What would you all suggest as a safe brand of deodorant?

[Paradoxical]

I'm looking for something free of the questionable materials like aluminum salts.

I always thought the health problem connections to deodorants were a myth. But it seems as though there is mounting evidence to the contrary. So now I'm kind of freaking out because my deodorant is also an antiperspirant.

Should I simply buy a deodorant without the antiperspirant? Or should I consider other, more natural methods?

[Tunkamerica]

1. Tom's?

[Paradoxical]

2. Apparently it still has propylene glycol.

Which is apparently bad.

[Tunkamerica]

3. not according to the ingredients on the back

it specifically says on the back No propylene glycol

[Paradoxical]

4. hmmm. Apparently different types of sticks from Toms have PG.

http://www.tomsofmaine.com/products/deodorant/product-details/original-care-deodorant-stick

Some do and some don't.

How would you rate the effectiveness of your deodorant?

[Tunkamerica]

5. truthfully? it's alright but i never trust it if I'm going to work out or it's super hot.

I also think it smells like beer before it goes on. I go back and forth. I try to never use anything with aluminum but I grew up with speed stick which has the dreaded propylene glycol and I use it back and forth with the tom's.


I have not used the new formulation that is depicted on the website.

[Paradoxical]

6. I'm pretty sure that propylene glycol is the reason for my skin irritation.

I've used several deodorants over the years. And the only one that irritated my skin has PG. The others do not.

[Tunkamerica]

7. wow.kiss my face, not tom's.

i thought I had tom's but i had kiss my face deodorant. it has no propylene glycol. I'd bought tom's in the past and assumed this was that (if you catch my meaning).

[astral]

9. Natural stuff works for me, most of the time.

On days I skip a shower I wash my underarms with a borax and water mixture with some soap added, or with just plain cheap vinegar. Otherwise my morning shower seems to be all I need.

I have avoided anti-perspirants for years, but have had trouble finding a plain deoderant that is actually very effective. I think dietary variations do affect the amount of odor we put out, for sure, though, but I have not paid any attention yet to how that affects me personally.

[lbrtbell]

8. What's worked for me? Stop eating sugar.

When I don't eat sugary foods, I have no need for deodorant. I haven't bought the stuff in about 25 years, and that includes time I spent in the Sonoran desert. I perspire, but there's hardly any odor at all.

If I succumb to the desire to eat sweets, odor returns. So it's definitely a cause-and-effect situation. I'm guessing that maybe one's body tries to eliminate, through sweating, the bad stuff you consume.

I hope this info helps--there are too many chemicals in deodorants, and even more in antiperspirants. I won't have them in the house.

[Codeine]

11. I find most people who think they don't need deodorant

desperately need deodorant.

[trotsky]

13. LOL

:thumbsup:

[Odin2005]

22. LOL!

[Tunkamerica]

12. I never eat sugary foods and I usually need deoderant. I can go for a few hours after a shower

but not more than a day.

[Paradoxical]

16. Sweat smells for at least two reasons. One is urea and the other is bacteria.

Neither of those will go away if you stop eating sugar.

[uppityperson]

18. You don't "eliminate" sugar through your armpit sweat.

[Codeine]

10. I just avoid antiperspirant.

It feels gross. A decent deodorant (I use Tom's) keeps odors away nicely without the bizarre lock-down of my sweat glands.

[trotsky]

14. The "health problem connections" are still a myth. Don't buy into the fear.

Even the natural deodorant (alum crystals) contains aluminum salts, which is where alum gets its name.

[Paradoxical]

15. Are you sure about that? I've read both sides...

And there seems to be a growing number of studies linking alum. salts and higher rates of cancer. Specifically, if you shave.

[trotsky]

17. Have you read "both sides" of the climate change "debate"?

Both sides of the flat earth / round earth "debate"?

[Paradoxical]

19. Those are kind of terrible comparisons...

The deodorant debate has scientific studies on both sides.

Climate change? Not so much.
Flat earth? We've taken photos of the Earth from the Moon.

[trotsky]

21. The science on one side vs. the other...

Is actually pretty similar.

[Warpy]

20. What health problems are those?

The aluminum-Alzheimer's connection has been debunked. It turned out it was one of those cart-horse things, the amyloid plaques doing the damage and attracting almuminum in the system, not aluminum in the system creating the plaques.

Acid foods cooked in uncoated aluminum pots tends to have an unpleasant metallic taste, but it's not harmful.

In addition, there's no evidence that aluminum goes any farther than those axillary glands that cause all the problems.

What does work if you don't want to use deodorant is shaving your pits. With no hair to trap sweat, sebum and bacteria, the smell is not nearly as bad even if you've been working hard in hot weather. You do need to bathe frequently, though. If that isn't enough, Tom's hasn't changed its formula and some of them are quite nice.