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Topical Avoids?

January 11th, 2000 , by admin
I am an O+ secretor. This question may seem a bit granular, but I don't want to sabatoge my good diet efforts by doing something unknowingly. My question is about foot cream. I just purchased a foot cream which is 60% aloe. It really is a great cream but, my understanding is, aloe is an avoid for O. In thinking about it, I started to be concerned if the aloe from the cream would be absorbed into my body enough to cause problems (in light of hormone and stop smoking dermal patches using the skin as a delivery system.) Any thoughts? P.S. Kudos for your column. It's the first thing I check every morning and has been so very helpful. ~ debra






Thanks for the compliment, debra!

Peter wrote an Ask Dr. D'Adamo answer on this subject. His view is that we needn't be concerned about using a topical product which contains avoids. For instance, aloe earned its O avoid label by its effects after ingestion -- the aloe-based cream you apply to your feet won't find its way into your digestive tract, and what little may pass the skin barrier shouldn't give you trouble.

I'm discussing this in general terms, but everyone has a different level of sensitivity to avoids in hair and skin products ~ so it's wise to stop using any product if it causes an adverse reaction in you.

:-)

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