Anyway, it's not that hard to use soaps without SLS. Bronner's soap is the best, IMO.
-- indi On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 10:05:26AM -0700, Malcolm wrote: > Dee, I already know what 'Mercola' says. IMNSHO, Mercola's site thrives > on a contrarian POV. Perhaps those of us who are "depleted" in the vit > D department have other causes to look for, such as insufficient > exposure to sunlight, too much clothing when outdoors, wrong time of > day, Vits A, D, calcium and magnesium-poor diet, etc. (Vegetarians are > particularly susceptible to the deficiency because plant derived D is > not the kind we use; even animal fats are likely to be deficient if the > animals were raised in confinement with inadequate exposure to sun.) > Whatever sodium laurel sulfate may do, I doubt it extracts cholesterol > from the inner layers of the skin, but who knows? This may become the > new thinning and cardio protocol for the 21st century; just wash your > HDL's away. <g> > > The amount of time necessary for the body to absorb the vit D precursors > generated by exposure to sun is 30 to 60 minutes, so unless you run > inside to shower right away, you're probably ok even for the cholesterol > containing skin oils from the sebaceous glands (and there are more > cholesterols present than those found in the sebum. BTW, the time > required for the markers to show up in the blood is about 12 to 24 hours > but the D is already bound to its delivery protein in about half an > hour. > > The times of day in which the UV-B from the sun is significantly present > are 10 to 2. It's the UV-B that does the conversion of cholesterol. > > Tha'sall > > On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 14:33 +0100, Dee Fitzpatrick wrote: > > Well according to Mercola, it *does* wash off, which would explain why > > we are depleted nowadays (also people using sunscreens of course). In > > the old days, people didn't shower every day, it used to be bath days > > once a week if you were lucky enough to have a bath, and people washed > > in just soap. Not these SLS laden products most use now. Dee > > > > -------Original Message------- > > > > From: Malcolm > > Date: 04/07/2009 21:27:09 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: CS>Vit. D 3 'hype' > > > > This has been discussed in the recent past, and if my memory serves me > > (always wonder about that): > > > > 1) The oil soluble vitamins are not 'washed out' by water like C and > > B's > > are; so they remain stored and can achieve toxic levels. My personal > > experience has been that A and E (D-alpha tocopherol) taken to excess > > (my excess) make me feel like I did the wrong thing, ucky. So far vit > > D > > hasn't given me this reaction @ 2,000 IU per day for a coupla weeks > > plus. > > > > 2)Vit D is made by exposure of cholesterols, in our skin, to sun, or > > certain energy levels of light but the formation takes place under a > > few > > layers of the epidermis, and thus doesn't wash off under normal > > bathing > > any more than the cholesterols do. I dunno what sunscreens do to or > > for > > it. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
