Phthalates in cosmetics cause obesity

 

Swedish scientists from Uppsala University conducted an extensive study of the impact of phthalates on the human body, and came to a disappointing conclusion. It turned out that the chemicals in regular contact with the human skin, in most cases provokes outwardly unexplained weight gain and double the risk of diabetes. Phthalates – salts and esters of phthalic acid, the simplest representative dibasic carboxylic acids. They are used primarily in the cosmetic industry as a thickening agent in various creams and other products for the skin, and according to experts, last year the global market for phthalates will exceed one billion tons. A significant portion of this amount is accounted for cosmetics, 70 percent of which sold in the world contains phthalates.





Researchers from Sweden studied the effects of phthalates on the example of the thousands of volunteers who in daily life in different degree used products that contain this substance. Of them 119 people sick with diabetes, and the 89 study participants, diabetes was history. To determine the relationship between diabetes and the use of palacestrasse products, the researchers had to exclude extraneous factors. Having studied the way of life of the patients, it was determined that a clear dependence is present only between the content of phthalates in the blood and diabetes, and the influence of other factors on the occurrence of the disease can be eliminated. A detailed analysis of the results of observation showed that they have a pretty strong justification.In women, phthalates affect hormonal balance, and it occurs with local disasters of intensity similar to that of puberty. In men, the presence of this chemical in the blood affects the level of testosterone, fluctuations of which are outside the norm makes the body susceptible to the occurrence of diabetes, and contributes to uncontrolled weight gain.

    

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