The Skin

"Not many people consider the skin when they think about their organs, but the skin is the largest organ of the entire body. It keeps out most of what we want out, and it keeps in what we want in. You may have thought only your lungs provided oxygen and nitrogen to your body, but much of your respiration actually occurs through your skin. Your skin also helps remove poisons from your body through perspiration.

Most people don't think of sweating as a good thing. No one likes feeling self-conscious of how they smell. However, it's one of the body's best ways of removing toxins. We should encourage the body to sweat or the skin will become congested with toxins and micro-particles. Skin rashes and lesions result from tissue congestion inside the layers of the skin.

Keeping our skin clean with frequent bathing and showering will help prevent the re-absorption of toxins. Using natural products will help the skin breathe much better than their commercial, chemical counterparts...

...Your armpits are the abode of your lymphatic glands, so preventing this area from sweating forces toxins back into your system... You will need far less protection or masking from odor when your sweat no longer contains the backlog of toxins that cultivate odor-causing bacteria."

The above excerpt from The Hallelujah Lifestyle and Diet by George Malkmus (page 178-179), helps us to see why our cleansing of the body is so important. You will actually find through body cleansing and especially fasting along with all the other principles for a healthy lifestyle, that you won't need deodorants at all because the excess toxins will be gone for good or as long as you maintain a healthy lifestyle!

Here's to your health!