The current bio-buzz tends to make the market think that naturally sourced ingredients are superior compared to their man-made counterparts, what do you really think?
We believe the only good rationale for using organic ingredients is the proven fact that in nature there are complicated molecules that because of their complexity our biochemists can not even dream about having the ability to replicate in a laboratory.
All things equal though, the other necessary qualifier we should ask from the ingredients is they be compatible with living cells, or to paraphrase safe and in agreement with what our biology remits.
Isn’t this the “to be or not to be” critical question?
An instance of such a natural ingredient is the complex set of molecules created by the biochemistry of the immunological reaction of the living snail, because its biological system is literally capable of creating amazing chemical diversity thru the systems of genetic recombination and somatic mutation.
Long-term use of this and other supposed “natural ingredients” are most likely more safe than chemical ones… Unless the individual suffers from allergies.
Everyone knows that we do not know absolutely everything about made substances and many are carcinogenic. We gain data with time.
Naturally occurring ingredients, aside from allergies may have blood thinning, and hormonal responses. But naturally occurring ingredients have been used for a very long time and the responses to these ingredients are mostly known and readily available with some research.
Consideration needs to be taken in using botanical or organic or other naturally occurring ingredients that can still be incompatible or interactive with negative implications - it is clearly not the case that just because it is natural it is mechanically safe in association with anything and at any level.
Now be cautious with claims referring to ingredients extracted from natural sources. This is a really large one - some make it clear that natural and nature-identical synthetics are the same. Beware for it isn't the whole story and wants seriously questioning. For one controversial example lets have a look at naturally occurring hormones and nature-identically man-made hormones - they don't react in the same way in the body and for one major reason - the smart machine that's called our body doesn’t recognise nature-identical in the same way as natural substances. It may seem to even process them in the same way at first but the physical residue left by these products is not and can not ever be the same as the natural substance itself. We have so much evidence of this we won't ignore it any longer - more research please, and not just by the firms who produce the nature-identical components.
Efficacy and safety of natural vs synthetic
Safety sensible, to link natural as something overpoweringly safe is mis-information. Most supposed “natural ingredients” are a blend (most). And some chemicals that compose the natural ingredient will have their benefits but some pieces of it may very well be dangerous/irritations, i.e. Fancy oils (some).
Nothing is veiled by the word natural. Facts and data have to be strong enough to go against a natural alternative. The trend now is leaning on naturals and with natural sources being burned out at an insane rate and even with replaceable, tolerable, fair trade practices in place we might reach to a point where everything would go polar opposite when our naturally occuring resources become used up to a point of endangerment which I think it is..that sourcing natural materials will become astronomically expensive, and now we have got a market opening for synthetics, less expensive, safer more eco friendly…
At the end, both natural skin care products and synthetics are to be looked at in the same light in terms of safety. There are new things being discovered everyday. What’s safe now might not be tomorrow and what’s not safe now may very well be wrong info. I suspect its crucial that we don't generalize and always formulate and market with the end under consideration and don't blurt out things like” if its natural its good for you” and “its man-made it not good for you” a trend is a trend and will and can be modified either passively or alternatively.
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