Can you get sugar into your body from ....

[sweetgirl2]

using body products with sugar in them?

ok, this might be a really silly question, but it has been plaguing my mind for weeks now lol and I have done searches online and there are so many conflicting writings about it all so I just thought I might just put it out here .....

I'm using a new shampoo, Garnier Fructis and then I read the label one day in the shower and it has on the front "Fructose & Glucose" !! Then I read the fine print of ingredients and it has listed .... among other things . . fairly near the top - Sugar Cane extract, & also apple fruit extract, lemon peel extract and apricot kernel oil ....

Now before I'm called crazy here hehe I do actually know for a fact from my high school biology days that certain foods can 'get into' your body via your skin - depending on their molecular structure. Like if you rub the sole of your foot with a piece of garlic, your breath will smell of garlic about 15 mins later (not a good one to try before going on a date lol)

Soooo - if you're standing in this foaminess in the shower .....
Then my mind starts thinking what about sugar scrubs? or body moisturisers with fruits and other sugars?

has anyone else driven themselves to distraction with such questions also? ta guys

[ValidRouge]

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Oh my goodness, my head is spinning just thinking about it.

[sweetgirl2]

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oh Joy, it's doing my head in badly lol

If I read websites about natural body products, they always say "the chemicals are bad for you because they get into your body etc:"
Then the chemical type websites say no they don't get in

Then I think, well we can patches to stick on our body for all types of things in life - and they effect our body and go to our brain also! hehe

wahhh I think I should ditch the shampoo for my peace of mind, but then I don't know if that's silly lol and then what about natural perfume concentrates? and the list goes on hehe

[ValidRouge]

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Ugh! Well, I guess if you get to a point where you are stalled, I guess you could remove it and see what happens.....

I know I can't use any of those body washes that SMELL like chocolate and cakes and vanilla and stuff like that because the SMELL drives me insane.

[sweetgirl2]

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oh I use those too lol
but they don't have anything really listed as sugar in their ingredients so they've never done me or my head in hehe

[kellyf48]

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I dont see how shampoo would get into your blood stream, we would be screwed on soo many levels if it did!!

[sweetgirl2]

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yep, I guess we would be
yet some people get allergic reactions to different body products, not just from foods we put in our mouths - that means it must get in somehow eh?
plus the 'don't use this cream or product' if pregnant on some things from the chemist that we put on our skin .....

I was just wondering if anyone knew for sure .....

[Fatalblue]

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Ack! This is freaking me out. I use Garnier Fructis also!

[Lyssie]

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Fructose and Glucose are used in a lot of bath products, I think as a texture thing or whatever, not the type you are thinking of. The sugar cane uhmm... can't help you with.

[Grant]

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Wouldn't that be terrible if the people that come here and say they are doing everything right on Atkins but can't lose any weight are being stalled by their shampoo? How would you ever know?

[sweetgirl2]

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ahh, I'm still looking online about it all lol
I found out lots of things about sugar though which is bonus, like how not eating it can physically make your appearance look 10 years younger due to the glycation that sugar causes in our bodies lol

I might do the human guinea pig experiment apon myself like Joy suggested anyway I've done it with food, so why not my shampoo?
btw I love love love Garnier Fructis shampoo, it's wonderful, the best I've used in years soooo I will put up with a lesser feel in my hair for the next 3 weeks and see what happens....
I won't add any new foods or change my diet
only my shampoo
heh, now I am crazy lol but I still really want to know ....

[mirna05]

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I am using the same shampoo and had the same question, do yo know what i did?, I tasted it, and it didn´t tasted sweet, then i stop worrying about it, it must have very little sugar.

[Hoping]

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To be honest, I think some of those elements do get put into our bodies. BUT as you said...maybe it's all dependent on molecular structure.

I don't think signifact amounts, unless you lather yourself in the product and then sit there for hours, get into our systems through those products. JMO

[jennyMC]

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Ok...so I talked to my friend who was a chemist and said that the chemicals wont get into your body through the skin due to their size...she also said that it wouldnt get very far since you arent soaking in your shampoo but rinsing it off your head right away...hope this helps!

[sweetgirl2]

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Thanks guys
hehe maybe I do sit there for hours lol because I didn't use it last night and am down 2 pounds this morning from yesterday. In the 3 weeks since I started using it, I only lost 1 pound, so coincidence or not, I'll take that!