I Stink - What To Do About Deodorant?

A couple of years ago, I did the hippie thing, and I switched to a natural deodorant. I had a crazy roomie who was set on helping me be greener, and she always convinced me that I was the only one who could smell the rank odor emanating from me.  It took some of my best friends pulling me aside one day, shoving some antiperspirant towards me, before I understood that everyone could smell that awful smell that I smelled.  The natural deodorants made me smell even worse than if I hadn't worn any deodorant at all.  So, I switched back to Secret's antiperspirant.

But, Green Babies Sage Moms author Lynda Fassa's comments about aluminum in deodorant got me thinking again.  Though there's not a recognized scientific link between diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's with the aluminum in antiperspirants, folks who are environmentally or green conscious don't always subscribe to waiting around until the scientific community discovers a link.  We tend the follow our intuition about what conventional practices are good for our health, which is why we're branded a little kooky by mainstream society.  It's just like the things we convince ourselves is safe, even though there is scientific evidence to back up the fact that it isn't safe, such as smoking and drinking in large quantities.  We have our own reasons for following or not following the scientific data presented to us.  Personally, I don't think they want to find the correlation between some things for whatever reason.

When I mentioned that I was having salmon for lunch (the wild Alaskan sockeye variety), a coworker told me a story about a women he knew who ate a can of tuna almost every day during each of her three pregnancies.  Each of her children wound up developing autism.  Even though, I had made a good fish choice, the story still ruined my lunch.  With the correlation between mercury ingestion during pregnancy and brain development, it makes sense to me that using other metals that our body isn't set up to handle could also have negative effects on our bodies and the little ones that are growing in our wombs.  And, this doesn't just go for antiperspirant, but aluminum cans, pans, and its appearance in some foods as well.

I had accidentally stopped wearing deodorant for a few days last week, and I realized that if I made a point to shower and shave every day, I didn't stink.  And, on those days where I still smell a little bit, a spritz of a natural perfume could cover it up enough that I wouldn't even notice.  Yes, I bathed and still stank this morning, spritzed some Whole Food perfume on me, and yes, I smell great now.  I am hoping that I can keep up this no-deodorant game. If babby daddy doesn't want to take my clothes off for awhile, then I"ll know it's not working.