This reminds me----------I read my last issue (ever, as I'm not renewing) of Dr Jonathan Wright's newsletter. He talked about an email he received from a male reader who told him about this variation on zinc oxide as a deodorant. He told Wright that he rubbed it under his arms at night and he took his shower in the morning. Said the deodorant effect lasted up to 3 days (maybe he lives at the N Pole?) Anyway, Wright was intrigued enough to try this himself and verified that it was, indeed, a great deodorant.
Sharon/starshar > -----Original Message----- > From: rans...@atmc.net [mailto:rans...@atmc.net] > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 9:58 AM > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Subject: RE: CS>Deodorant > > I've been using zinc oxide (Desitin) for years now as my only deodorant. I > can't tell any kind of excess zinc uptake symptoms from it and I actually > take supplemental zinc from time to time to help heal various sprains and > such. > > Now I DO have a problems with tingling mild numbness in both left hand and > left foot but both are old problems from old injuries and drinking enough > water helps both; they both come back to full feeling most of the time. > > The hand goes numb when I sleep, it's from a neck injury and the feeling > comes back with water and movement. The foot goes numb from too much > walking > especially in certain shoes, it's a hip injury and the feeling comes back > with rest. > > Nope, don't think zinc is causing it. > > BTW, in winter sometimes I can skip a day of underarm Desitin or maybe > even > two days if it's cold enough and I don't sweat. The action lasts that long > even with daily washing so long as I don't over-scrub the underarms. > > I used to have a terrible, awful problem with underarm odor. I used to have > to trim my underarm hair every month all year round. With my first taking of > ionic silver back in 2000, that was fixed, and from then on it was just > regular common daily bacterial underarm odor that I had to deal with. After > that I was able to control it with Mennen Speed Stick deodorant only, not > anti-per spirant. > > And then I tried many alternatives to save money and stop filling up the > landfill with plastic. Zinc oxide in any form is cheap cheap cheap as a > deodorant. One tube lasts many months. My next trick will be to get a pound > of the powder and make my own with some mild oil or petrolatum. > > Only one downer I've found- Zinc Oxide mixed with sweat on certain > manmade > fiber shirts can actually make an odor that mimics bacterial underarm odor. > It's not bad, it leaves as soon as it dries, and it's on the fabric, not the > skin. > > DaddyBob > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com [mailto:silver-list- > requ...@eskimo.com] > On Behalf Of Ode Coyote > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 8:18 AM > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: CS>Deodorant > > > > Excessive zinc absorption can cause nerve problems. [ Numbness or > tingling] Some denture adhesives contain zinc and have been pulled for that > reason...but it takes long term exposure to absorb zinc faster than it can > be eliminated and skin doesn't absorb anything as fast as a palate. > > Ode > > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org > > Unsubscribe: > <mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=unsubscribe> > Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html > > Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> > List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com>