoing updates on newly added "Safe" products. This is an excellent gift.

Dr. Christine H. Farlow, D.C.
Ingredients Investigator
P.O. Box 462335
Escondido, CA 92046-2335
Telephone: (760)735-8101

Dear Dr. Farlow:

In order for people today to protect themselves from harmful ingredients, even walking through a so-called "Natural Foods" or health foods store is not enough.

"Mrs. Gooch's," in Los Angeles, was created by a woman who nearly died. Yes, Sandy Gooch, was fortunate to have a chemist-father, as the story goes, who discovered she was literally dying from the chemicals in a popular soda that many people drink. Often this soda is even recommended to assist with "upset stomach!" Such products are so commonplace and present similar dangers to ANYONE who, unthinkingly, just drinks/eats/wears what is out there because it is convenient, handy or close by.

After Mrs. Sandy Gooch's nearly lethal health challenge was reversed, she decided to create "Mrs. Gooch's" as a way to protect the consumer. It was possible to walk through the store and NOT read the ingredients, because so much care had gone in to protecting consumers. But when "Mrs. Gooch's" Stores were acquired, products began appearing on the shelves with ingredients that indicated it was NO LONGER POSSIBLE TO FEEL SAFE. Yes, products appeared that contained ingredients known to be harmful. Some naturopathic doctors even recommend that all so-called "healthy" oils, for example, are not so healthy and that it may be preferred to concentrate on specific oils that are better or healthier for us.

The point is that NO ONE IS SAFE, even in health food stores. It does not matter, it seems, where you shop. Even ingredients/products promoted as "healthy" or "safe" may not be so, may even contain allergens for some, and that is where your hard, dedicated work to protect consumers comes in:

· FOOD ADDITIVES: A Shopper's Guide To What's Safe & What's Not

· HEALTHY EATING: For Extremely Busy People Who Don't Have Time For It

· DYING TO LOOK GOOD: The Disturbing Truth About What's Really in Your Cosmetics, Toiletries and Personal Care Products

The three books you offer have become ESSENTIAL companions to shoppers everywhere. If people want to make informed decisions, they have to rely on experts like yourself who are trustworthy and who do enough investigating to produce recommendations that will, in fact, protect us from all the many dangers that lurk out there.

As we go about our daily lives, oftentimes NOT thinking about what's good to eat, what's good to clean with, what's good to use as cosmetics, toiletries and personal care products, we may even be using so-called "healthy" products with ingredients touted to be safe and found in health food stores that may, in fact, NOT be so healthy after all. So often, for example, it is possible to come across products that contain ingredients like chemical preservatives with the justification for their inclusion: "They protect against the buildup of harmful yeast" or "They are in very small quantities, so are not harmful," etc. What such products/ingredients contain are POTENTIALLY LETHAL INGREDIENTS TO WHICH ANYONE CAN HAVE AN ACUTE ALLERGIC REACTION OR DEVELOP A LONG-TERM SUBTLE DISEASE WHICH CAN, EVENTUALLY, BECOME LETHAL.

Do consumers want to protect themselves and those they care about? What information is it possible to rely upon? Do we want to walk through product aisles and "hope for the best?" Or, to we want to read books you offer that are so easy, simple and well-researched that, finally, we have a way to protect our best interests?

Yes, your books offer us the safety and reassurance that it is possible to walk through the aisles as protected consumers!

If we care enough about our families and friends and business associates - anyone with whom we may share foods/products with, then it becomes our responsibility to walk through the aisles of any store armed with the protection offered from the many, many hours and years of research to which you have dedicated your career.

Yes it may take some effort and education to protect us, but your books make it so much easier. What is needed now is a way to walk into ANY supermarket, even "natural" foods/products and "health" stores, so that informed decisions can be made. With your books, is possible to choose products that - despite some information being shared to suggest that the products/foods are okay - will protect us in the long run.

It is so true that "You are what you eat."

It is also true that the skin is the largest organ of the body and literally absorbs whatever is placed onto the surface.

Thus the stomach (eat) and the skin (body surface) both are conveyors of whatever ingredients placed onto or inside of our bodies. Even the water we wash with is not something we think about, but it is possible to install filters/showers that will protect our bodies totally immersed by water every time we bathe!

Your books will protect any consumer who does not want to risk the ill health challenges and the eventual dangers that can lead to grave disease(s) and even death!

It is hard to think of anything more important! Do we want to live symptom-free? Do we want to avoid illness? Do we want to "Improve Health Maintenance?"

Everyone touts education as a "ticket to success." Dr. Christine Farlow's books are the TICKET TO SAFETY in living!

I bought this for my wife, and she now doesn't go to the cosmetic section without it. It is well written, well organized, and nothing appears to have been left out.

This book is very useful in explaining some chemicals used in common personal care products. It contains quite a bit of health related tidbits such as the chemicals on our nails being able to enter the blood stream. It also provided some information on Grapefruit Seed Extract. Further, it discusses MSG in our comestics! A listing of the companies offering natural personal care products is provided.

Aurelia McNeil, Master Herbalist, Certified Nutrition Consultant
www.NaturalHealthExperts.net

This book has everything organized in a compact efficient manner. It hits highlights on topics like hair dyes, "nano-particles", MSG etc... THen it has every ingredient I've ever needed in a dictionary type lay out explaining what it is, and if it's safe. It not only says if it's safe, but indicates who says it's safe. Is it safe according to the Cosmetic Ingredient Review (which I don't put much stock in), FDA, or if it's considered safe, but it's not really been tested, etc... In the back it lists several companies of where to get great natural products from. I have a 2 year old, so I need things organized in quick concise ways- this book does it.

This book is an excellent resource for discovering what exactly is in the products that we use everyday. I like the book because it lists all of the ingredients and what they are rated as well as their effect on our bodies. I keep the book in my purse and I don't buy anything anymore without reading the ingredient label and checking the ingredients against the information in the book. Somehow, I just don't trust the government's ablility to discern what is deemed safe for me and my family since some of the ingredients they indicate are "safe" have acceptable levels of arsenic in them! This is a must read for anyone who wants to protect themselves from harmful chemicals. I read the book one afternoon, shared the info with my husband and after reading the labels on every product in our home, threw them all away and started over again with safer items. I also like the fact that you can sign on to the website, become a member and have updates on safe/unsafe products. I did find out through 3 days of researching products that you have to ALWAYS read the labels because some of the acceptable products in the book had been altered since the book had been written and companies have begun to add toxic chemicals to their so-called natural products. This book is absolutely great. I cannot give it enough stars!

I am very much into good health and buying healthy products, but this book could not get my attention long enough to find out if it is any good. I finally gave up.