Ever heard of a "rendering plant?" I never had either until about 5 years ago when I finally turned myself into a label reader! Now, I never put anything on my skin unless I know the ingredients and what they are! Did you know it only takes 26 seconds for anything you put on your skin to go to every major organ in the body!? Makes you think, doesn't it? If you don't believe me, do this little test: peel a clove of garlic and stick it between your toes. Within a minute or so, you will taste that garlic in your mouth!
Here's an excerpt from a book called "Mad Cowboy" by Howard F. Lyman. He speaks about animal products in skin care and cosmetics. I about threw up the first time I heard this:
In his book he writes:
“I am a fourth generation dairy farmer and cattle rancher. I grew up on a dairy farm in Montana, and I ran a feedlot operation there for twenty years. I know first-hand how cattle are raised and how meat is produced in this country.
When a cow is slaughtered, about half of it by weight is not eaten by humans; this includes the intestines and their contents, the head the hooves, the horns, as well as bones and blood. These are dumped into giant grinders at rendering plants, as well as the entire bodies of cows and other farm animals known to be diseased.
There is simply no such thing in America as an animal too ravaged by disease, too cancerous, or too putrid to be welcomed by the all-embracing arms of the renderer.
Another staple of the renderer’s diet, in addition to farm animals, is euthanized pets – the six or seven million dogs and cats that are killed in animal shelters every year.
Added to the blend are the euthanized catch of animal control agencies, and road-kill.
(Road kill is not collected daily, so in the summer, the better road kill crews can generally smell it before they can see it…) When this gruesome mix is ground and steam-cooked, the lighter, fatty material floating to the top gets refined for use in such products as cosmetics, lubricants, soaps, candles and waxes.”
…and that my friends, is the cold, hard truth about where the “animal by-products” come from that the cosmetic industry tries to pawn off onto the American public.
Pretty darn gross huh? What are YOU licking off of your lips?!
Read your labels!
Look for things like: lanolin, tallow, gelatin, collagen, elastin...
these are all animal by-products!
Yuck....sorry all you meat eaters,
hope you weren't eating a burger while you were reading this. : )
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