For the sake of dollars and cents, a company will usually advertise all the good things about their product(s).
Take tea for example, green tea has a lot of antioxidants & good in preventing cancer; different fruit tea has different healing effects such as aiding in sleep, relaxation, headaches, etc
How many of them actually spell out the side effects of tea ?
Tea has caffine (a stimulant), which may cause you to feel restless, nervous, flushed face, gastrointestinal disturbance, rambling flow of thought and speech, hinder your DNA repair, etc.
In fact, the amount of caffine in tea is much higher than coffee. (Source: Nutritional Immunology Seminar by Dr Chen Jau-Fei)
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Recently, I've been mesmerised by the advertisement of a new Shampoo that prevents hair fall & split ends. ^^ Without second thought, I bought the Shampoo, the biggest bottle somemore. (no, no, i'm not kiasu ... but this particular shampoo only have 1 size lor - the biggest bottle!)
While I was unwrapping the plastic material securing the pump, the 'ingredients' of the shampoo caught my eye. First in the line - water, second - SLS (Sodium Lauryl Sulphate ) ...
OMG !!
I remembered reading about SLS being a slow toxic that is found in many of our shampoo, bubble bath, toothpaste, etc and many of us were not aware of its harm. Yeeewwwwwww, I must have been using my current SLS-free shampoo for too long till i forgot about this totally!
The advertisement had really got into me. Aiyoh, I must be wiser in my purchases next time & read the fine lines ... (",)
Thursday, August 30, 2007
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3 comments:
Eden: I always read the labels before buying food but not so much with consumer products. You are right, it's buyers beware.
Well, at least the govt makes the retailers provide the information. In some countries, there is no obligation.
Haricot:
You are pretty conscious of what you are consuming ^^
Sometimes i wonder if the retailers' information is accurate?
Then what did you do with shampoo? Throw or still use? I am not so conscious type but my skin problem (eczema) "force" me to be selective too. :D
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