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Conquer sweat and smells from your pits to your bits with the 'miracle in a tube' body wash that provides 24 HOURS of odor control
Daily Mail journalists select and curate the products that feature on our site. If you make a purchase via links on this page we will earn commission - learn more Sweat and body odor can be your worst enemies, especially during the blazing summer months that find you struggling to maintain some semblance of freshness and cool. If you're just trying to get by with regular soap, you may be disappointed! That's because it can't do the job without raising your skin's pH — which means it can get you clean, but won't kill the bacteria responsible for odors. For that, a product like Lume Acidified Body Wash is exactly what you need. Lume Acidified Body Wash Kiss odors goodbye! Lume is the acidified body wash that lowers your skin's pH to stop odor-causing bacteria in its tracks. This amazing body wash is clinically proven to prevent odors for a stunning 24 hours, and has even been shown to reduce hyperpigmentation. Available in assorted fragrances, including Clean Tangerine, Toasted Coconut, Lavender Sage, Peony Rose, and Unscented. $16.38 Shop In fact, it's clinically proven to eliminate odor more effectively than regular soap, and is formulated to control it for at least 24 hours. This is due to the acidified formula, which works by lowering your skin's pH. That prevents bacteria from thriving, which in turn puts a stop to unwelcome odors. Its hero ingredient is mandelic acid, a gentle yet super potent alpha hydroxy acid that sloughs away dead skin cells, leaving your skin soft and smooth. The formula has even been proven to even the skin's tone and reduce hyperpigmentation. As an antibacterial and antifungal, mandelic acid plays an enormous role in helping you slay the day odor-free! It also happens to be an anti-inflammatory, so it basically works overtime to leave your skin looking, feeling, and smelling its best. Lume offers its body wash in assorted fragrances, including the popular Clean Tangerine for those who love a juicy kick to wake up on those bleary-eyed mornings. There's also Lavender Sage for anyone who enjoys a spa moment! Other options include comforting Toasted Coconut, sensual Peony Rose, and Unscented for purists who prefer to keep things super simple. Thousands of shoppers have nothing but praise for the product, offering top marks for everything from the powerful formula to the scent selection. 'The only body wash I buy,' raved one user. 'One bottle can last up to a month because it's pretty big and you don't have to use much.' 'After having my baby, I dealt with a weird postpartum body odor that nothing seemed to fix. Nothing touched it… until this,' wrote another. 'It actually worked. Like, gone. Smells clean, feels gentle, no irritation.' A third added, 'Talk about feeling fresh and clean all day. It's a boost of confidence. A true miracle in a tube! I can't use anything else now.' You won't even want to use anything else once you give Lume Acidified Body Wash a try and experience the difference for yourself. Thank us later!
The Guardian
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FDA's top vaccine official leaves post after less than four months
The top vaccine official at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Vinay Prasad, has left the federal agency less than four months after being appointed as the head of the division overseeing biological products like blood, vaccines, and cellular and gene therapies, a government spokesperson has said. Prasad, an oncologist and a professor of epidemiology, biostatistics and medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, had previously criticized the FDA. He was a fierce critic of US Covid-19 vaccine and mask mandates and, in the second Trump administration, he was controversially appointed as the director of the FDA's center for biologics evaluation and research in May. 'Dr Prasad did not want to be a distraction to the great work of the FDA in the Trump administration and has decided to return to California and spend more time with his family,' a spokesperson from the Department of Health and Human Services told Reuters in an emailed statement on Tuesday evening. Endpoints News first reported Prasad's departure. The government gave no details about the reason for his departure but he had fierce critics on both sides of the political aisle and the Washington Post reported, citing unnamed sources, that he had been ousted amid protests by conservative voices, with no response from Prasad to requests for comment. His exit came after a number of unusual regulatory actions, including those taken recently by the agency on Sarepta Therapeutics' gene therapy, Elevidys. 'Unprecedentedly, there were multiple press leaks from the FDA, negatively impacting [the drug's] credibility,' said Kostas Bilouris, BMO Capital Markets analyst. During Prasad's short stint in post, the FDA limited the use of Covid-19 vaccines and declined to approve therapies from biotech companies Replimune, which sought the green light for a treatment for advanced melanomas, and Capricor Therapeutics' treatment for a form of muscular dystrophy. The regulator's decisions under Prasad raised concerns that he was anti-patient choice, Jefferies analyst Roger Song said, adding that investors will see his departure as a positive for gene therapy and vaccine makers. Biotech stocks had plunged at the news of Prasad's appointment in May. The Nasdaq Biotechnology Index had declined 7% then, but later recovered. Shares of Replimmune rose 58%, Sarepta was up 11.2% and Capricor added 21.2% in premarket trading on Wednesday. Prasad also held the additional role of the agency's chief medical and science officer, to which he was appointed last month, according to STAT News. Nominating a more seasoned official to replace him could help the FDA rebuild its credibility, Bilouris said.
The Independent
2 hours ago
- The Independent
West Virginia scrambles to strip artificial dyes from school meals before classes start
When school starts in West Virginia next month, 240,000 students in districts large and small will notice something missing from their cafeteria trays. Gone will be red Jell-O fruit cups, yogurt topped with brightly hued sprinkles and Cool Ranch Doritos — all foods made with synthetic dyes. In their place will be foods that contain colors made only from natural sources — such as vegetables, spices and seeds — after West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey signed a sweeping new law in March banning seven artificial dyes from school meals. Other states have enacted similar laws that would strip artificial dyes from school meals, but West Virginia's action is the first to take effect, starting Aug. 1. It triggered a four-month sprint that that left state and local nutrition directors reeling. 'I think the initial reaction was like, 'Wow, what are we going to do?'" said Tony Crago, director of child nutrition for the West Virginia Department of Education. 'Where do we start?' Across the state, managers of school food programs scoured district grocery lists for dozens of products that contained any trace of petroleum-based synthetic dyes including Red 3, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2 and Green 3. 'When it went into law, it was shocking,' said Diane Miller, who leads child nutrition and food services for Kanawha County Schools in the state's central region. 'We began to realize that these dyes were in much more than just your cereals.' West Virginia's ban on synthetic dyes was cheered by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has successfully pressured food makers to agree to remove artificial colors from their products. The law focuses first on dyes in school foods, followed by a second action that will ban the colors plus two preservatives from all foods sold in the state starting in 2028. The move is aimed at halting potential health effects from the dyes, which have been linked to neurobehavioral problems, such as hyperactivity and attention problems, in some children. It's part of a larger focus on limiting artificial ingredients in food, Morrisey said in March. 'By eliminating harmful chemicals from our food, we're taking steps toward improving the health of our residents and protecting our children from significant long-term health and learning challenges,' he said. Health advocates have long called for the removal of the dyes, citing mixed evidence of potential harm. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said the color additives are safe when 'used properly,' in the amounts and products approved by the agency. Most children have no problems when consuming the dyes, the agency adds, 'but some evidence suggests that certain children may be sensitive to them.' More recently, however, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has joined Kennedy in the push to get artificial dyes out of food, despite limited proof of health effects. 'When you get rid of petroleum-based dyes, kids aren't gonna all suddenly be healthy,' Makary said on a recent podcast. 'We're not going to address the fact that 30% of our nation's kids have prediabetes by simply removing petroleum-based food dyes. But these are steps in the right direction.' Nutrition experts agree that removing artificial colors from foods doesn't address the main drivers of America's chronic health problems. Those stem largely from ingredients such as added sugars, sodium and saturated fat. But dyes are 'hallmarks of ultraprocessed food,' said Jerold Mande, a Harvard University nutrition expert and former federal food policy adviser. Targeting them could be a way of letting companies know 'that the way they're making food is unacceptable,' he said. Some suppliers had already removed artificial dyes from some school foods, swapping them for products colored with beet juice or turmeric, said Hollie Best, food service director for Wood County Schools in Parkersburg, which has 11,000 children in 27 schools. Overall, Best said she removed just five foods from her menus. General Mills said 98% of its products for schools were already made without the banned colors. The company 'will be compliant' with West Virginia's law immediately and plans to remove the dyes from school foods nationwide by next summer, said Mollie Wulff, a company spokesperson. In Miller's district, with 23,000 students in 67 schools, the new law affects about 10% of the foods served, she estimated. She expected some foods to contain artificial colors, like strawberry milk and Pop-Tarts. Others were surprising, such as pickles, salad dressing and certain snack chips. 'People were like, 'Oh my gosh, no more Doritos?'" Miller said. The popular Cool Ranch flavor contains dyes Red 40, Blue 1 and Yellow 5. The challenge is finding substitutes that will still appeal to children, Miller said. 'Because the last thing we need them to do is to choose not to participate in our school lunch program,' she said, adding that schools provide many students their healthiest meals of the day. Parents of children with sensitivities or allergies to artificial dyes had already raised concerns, according to school food directors. But for others, the presence of synthetic colors in school meals hasn't been an issue. Chris DeRico, nutrition director of Barbour County Schools, with 2,000 students, said few parents seemed worried about dyes. 'They'd be in the minority, I believe," he said. 'In rural West Virginia, I don't think it's really on radar screens.' In Best's district, dyes were already out of the food dished up during the summer session in July. That didn't make much difference to Lilith Wilson, 9, who said her meal of a meatball sub sandwich, sweet potato fries and ice cream was 'really good.' Asked whether she likes school lunches in general, the incoming fourth-grader echoed the sentiments of picky kids everywhere: 'Sometimes I don't, sometimes I do. It just depends on what it is.' ___ The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Department of Science Education and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
