Everyday chemicals can be damaging your health.

Hygiene is really important but what do we know about all the chemicals we all readily use.

Chemicals come in many forms, such as pesticides that are sprayed on food, and that is one of the main reason it is so important to wash all foods well before eating, or removing the peel.

This I cannot stress enough, especially with imports. We seem to be unaware and overlook many chemicals such as the ones used in the production of everyday goods like perfumes, deodorants, even carpets and soft furnishings, the list is endless.

But studies have shown that with all the chemicals we are using health problems are increasing, predominantly asthma and eczema.

Scientists say that from the onset of pregnancy, all use of chemicals should be kept to a bare minimum, “as it is known that some environmental risk applies in the early developmental history of the brain in the foetus and baby”.

The use of deodorant has been linked with cancer, and worryingly, teenagers seem to be continually spraying their bodies with hair spray, body spray, perfume or deodorant. Scientists say they have yet to see what other complications this will cause them in the future.