Is it safe to use natural crystal deodorants?

Americans don't like body odor.We embrace antiperspirants with enthusiasm.Many people don't like aluminum in antiperspirants.Natural crystal deodorants are what they gravitate towards.Americans like the word "natural" and assume it must be safe.Many natural products are not safe.The reader is interested in natural alum crystal deodorants.

What is the situation?Is it safe to use alum as a deodorant?I believe it's the ingredient in many antiperspirant products.

A.Readers have told us that they stopped using aluminum-based antiperspirants because of a fear of Alzheimer's disease or cancer.Here are a few examples.

The women in our family have been using crystal roll-on for a long time and it works well.

Someone warned of a cancer risk, and I have used only deodorant-only products for more than a decade.It is difficult to find a crystal roll-on product that is fragrance, paraben and aluminum chlorohydrate free.It seems to work well.I would try the Milk of Magnesia roll-on deodorant if I hadn't just bought a new bottle.

Crystal roll is a natural product and is free of Parabens.It is safe for the environment and made from mineral salts.

Crystal is a solution for avoiding aluminum in an antiperspirant.There is a significant problem.Many of the manufacturers of such products are very cagey about the ingredients in their products.Since aluminum is a mineral found in nature, there is no doubt that such products are natural.You will sometimes see the word "alum" as the main ingredient.

It is said that an Ammonium aluminum sulfate NH4Al(SO4)212H2O is used to cause vomiting and to prevent bleeding.

For a long time, alum has been used to clarify water.It helps suspended particles settle to the bottom so they can be removed.It has been used to treat canker sores and to stop bleeding after shaving.There is no doubt that alum contains aluminum.It's not true that using a natural crystal deodorant eliminates aluminum.

Is the aluminum dangerous?That is a question that has not been answered.How much aluminum is absorbed by the body?No one has a good answer.It's amazing, since tens of millions of people use products with aluminum every day.They do this for a long time.Does aluminum pose a health risk if absorbed?

Most health professionals don't like the idea of people absorbing aluminum from pots, pans and other cooking utensils.The study was published in The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India.

People with end stage kidneys have to rely on a machine to function.They are similar to canaries in the coal mines.They are vulnerable to toxic chemicals.

Many suffered from chronic aluminum toxicity.The water that was used in the process often contained different amounts of aluminum.The same ingredient found in many antacids was once used to bind phosphate in people undergoing dialysis.

There was a severe and sometimes fatal brain disorder caused by excess aluminum in these patients.There was a name for it: "dialysis encephalopathy." It was characterized by neurological symptoms such as speech disorders, confusion, convulsions and dementia.The condition is almost gone because the water used in the procedure is no longer containing aluminum.Patients are no longer given aluminum hydroxide.

According to the study from India, chronic aluminum toxicity could be associated with aluminum pots and pans.

The association was found in patients who are sensitive to aluminum.If our canary-in-the-coal-mine analogy holds up, the rest of us may not be completely immune to aluminum toxicity.

There was no connection between the use of antiperspirants and the risk of breast cancer according to an article in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

A study suggests that aluminum compounds can change the way breast cells divide, even at low concentrations.

Our observations do not formally identify aluminum as a breast carcinogen, but challenge the safety of its widespread use in underarm cosmetics.

There is research to suggest that aluminum may be present in breast tissue from exposure to antiperspirants.

The human breast is exposed to many sources including diet and personal care products, but the skin application of antiperspirant salts provides a local long-term source of exposure.

The researchers note that nipple aspirate fluids have been shown to contain aluminum at higher levels in breast cancer patients than from healthy control subjects.

Best Practice & Research published a review of this topic.A British professor talks about Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

The skin of a mouse and a human have been shown to be undamaged by the absorption of antiperspirant salts.In studies of human breast cancer cells, aluminum in the form of aluminum chlorhydrate has been shown to interfere with the function of oestrogen receptors.

Most health professionals are surprised to learn that basic researchers have classified aluminum as a neurotoxin.There is an article in Food and Chemical Toxicology.

The toxicity of Al is linked to damage to the brain.

The stress on the brain is caused by aluminum.It increases inflammatory cytokines to do this.These are important cellular messengers that can lead to inflammation.Alzheimer's disease is thought to be an inflammatory disease and that aluminum may play a role in it.

Chronic or cumulative exposure to aluminium reflected by increased levels in cerebrospinal fluid may be one environmental factor in the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of multiplesclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and AD.There is a lot of research looking at the relationship between increased exposure to environmental aluminum and the development of the last of these illnesses.According to a recent meta-analysis involving eight cohort- and case-controlled studies conducted prior to 2015, increased aluminum exposure increased the risk of developing AD by some 71%.