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Consumers have become very smart and savvy about reading food
labels and understanding what we eat and how it affects our
health and body.
But what about skin care products and
cosmetics?
Registered nutritionist Linda Lizot, who is
also president of AMG Naturally, a 100% plant based beauty
product line is here to explain why you may want to really pay
attention to the products you are using.
Good morning.
Thanks for being here.
Thank you.
All right, so let's first talk about some myths and
dispelling them.
Are all products, beauty products, are
they all approved by the FDA.
Yes or no?
No.
The FDA does not analyze every label, every
product before it goes to market, so we have to be our own
detectives and we have to read carefully and choose carefully.
I'm reading, I see words and I'm going 'what is this?'
I can't even understand half of them.
There are very long words, those are typically the chemicals that
are made in a laboratory.
So today we have 4 watch words for
our viewers and for me, cause I'm gonna learn something today,
and these are really important words to look out for, right?
Yes.
Let's look at #1, fragrance.
That one doesn't sound too bad for me.
It's what in the fragrance that's the
problem.
Ethanol, alcohol, acetone, that's what we would
use to get your nail polish off.
And some of those are in that?
In fragrance, yes.
Okay, second word, this one is really bad,
formaldehyde.
It's actually in products.
That's alarming.
Now you're not going to see the word
formaldehyde on a label, you're going to see other words like
quaternium 15, DMDM hydantoin, or anything with urea.
They're called formaldehyde releasers
because they release formaldehyde into the product
very slowly overtime so that no mold or bacteria grows in there.
So it's a preservative.
Okay, now this next one I can't even
imagine putting on my skin.
Take a look at that folks, coal tar.
Yeah we're talking petroleum and it's actually found in shampoos,
lotions, conditioners, and anything you're putting on your
scalp, it's awfully close to your brain.
Your brain is a pretty important organ, so the
research on coal tar points to neurological problems and maybe
even Parkinson's.
Last but not least, microbeads.
What are those?
They are heavily being used in cosmetics right now,
especially exfoliators, because they create the friction for
removing dead skin cells.
So here's where it's bad, it's very
bad for the environment because it's going down the drains, it's
going into the lakes and rivers, and it's going into our fish, so
this has become a real big problem out there for
environmentalists, you know I suggest you do not choose those
products.
But, I suggest you try this, so we're gonna go from
something negative to something positive, which is your line,
that you've really put a lot of time into.
With all my years of designing vitamin formulas, and
helping people get healthy and teaching them how to read their
food labels, that it's time for me to get more active in not
just putting super foods into your body, but putting super
foods onto your body also, so this is the only cosmetic line
that includes two super foods, namely moringa oleifera and
sacha inchi.
They're kinda known as rain forest super stars.
Sacha inchi oil is extremely high in Omega 3s, it comes from
these seeds, which also make a great snack.
The highest omega 3 plant on the planet, even more
than flax seeds.
Which is really good for your body and obviously
great for your skin.
Tell me about some of the products you
have here.
Okay, so spray mist and toner loaded with plant
minerals, so that's the way you start your day.
Move on to the daily moisturizer, it's got the
moringa oil, the sacha inchi oil, and even more importantly,
the leaf from the moringa tree is so nutritionally dense.
Now the elixir oil, I would love for
you to put some of this on.
Okay, let me see.
I picked plants that smell good, but also
have functions for the skin, like you said, we need Omega 3s
they make the skin cells function properly, they actually
make them younger.
This is a under eye serum, we all need
that for wrinkles.
It's got the retinol, it's got hyaluronic
acid.
Now the nighttime moisturizer is gonna be packed
with things that'll turn the cells over at night and make the
skin younger while we're sleeping.
So then you've got your exfoliator and a Dead Sea
mud mask, loaded with minerals, the most mineral dense body of
water in the world, and then of course you've got to start your
day with a non-chemical containing face wash, so I
choose papaya in there because it has enzymes that are
naturally exfoliating, and then it's an awesome cleanser for the
skin.
And obviously the philosophy here is what?
It's to use super foods externally
everyday so that we can put good foods on the inside and the
outside, we're bona get double the results.
Thank you so much for your time, I really
appreciate it, and you look fabulous.
Thank you.
And of course if you'd like more
information you can learn more about the AMG Naturally line and
Linda's amazing work at her website, go to AMGNaturally.com
or go to our website, theBalancingAct.com.
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