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I'm sure you've heard it before: an important key to staying healthy is keeping your hands clean. While there is no substitute for washing your hands with soap and water to help prevent illness, certain hand sanitizers can help when soap is not available. Commercial hand sanitizers can have a negative impact on your health, though. Here are five dangers related to many commercial hand sanitizers and a recipe for making your own toxin-free ve...

If you’re a regular follower of the Verefina blog, you know that what you put on your body is just as important as what you put in it. The skin is not only the largest organ of the body, but also a permeable one that absorbs much of what goes on it.Children’s skin is no different. In fact, a child's skin (and therefore her body) is more susceptible than that of adults to the effects of topical toxins. There are a couple of key differences between...

I was amazed to learn several years ago that the skin absorbs up to 60% of what is put on it. Sixty percent! So what we put on our bodies is just as important as what we put in them. And when you stop and think about it, most of us put a lot of stuff on our skin: lotion, soap, shampoo and conditioner, deodorant, shaving cream, sunscreen, and so on. We might also use a lot of these same types of products on our children, whose delicate skin can ab...