Hulda Regehr Clark

The Body Clean-up

We are living in a very fortunate time. We are not expected to all look alike! The 60's brought us this wonderful freedom. Freedom to dress in a variety of styles, use make-up or no make-up, jewelry or no jewelry, any kind of hair style, any kind of shoes.

You will need to go off every cosmetic and body product that you are now using. Not a single one can be continued. They are full of titanium, zirconium, benzalkonium, bismuth, antimony (30), barium (31), strontium (32), aluminum, tin, chromium, not to mention pollution solvents such as benzene and PCBs.

Do not use any commercial salves, ointments, lotions, colognes, perfumes, massage oils, deodorant, mouthwash, toothpaste, even when touted as "herbal" and health-food type. See Recipes for homemade substitutes.

People are trying desperately to use less toxic products. They seek health for themselves. So they reach for products that just list herbs and other natural ingredients. Unfortunately, the buyers are being duped. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires all body products to have sufficient antiseptic in them. Some of these antiseptics are substances you must avoid! But you won't see them on the label because manufacturers prefer to use quantities below the levels they must disclose.

And by using a variety of antiseptics in these small amounts they can still meet sterility requirements.

The only ingredient you might see is "grapefruit seed" or similar healthy-sounding natural antiseptic. This is sad for the consumer of health food varieties.

• I have seen rocks sold as "Aluminum-Free Natural Deodorant". You rub the rock under your arms. It works because the rock is made of magnesium-aluminum-silicate.
• Men's hair color has lead in it.
• Lipstick has bariurn, alurninum, titanium.
• Eye pencil and shadow have chrornium.
• Toothpaste has benzene, tin, and strontium.
• Hair spray has propyl alcohol and PCBS. BEWARE! Stop using it today.
• Shampoo, even health varieties, has propyl alcohol! BEWARE! Stop using it today.
• Cigarettes have lead, mercury, nickel and Tobacco Mosaic virus.
• Chewing tobacco has ytterbium.

Some of the unnatural chemicals listed are present because of residues in the manufacturing process, but others you will actually see listed on the label!

Propyl alcohol and wood alcohol are present because the tubing used to fill the bottles is sterilized and cleaned with them. Ice cream machines are "oiled" with a gel containing petroleum products. This could explain why 1 always find benzene in ice cream.

Fig. 71 Examples of commercial "food lube"

Note: HEAVY DUTY SANITARY LUBRICANT. The text on the containers reeds... for food machinery use... odorless, tasteless, water-resistant, chemically stable, non corrosive, rust protection.

How can propyl alcohol in shampoo get into your body in significant amounts? The skin is more absorbent than we realize, and time and time again I see cancer victims who have gone off every body product except their favorite shampoo. They harbor propyl alcohol until they make that final sacrifice. It is better, to switch shampoos than to not need any due to radiation and chemotherapy!

See Recipes for easy-to-make, natural cosmetics. But you might consider just stopping them all. Especially if you're going on vacation.

Use nothing that you wouldn't use on a new-born baby. This is a permissive age. You will be the only one feeling "naked." Others won't even notice. Don't forget advertising is aimed at you, even if other people's eyes are not!

 

Don't even use soap unless it is homemade soap (see Recipes) or borax straight from the box. Borax was the traditional pioneer soap. It is antibacterial and can be made into a solution. It is also a water softener and is the main ingredient in nonchlorine bleach. Borax can remove grease, too, and some stains. But even borax is not natural to your body and it is therefore wise to use as little as necessary. See Recipes for antibacterial borax soap.

Dishes and clothing are primary source of PCBs. Fig. 72 Detergents with PCBs.

Don't use toothpaste, not even heal th-food varieties. To clean teeth, use plain water or chemically pure baking soda (see Sources)-but dissolve it in water first, otherwise it is too abrasive. Or brush with hydrogen peroxide food izrade, not the regular variety (see Sources). Don't use floss; use 2 or 4-pound monofilament fish line. Floss has mercury antiseptics (with thallium pollution!). Throw away your old toothbrush-solvents don't wash away.
Don't use mouthwash. Use saltwater (aluminum-free salt) or food grade hydrogen peroxide (a few drops in water).
Don't use hair spray.
Don't use massage oils of any kind. Use olive oil.
Don't use bath oil. Take showers, not baths, if you are strong enough to stand. Showers are cleaner.
Don't use perfumes or colognes.
Don't use commercial lotions or personal lubricants.

 

Stop Using Supplements

Stop using your vitamin supplements. They, too, are heavily polluted. This is the saddest, most tragic part of your instructions. 1 have found solvents, heavy metals and lanthanides in 90% or more of the popular vitainin and mineral capsules and tablets I test. These substances will do more harm in the long run than the supplement can make up for in benefits.

 

The capsule in the foreground is a notorious tryptophane capsule. It had the following pollutants: PCBs, mercury, ruthenium, thulium, strontium, praseodymium, aluminum, benzalkonium. Fig. 74 Some polluted supplements.

Most of the varieties of Vitamin C that I have tested are polluted with thulium! Until all vitamins and minerals and other food supplements have been analyzed for pollutants, after they are encapsulated or tableted, they are not safe. We need more disclosure on our products. No manufactured product is pure. We can't expect that. But at least we should be able to tell what impurities we are getting, and how much. It is possible to do detailed analysis of foods or products at a reasonable price.

Look at the bottle of common table saIt, sodium chloride, that is used by beginning chemistry students to do experiments.

It must be thoroughly analyzed for them because minute impurities affect their results. (Those minute impurities, like lead, affect you, too.) Look at the label on the bottle in the picture. Even after all these tests, the cost of laboratory saIt is only $2.80 per pound.

It is most important not to be fooled by ingredient claims, like "made from organically grown vegetables". Sure that's great, but the analysis I trust would be done on the final, cleaned, cooked and packaged product on the shelf The package is a major unlisted ingredient.

Toxic solvents like decane, hexane, carbon tetrachloride and benzene will get more flavor or fat or cholesterol out of things than metabolizable grain alcohol. Of course, the extraction process calls for washing out the solvent later. But it can't all be washed out, and a detailed analysis on the final product would give the public the information they need to make informed choices.

All supplements must be tested for purity by yourself. If this cannot be done, don't take them. Polluted supplements do much more harm than good. Get your super-nutrition by juicing vegetables of all kinds and making herbal teas.

 

Safe Supplements

There are, no doubt, lots of safe supplements to be had. The problem is knowing which they are. The nature of pollution is such that one bottle might be safe, while another of the same brand is not. In view of this, as I found a polluted bottle, I stopped using any more of that brand. That is why I am reduced to recommending only the ones in the Sources at this time.

Vitamin C, in crystal form, is a must in your lifestyle. It helps the liver, and possibly other organs, detoxify things. It also helps retard mold, and perhaps even destroys aflatoxins! Keep some next to your refrigerator so it is handy when you put away groceries. Add 1/8 tsp. to maple syrup, vinegar, cooked cereal, fruit juice, leftovers. Have 1/4 tsp. (1 gram) with each meal.