Are your sanitary products affecting your health?
We all know that when it comes to our body care, we want the best of the best, or at least the best of what we can afford. We put our trust in brands. And we expect them to deliver.
But is this the wisest thing to do when choosing our feminine hygiene products ?
More and more women are suffering each year from allergies and infections caused by intimate care products, which can easily be misdiagnosed .
So where do we go wrong?
Well, first of all, buying things we don’t need, like feminine hygiene deodorants/sprays, scented intimate soaps, perfumed tampons, described by GPs and gynaecologists as not only unnecessary and ineffective but also harmful as they can cause tissue irritation and inflammation (perfumed tampons are especially pointless as menstrual blood doesn’t have an odour until it’s exposed to air).
The best way to fight bad odours is by washing, changing underwear, changing sanitary towels and tampons on time, etc. All we have to do is keep the outside clean as the inside does a great job at cleaning itself (that’s why douching is not recommended -unless advised by a doctor- as it can wash out all those beneficial bacteria that are crucial for our intimate health).
Secondly, not knowing important facts about the things we buy. There are concerns regarding the substances and fabrics used in the making of tampons, sanitary towels and panty liners as well as the process of manufacturing itself.
Although cotton is the best option, health wise, most manufacturers use a combination of cotton and synthetic fibres or rayon, a regenerated cellulosic fibre (neither natural nor synthetic), which has a higher absorbent capacity. But to become fully absorbent, it has to be chlorine bleached, process which has an unwanted result: a byproduct called dioxin.
Dioxins are a group of chemicals formed during industrial heating processes. They are known to be teratogens (cause birth defects), mutagens (cause mutations) and carcinogens (cause cancer). Once dioxins get into our bodies they settle in the fat cells, where they will stay for the rest of our lives, building up over time, so increased exposure means increased risk.
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