One of the greater pleasures in the last three years or so has been making (and completing) the switch from chemical-laden deodorants to all-natural, un-clogging alternatives instead.Aluminum derivatives are used in many mainstream deodorants these days, and it's hard for me to believe that closing off pores so that the body is not allowed to naturally cool itself is a good thing. It's true that sweating (and the signs of it) are embarrassing at times, but artificially shutting down sweat glands and preventing toxins from exiting the body can lead to no good. In fact, I have to wonder if this "shutting off" leads to potential cancer development (although I have no data to support this).
My advice? Try some of the mineral salt alternatives to deodorant and bypass products with an "antiperspirant" bent. After all, we were meant to perspire, not hold it all in.
