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Last week I talked about what changes when you to go a toxin free lifestyle. You can read that here. This week I am going to focus on what exactly that looks like in day to day life.
The day to day really doesn’t have to look much different than what it did before. The difference comes in the products you buy and the things you choose to bring into your home. When you shop you will become an expert label reader on all products.
When shopping for personal care products or home cleaning supplies, you avoid things with fragrance or SLS or other words you are unfamiliar with. You can get more information on specific ingredients to avoid here.
You will begin to care about where your food comes from. Some rice actually contain heavy medals from past growing practices. The boxed processed foods you used to buy you find are full of dyes and fillers. Empty calories that fill you up, but don’t feed your body. You realize fresh is truly best for your system and try and grow what food you can.
You begin to avoid anything synthetic. Including dyes, plastics, polyester, etc. You start to do things the old fashioned way. Making your own, going without, or finding alternatives. Glass is king in your home for storage.
You learn how best to support your body from the inside out. With real nutrition. You build your family up and give them what they need to thrive, instead of fighting. You learn how to help the body eliminate the toxins you were exposed to.
Truth is without completely isolating yourself from the modern world, toxins are unavoidable. But minimizing the day to day exposure will help your body detox the exposures. How far you choose to go on the toxin free lifestyle is completely up to you.
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Toxin free is all the hype now, but what does life toxin free actually look like? What changes in your life when you go toxin free? Making the change to toxin free living is a process, but the benefits are well worth it. Read to the end to find my personal experience.
First, let’s look at why you should switch to toxin free living. In the United States, the F D A has an assume safe until proven different approach to product safety. Europe on the other hand, has a prove safe before approve philosophy. In Europe, more than 1,300 chemicals are banned from use in lotions, soaps, toothpaste, cosmetics, and other personal care products. In the United States? Only 11 are banned. The average woman in the US will use 12 personal care products and/or cosmetics a day, containing 168 different chemicals, according to the Environmental Working Group (EWG). Shocking isn’t it.
What is the big deal? What harm are they really doing to my body anyway? Many of these chemicals are endocrine disruptors, meaning they mimic hormones in the body, but the body can’t get rid of them. This throws your natural hormone balance off. Why is this such an issue? Your entire body is regulated by different hormonal signals. So, your body is trying to detox the added chemicals, and rebalance itself. Basically, the extra chemicals, they overload the work on your body, and it breaks down faster, and recovers slower.
So where are these chemicals hiding? In your soap, lotion, shampoo, conditioner, make-up, face wash, laundry detergent, dryer sheets, softeners, air fresheners, candles, cleaners, and more.
Convinced yet? Let me tell you something a little more personal. I didn’t think they were affecting me either, until I started switching. It started because of a little baby, and I wanted to be using cleaners that were safe for her. Then I switched my soaps, when I read how bad those were. Then my lotion, ditched my candles and perfumes. The results? Those periods I had that would leave me doubled over, in bed, moody, feeling bloated, and gross. They were GONE. I began to have cycles that weren’t painful.
Now all products in our home are toxin free and natural. I don’t worry about the kids getting into the cleaning supplies (let’s be honest, there’s only one anyway), and they often clean up messes themselves. Would I go back to the store-bought stuff? NO WAY. The improvement in my cycle was enough to convince me to never go back. The improvement in my family health and recovery time is bonus. Products come to my door too!
Need some help figuring out where to start? Comment or email me! I’d love to help you get on the right track.
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