Milk of Magnesia as a Deodorant? Who Knew?
Milk of Magnesia as a Deodorant? Sound farfetched? Well, I'm here to tell you that it's a wonderful, healthy alternative to deodorants/antiperspirants that contain aluminum and parabens and other unsavory ingredients. Your skin is the largest organ in your body. With its pores, it is like a sponge and will absorb anything that you put on it. If you are watching what you put IN your body, you should also be watching what you put ON it. Chemicals from soaps, perfumes, deodorant/antiperspirants, etc. are all absorbed into your body by your skin. This is how transdermal patches work. Magnesium is a mineral that the body needs, so wouldn't you rather have that absorbed into your body through your skin than a bunch of chemicals? After my bout with both breast and thyroid cancer in 2003, I stopped using all commercial soaps, antiperspirants/deodorants, shampoos and cleaning products. In other words, I went chemical f...
