DITCH HOUSEHOLD CLEANERS, full of harmful toxins!

These chemicals enter your bloodstream within 26 seconds. I don’t know about you but I don’t want to clean my counter with chemicals that disrupt hormone levels and have been linked to cancer and mental illness, and then prepare and eat my food off that same counter.

We can’t assume that just because something is heavily marketed or popular that it is safe. We have to be the guardian of our own home and control what enters the threshhold of our doorways.

The biggest pollutants in our home come from household cleaners. You are literally poisoning your family every day with the things you can’t pronounce in your home, like the bright blue dish soap, the cleaner you use for your kitchen counters, fabric softener, air fresheners, and more. (Good rule of thumb, if you can’t pronounce it, you shouldn’t be using it.)

Essential oils are a better choice for cleaning!

DITCH TOOTHPASTE from the store

Like with any other store bought products, blindly trusting that product manufacturers have the consumers’ best interests in mind is a mistake.

First of all, fluoride has been touted for years as being the best defense against tooth decay. Yet did you know it’s a byproduct of aluminum production? It can also be found in rat poison and pesticides. This is concerning especially for children who notoriously swallow toothpaste.

Triclosan is one of the number on ingredients to look for on your label. The FDA recently banned Triclosan from hand sanitizers, yet it is still found in Colgate Total toothpaste, among others. Triclosan is know to be a hormone disruptor an disrupts the endocrine system.

Artificial sweeteners. I am always particularly looking for “aspartame” when I read labels. I avoid it like the plague. It is one of the number one substances known to cause Alzheimer’s and other mental illnesses. Protect your memory and look out for this one!

DITCH HAND SANITIZER!

WHEN CLEANING goes bad…

For years we were taught to fear the invisible germs that lurk everywhere, and the only way to rid ourselves of them was to use antibacterial soaps, sprays, and sanitizers in our homes and on our bodies. Clorox and Lysol have become household names, and we can purchase hand sanitizer in every color and scent imaginable. THIS JUST IN: everything the FDA told us about these products isn’t true, and they released a statement last month saying that these antibacterial agents do nothing to make soap work any better and they have not be proven to be safe. In fact, some data suggests that antibacterial ingredients may do more harm than good over the long-term.

HAND SANITIZER: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

–Triclosan, found in most hand sanitizers, kills both GOOD AND BAD bacteria, which can lead to your body becoming resistant to antibiotics. Research has shown that Triclosan can lead to hormone disruption.
–The synthetic fragrances in hand sanitizers contain pthalates which may also disrupt hormones. Also, trade secrets function like copyright laws allowing companies to simply list the word “fragrance” in the ingredients list without being held accountable for listing what the fragrance contains.
–Most hand sanitizers contain 60-95% isopropyl alcohol which is very drying to the skin, especially in the winter months.

DITCH FRAGRANCE!

Yesterday I shared that dryer sheets are one of the biggest offenders and most toxic things we have in our home.

The next is FRAGRANCE. Yep. Dryer sheets and synthetic fragrance are two of the most harmful things we have in our homes. If this surprises you, know that it was an eye opener for me too!

This includes so many things (shampoos, lotions, perfumes, and fabric softener). I want to focus on today and fragrances we use to scent our home.

We literally are poisoning our own homes and our families when we use scented candles, wax warmers, plug-ins, and air “freshening” sprays. I kinda makes me angry that corporations are allowed to call these sprays “freshening” and it should you too.

One of the most concerning things I’ve learned since making the shift to a chemical free lifestyle, is that there are trade secret laws that actually PROTECT the corportations that create these fragranced products so they are not required to disclose what is in them. According to the EWG, “When you see ‘fragrance’ on a personal care product’s label, read it as ‘hidden chemicals.’ A major loophole in FDA’s federal law lets manufacturers of products like shampoo, lotion, and body wash include nearly any ingredient in their products under the name ‘fragrance’ without actually listing the chemical.”

One of the most harmful toxins in fragrance are phthalates. Phthalates disrupt hormones, lower sperm count (um, hello friends trying to increase fertility), and have been linked directly to liver and breast cancer as well as autism and ADHD.

And let’s talk scented candles. Burning one scented candle releases the same amount of carcinogens into the air as sidestream smoke from one cigarette. That statistic alone was super convincing for me. And y’all, I loved my Yankee candles. Seriously.

If you are curious to learn more, you can simply do a google search for “synthetic fragrance” or “phthalates.” Here is a blog where I found some of the information for this post:

http://www.liverenewed.com/2016/04/ditch-synthetic-fragrances.html

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DITCH DRYER SHEETS!

When I get asked where to start, when going chemical free, I always recommend starting with the greatest offenders.

One of the most hazardous pollutants in the home, might surprise you: DRYER SHEETS!

Check out this blog post for a well-written explanation of the main ingredients and body systems impacted.

https://healthylivinghowto.com/healthy-body-7-toxic-reasons-to-ditch-dryer-sheets/

 

“The average person applies 300 chemicals to their body every single day, and 80 of those chemicals before breakfast!

Most of them are from four things – soap, makeup, shampoo, and haircare. The biggest pollutants in our home are fabric softener, dryer sheets, and air freshener plug-ins.

Complete health and safety data on chemicals exists, but health effects are generally unknown and untested.

Essential oils are a better way. They are totally chemical free, steam distilled or cold pressed from pure plants. There’s nothing in them but that one oil, whether it’s lemon, tangerine, lavender, or peppermint.

There are over a million uses for essential oils – cleaning supplies, personal care products like toothpaste and deodorant, in the diffuser, and oil-infused nutritional supplements.

Aside from the toxin-free benefits, oils can also be used energetically and spiritual to raise your vibration, lift your energy, and work with you release all types of energies.”

-Sarah Harnisch, author of GAMEPLAN

 

 

During the month of June, let’s learn how to start kicking chemicals out of your home. It’s easy, simple, and it’s a small change you can make to protect your family and take power back of what’s in your home.

DITCH DRYER SHEETS!

When I get asked where to start, when going chemical free, I always recommend starting with the greatest offenders.

One of the most hazardous pollutants in the home, might surprise you: DRYER SHEETS!

Check out this blog post for a well-written explanation of the main ingredients and body systems impacted.

https://healthylivinghowto.com/healthy-body-7-toxic-reasons-to-ditch-dryer-sheets/