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MAHA influencer demands stricter safety standards for US cosmetics
As the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) movement gains momentum, U.S.-made products are getting closer attention by many across the country.
In an on-camera interview with Fox News Digital, TV personality and clean beauty brand owner Emily Austin expressed excitement about the push for change. (See the video at the top of this article.)
Austin, the CEO of People’s Beauty in New York City, said her skincare brand is made with “clean ingredients” — with no parabens, sulphates, phthalates, silicone, dyes or fragrances.
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The People’s Beauty website states that its products are formulated to “EU cosmetics standards (the highest standard in the world), banning over 1,300 toxins.”
“But how sad is it that we have to fit another country’s health standards?” Austin said.
As the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) movement gains momentum, U.S.-made products are getting closer attention. (iStock)
“I would love our website to say, ‘We meet the U.S. health standard – because America has higher standards for their consumers.’”
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Austin said she considers it “pathetic” that the U.S. “brags” about meeting Europe’s standards of safety.
“It should be all across the globe,” she said. “But especially a country like the U.S., where everyone has eyes on [us] – I think it’s a shame.”
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Just as the Mediterranean diet has been widely dubbed one of the healthiest eating plans to follow, Austin suggested the U.S. should take a page out of Europe’s book when it comes to food as well as cosmetics.
TV personality and clean beauty brand owner Emily Austin expressed excitement about the push for change with the MAHA movement in an on-camera interview with Fox News Digital. (Fox News Digital)
Austin said she is optimistic that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — leader of the MAHA movement — will tackle the issue of preservatives and pesticide use in the U.S. food supply.
“Why are we eating poison, hen questioning why so many Americans are sick?” she said.
“Too many people are focused on the cure and not on preventative care.”
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For cosmetics, Austin challenged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban the same toxins as the EU bans, particularly offenders like parabens, also known as preservatives, which have been linked to endocrine issues.
For women, this may manifest as reproductive complications or hormone disruptions that could lead to cancer, according to Austin.
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“Just because [some companies are] legally allowed to have parabens to a certain extent doesn’t mean they should,” she said.
“Yes, it’s better for the companies, of course — your products don’t expire — but at whose expense?” she went on. “It’s at the consumer’s health expense.”
Health and safety standards should be upheld “across the globe.” (iStock)
To consumers, Austin recommends sticking with ingredients that come from nature and steering clear of plastics in exfoliating products and chemical-based oils.
“Nature provides you with every single alternative that you need for cosmetics,” she said.
“I really don’t think there’s a good excuse anymore to use chemicals. Maybe it’s a lot cheaper, but nature always has the same solution.”
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A new report by the American Heart Association (AHA) included some troubling predictions for the future of women’s health.
The forecast, published in the journal Circulation on Wednesday, projected increases in various comorbidities in American females by 2050.
More than 59% of women were predicted to have high blood pressure, up from less than 49% currently.
The review also projected that more than 25% of women will have diabetes, compared to about 15% today, and more than 61% will have obesity, compared to 44% currently.
As a result of these risk factors, the prevalence of cardiovascular disease and stroke is expected to rise to 14.4% from 10.7%.
The prevalence of cardiovascular disease and stroke in women is expected to rise to 14.4% from 10.7% by 2050. (iStock)
Not all trends were negative, as unhealthy cholesterol prevalence is expected to drop to about 22% from more than 42% today, the report stated.
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Dr. Elizabeth Klodas, a cardiologist and founder of Step One Foods in Minnesota, commented on these “jarring findings.”
“The fact that on our current trajectory, cardiometabolic disease is projected to explode in women within one generation should be a huge wake-up call,” she told Fox News Digital.
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“Hypertension, diabetes, obesity — these are all major risk factors for heart disease, and we are already seeing what those risks are driving. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, eclipsing all other causes of death, including breast cancer.”
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for women in the U.S. and around the world. (iStock)
Klodas warned that heart disease starts early, progresses “stealthily,” and can present “out of the blue in devastating ways.”
The AHA published another study on Thursday revealing one million hospitalizations, showing that heart attack deaths are climbing among adults below the age of 55.
The more alarming finding, according to Klodas, is that young women were found more likely to die after their first heart attack than men of the same age.
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“This is all especially tragic since heart disease is almost entirely preventable,” she said. “The earlier you start, the better.”
Children can show early evidence of plaque deposition in their arteries, which can be reversed through lifestyle changes if “undertaken early enough and aggressively enough,” according to the expert.
Moving more is one part of protecting a healthy heart, according to experts. (iStock)
Klodas suggested that rising heart conditions are associated with traditional risk factors, like smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity and a sedentary lifestyle.
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Doctors are also seeing higher rates of preeclampsia, or high blood pressure during pregnancy, as well as gestational diabetes. Klodas noted that these are sex-specific risk factors that don’t typically contribute to complications until after menopause.
The best way to protect a healthy heart is to “do the basics,” Klodas recommended, including the following lifestyle habits.
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Klodas especially emphasized making improvements to diet, as the food people eat affects “every single risk factor that the AHA’s report highlights.”
“High blood pressure, high blood sugar, high cholesterol, excess weight – these are all conditions that are driven in part or in whole by food,” she said. “We eat multiple times every single day, which means what we eat has profound cumulative effects over time.”
“Even a small improvement in dietary intake, when maintained, can have a massive positive impact on health,” a doctor said. (iStock)
“Even a small improvement in dietary intake, when maintained, can have a massive positive impact on health.”
The doctor also recommends changing out a few snacks per day for healthier choices, which has been proven to “yield medication-level cholesterol reductions” in a month.
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“Keep up that small change and, over the course of a year, you could also lose 20 pounds and reduce your sodium intake enough to avoid blood pressure-lowering medications,” Klodas added.
“Women should not view the AHA report as inevitable. We have power over our health destinies. We just need to use it.”
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