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Many of us have gone all-natural and organic with our groceries and beauty products, but experts warn that there are other areas of your health that you need to “ditch the dirty” ingredients for, too.
One area is your medicine cabinet. If you think about it–the meds you ingest daily shouldn’t contain artificial sweeteners, dyes, preservatives, etc., if cleaning living is a priority. It just makes sense.
And the problem only becomes more apparent as we approach cold and flu season, a time when many of us will be taking more over-the-counter medications than ever before. You have to think about what exactly is going into your body as you load up on pain relievers, cough medicines, and other flu drug.
And it’s not just dyes and preservatives–medicines can even contain wood pulp, aluminum, talc, lactose and gluten as fillers. Not only do these sound horrible (wood pulp?!) but they can cause real harm and even trigger adverse side effects. Aka, exactly what you don’t want from taking medication.
The best thing you can do, according to health experts, is read your labels and clean out your medicine cabinet.
According to findings from Harvard Medical School, by the time drug makers add all of the necessary components, such as lactose to bind ingredients together or artificial sweeteners to mask bitterness, the inactive ingredients make up three-fourths of the typical pill.
Scientists found that 93% of the pills or capsules they looked at contained at least one potential allergen, and for example, one-third of the medications contained chemical dyes, such as tartrazine (often cited on labels as “yellow 5”) that has been linked to adverse reactions. Yikes!
So, what should you buy instead? There are many “clean” medicines on the market, such as Genexa.
Right now, you can swap out a free bottle of Genexa medication just for tossing out your old stuff. The campaign is call #DitchtheDirty and we are so here for it. Try it now.
