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By: Audrey Nature

Audrey Nature — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 07:07:59 +0000

Hello,

Nice post. It is true that nowdays people get a bit confused with all the terminology used etc ( chemical free..nasties free ). However, I do think that organic skincare or bodycare products used much more beneficial ingredients for your skin than traditionnal cosmetic. I am myself a scientist and write a natural beauty blog too: http://www.mademoisellenature.blogspot.com
Have a good day 🙂

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 09:23:58 +0000

Hear, hear! Hate it when the media and health companies create the illusion that natural products are totally safe because it’s natural. I always tell people many toxic substances are 100% natural, think tobacco and asbestos.

By: natalsie

natalsie — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 00:28:50 +0000

I love your “smarty pants” posts – makes me feel I have learned something!

By: LabMuffin

LabMuffin — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:30:24 +0000

In reply to Anonymous.

Glad you appreciated it! 🙂 My mum also raves on about Chinese medicine – there’s definitely some merit to it and Western science is slowly getting onto it, but so much is BS!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:48:43 +0000

omg. i have been telling people this for the last few years and noone listens to me – so glad to see someone write about it, its like you took the words out of my mouth! i’m a science masters grad and work in the pharma industry. its especially irritating trying to dispel the myths associated with some chinese medicines that my mum keeps trying to rave about

By: LabMuffin

LabMuffin — Sat, 05 May 2012 03:21:22 +0000

In reply to Lise.

Also enzymes! It annoys the hell out of me when I hear people saying things like, “microwaves destroy all the enzymes in your vegetables and there’s no goodness left in them” – what, you expect a kDa-sized molecule to be absorbed and be distributed in your body to a place that can benefit from an enzyme used to catalyse god-knows-what plant process? And have its tertiary structure survive stomach acid? :