source: Mandi Ehman
Embarrassing confession time: since having babies, my hormones seem to be a lot more active, and there have been times that I’ve resorted to buying the expensive “prescription strength” deodorant to deal with the excessive sweating and resulting odor. This is especially true in those first few postpartum weeks, but I’ve found my sweat glands to be more active in general in the past few years.
However, deodorant is one of those things I’ve always been wary of. I haven’t really ever worn antiperspirant because the idea of stopping my body from doing something it was created to do doesn’t sit well with me.
There are also many people who believe sweating is one way our body rids itself of toxins; although the mainstream medical community doesn’t support this claim. In addition, antiperspirants also contains aluminum, which may contribute to Alzheimer’s, breast cancer and other diseases. Even regular deodorant contains many chemicals that I avoid in general, such as triclosan and artificial fragrances.
Frankly, while those connections haven’t been proven, I figure better safe than sorry. For a while I was simply patting my underarms with baking soda, which is very effective. Unfortunately, it’s also a bit irritating.
Last year I took it a step further and decided to try making my own deodorant. It’s easy, inexpensive and the most effective deodorant I’ve ever used!
