It's generally the main difference between your $1 shampoo and the $12 option. It's not how it makes your hair feel or smell afterwards, but how well your soap suds/bubbles/foams. Sodium Lauryl Sulfate is the detergent additive in most comerical shampoos that lends the psychological misconception that if it suds more, it works better. But is your head full of bubbles doing more than just cleaning your hair? SLS has gotten a bad rap lately, and the pricier 'natural' shampoos and personal care products have gone to great lengths to draw your attention to the fact that they have omitted it from their product.
The Journal of the American College of Toxicology notes in its final report on SLS that it has a "degenerative effect on the cell membranes because of its protein denaturing properties". (sidebar: hair = protein) A slew of research reports have been compiled and it doesn't look good for SLS. Amongst other things, there is evidence that SLS exposure in repeated small doses (rinse & repeat) causes damage to the skin because of its denaturing properties, and is absorbed through the skin to be deposited in organs like your liver, heart, lungs & brain. And then there's the corneal damage if SLS residue remains in your eyes for an extended period of time.
Before you flush your Panteen, you must remember the history behind, well, bathing. Our parents, grandparents, and people all over the world for the past 100 years have been using commerically produced soap with inexpensive sudsing agents like SLS. Your exposure is in small doses, and the direct correlation is not clear. But consider this - you could be saving a little money now each time you buy your bath products, but the side effects may cost you more in the long run when you are treating the aliments that SLS has caused.
And now for the plug...I like (and use) Jason Natural Biotin.
It's not in english, but no translation necessary. It's totally sanitary (unless you have an infection/gaping open wound) and it saves tons of water, literally tons.
The Journal of the American College of Toxicology notes in its final report on SLS that it has a "degenerative effect on the cell membranes because of its protein denaturing properties". (sidebar: hair = protein) A slew of research reports have been compiled and it doesn't look good for SLS. Amongst other things, there is evidence that SLS exposure in repeated small doses (rinse & repeat) causes damage to the skin because of its denaturing properties, and is absorbed through the skin to be deposited in organs like your liver, heart, lungs & brain. And then there's the corneal damage if SLS residue remains in your eyes for an extended period of time.
Before you flush your Panteen, you must remember the history behind, well, bathing. Our parents, grandparents, and people all over the world for the past 100 years have been using commerically produced soap with inexpensive sudsing agents like SLS. Your exposure is in small doses, and the direct correlation is not clear. But consider this - you could be saving a little money now each time you buy your bath products, but the side effects may cost you more in the long run when you are treating the aliments that SLS has caused.
And now for the plug...I like (and use) Jason Natural Biotin.
It's not in english, but no translation necessary. It's totally sanitary (unless you have an infection/gaping open wound) and it saves tons of water, literally tons.
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