Is there a Deodorant and cancer connection, and what natural alternative to use?

Question

Do you think there is a connection between using deodorants and getting cancer? And what natural alternative would you use to deodorants?

Answer 1

Breast cancer has been linked to this, because of aluminum - at least I have heard so (but not from MDs). Anyway, try the deodorant of Forever Living, or Ice Guard Roll On (www.optimah.com) They do not contain aluminum and they are good

Answer 2

No proven connection.

If it makes you feel better, then use products that are "natural." It won't make any difference, but at least you won't worry about cancer as much.

Answer 3

Well, the thing about some deodorants is that they contain aluminum, which is something that will go into your bloodstream causing abnormal hormone growning cells, but you would have to use it as crazy to get cancer.  I mean if all the people use deodorants, then i think it's safe.

Answer 4

Go to the 1st site and scroll down to Aluminum Neurotoxicity and Breast Cancer and you can read more about it. But if the FDA is warning people who have renal dysfunction to stop using antiperspirants with aluminum, It can't be good for other parts of the body. They obviously know things that they aren't talking about.

The research is still not conclusive but personally, I wouldn't touch the stuff. I use Toms of Maine or the crystal. For me, and I'm assuming it would be true of others, body odor comes from what you take in. You are what you eat they say.  I know when I eat to much meat or processed foods I smell more. Since cutting out coffee, almost all sugars, and eating mostly organic, whole food diet I rarely use deodorant if at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deodorant

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/facts...

http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/news/...

Answer 5

I have heard that it is linked to breast cancer and when the doctors diagnose you with cancer they tell you not to use deodorant.  I do believe it has to do with the high levels of aluminum in the deodorants.  You can buy natural deodorants that have a safe level of aluminum that will not cause any harm to you.  

I didn't want to take any chances when a friend of mine told me about that, so I switched right away to an all natural deodorant that I buy from an on-line wellness company.  I pay $4.29 for my stick and it lasts me longer than my old deodorant.