Why dishwashing detergents are dangerous and how to replace them
'06.08.2018'
Source: Health.mail.ru
If you believe advertising, modern dishwashing products moisturize your hands better cream and saturate the skin with vitamins. Doctors warn: it is not. Experts advise very carefully to the choice of detergents, because some of them can lead to a number of serious diseases.
Experts told what will happen if you wash the dishes without gloves and rinse the plates badly, writes health.mail.ru.
From desquamation to dermatitis
Every person uses daily dishwashing detergents. The stores feature gels for every taste and color: with chamomile or aloe vera, actively foaming, with moisturizing oil and others. Experts caution: all these additives are aimed only at attracting customers - the detergent does not bear any benefit for the skin. “Cleanser is not a hand cream,” says dermatologist Kristina Pavlova. - It can not moisturize the skin. On the contrary, any dishwashing detergent destroys the protective layer of the skin and causes dryness, flaking, “pulling” moisture from the skin. Do not believe bright labels. ”
According to the specialist, one of the most aggressive components of the detergent is surface-active substances (surfactants). They remove fat and dirt from dishes, and at the same time they “clean” the skin of hands before desquamation. For this reason, you should always wash the dishes with rubber gloves only. “There is a cumulative effect here,” explains Pavlova. - You may think that everything is in order with your hands, but over time you will be unpleasantly surprised by the dryness of your skin. In allergic people, washing dishes with bare hands can generally lead to dermatitis. ”
Up to a glass of chemicals per year
All the flavors of cleaning products - whether it is “lemon” or “ginseng” - are designed not to brighten up the dishwashing procedure for you, but to disguise the sharp smell of the chemicals that make up the gel. For people with a weakened immune system, it is fraught with migraines and respiratory diseases. “A direct link between the composition of detergents and lung diseases has not yet been established, but now research is underway that will show whether the components of dishwashing gel can cause asthma,” says gastroenterologist Maxim Cherenkov. “When choosing a product in a store, in no case do not sniff it, it can be dangerous.”
Finally, the biggest harm to the body cleanser can cause if you rinse the dishes badly, and it will remain on the plate. In this case, along with food chemicals will get into the stomach - surface-active substances, acid, which promotes the formation of lush foam when washing dishes and many others. Regular “eating” of these chemicals contributes not only to food poisoning or metabolic disorders, but also to a malfunction of the internal organs, gastritis and, as a result, a stomach ulcer. “With a single food intake, an insignificant proportion of harmful substances enters the body,” says the expert. - But over time, its concentration will increase. This will lead to health problems. According to expert estimates, a person can “eat” a glass of dishwashing liquid around a glass a year! Imagine how it is harmful to the body! ”.
Replace gel with soda
How to avoid the ingress of toxic substances in the body? Everything is very simple! Choose detergents very carefully, read their composition on the label. It is important that among the components were not artificial flavors, ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid, due to which foam is formed, and the surfactants are as soft as possible. “Yes, maybe washing dishes with a tool that foams well and smells good is aesthetically more pleasant,” says the doctor, “but for health this is much worse. Choose what is more important to you! ”.
To protect the body, experts advise to dilute the detergent with water, rinse the sponge very thoroughly and rinse the dishes with running water for at least 20 seconds. “If you want to completely eliminate the possibility of poisoning, do not use dishwashing detergents,” advises a gastroenterologist. - There are many alternative options! For example, baking soda or laundry soap does a great job of removing fat. Be healthy!".
