Rethink the stink

Chemical Sensitivity is a blessing and a curse. Being able to smell toxins on people means being able to avoid them, but when 90% of the population stinks, it’s hard to hide. There is a substance in fragrances that make them “sticky” so that when you wash your hands or wash your clothes, you still smell the fragrance. Those artificial substances are waste products of the chemical companies and ARE causing health problems for everyone, even if your nose has shut down and you can’t smell it.

If you have health problems and can’t get to the bottom of them, the first place I would start is eliminating pre-packaged foods (including pre-packaged spices), and removing all fragrances from your life. Give that 4 weeks and see if you feel better, bet you will!

I was going to write a blog post about my experience with idiopathic environmental disorder or multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), but then I read this well-written post and thought, why re-invent the wheel?

Her reactions are a bit different than mine. For me, I can smell it first, then immediately get flushing in the ears and cheeks… that’s how I know it’s about to be on. Then my veins get big and I get this horrible taste in my mouth. My teeth start throbbing and as time goes on, the brain fog sets in. Sometimes a fever of up to 101F and over the next few days joint pain. That’s why I try to limit going to town, I can smell residual stink everywhere I go, on every bag, products that are stocked on a shelf, sitting in traffic I can even smell people in cars around me if their windows are down.

Oddly enough the only thing that seems to break the smell down is snow!

I can smell your laundry detergent from here is a great blog post!