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The toxic luxury fashion
Let’s talk about luxury fashion. All that glamour, and yet so toxic! Why? There are two reasons if you ask me. First, luxury brands fulfill a deep psychological need. We crave them to elevate ourselves by owning something exclusive. Being unaffordable to most, luxury items…
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5 things you need to know about 5G
On-going rollout of 5G will have massive implications on our lives in general and health in particular. Since there’s so much (mis-)information about it, and not all of us – including yours truly, are tech geeks – I thought I’d provide a few simple and…
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Three ways to increase your body’s resilience to toxins by boosting antioxidants
As I promised in my previous post where I dissected the relationship between disease and toxins, here comes a few #nontoxicsteps on how to increase your level of health-promoting antioxidants. The unifying theme is of course food. What we eat matters. A lot. Our food…
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Why toxins make us sick?
Toxins cause disease. That’s why it’s so important to both avoid and remove/reduce your toxic load. Looping back to my previous post, our state of health is reflection of the environment we live in. Air, water, food, products we use, radiation and stress are some our…
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From the desert to the jungle
And so we made the BIG MOVE. Again. As a soon to be family of five. 6.5 years ago newlyweds as we were, we made the decision to leave our orderly lives in Stockholm to get a taste of expat life in Dubai, UAE. Having…
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#alllivesmatter
Yesterday my eldest who is three and a half came back in from our garden saying that he’d stepped on the baby sparrow my husband had rescued a few days back. I don’t know if this actually happened. Benjamin is still in that age where…
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Togetherness instead of social distancing
Let’s make space for each other. Even if we don’t feel like it. We have to. Because fear melts in the presence of togetherness. That’ why we are being kept apart. With physical distancing turning into social distancing. With pieces of plastic covering our smiles. …
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Less is more
Non-toxic living in not only about buying clean products. Reducing ways in which we come into contact with harmful chemicals is equally important. Buying fewer products is therefore part of a clean living journey. Instead of trying to memorize trillion-letter-long hazardous chemicals that are part…
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The visible impacts of invisible EMF radiation
If you are using a cell-phone and especially a smart-phone, it means you are exposed to electromagnetic (EMF) radiation. EMF has been found to be associated with a row of serious adverse health impacts, and existing regulations may not be adequate to protect you. While…
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Choose shoes that don’t leave toxic footprints
Shoes that we wear every day can be highly toxic and therefore have a big impact on our health. Shoe production also greatly affects factory workers and the environment as they are heavily treated with various toxic chemicals. So before you walk in another man’s…
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The toxic blues
There’s good and bad news when it comes to the beloved denim: BAD: A regular pair of jeans is a brew of toxic chemicals that poisons the consumers, the environment and the garment workers GOOD: You can get a pair of killer jeans without killing the…
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Are we fighting a virus or our extinction?
We are not fighting a virus. We are fighting our extinction. Here of the panic. You say put on a mask? It contains polypropylene polyester fibers. So what you breath in is plastic particles. You say use hand-sanitizer religiously? Antibacterial agent triclosan you rub in has…
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The power of a hug
Life is so simple. We have everything we need in that one hug. That hug is our safe place. That hug keeps us sane and true to ourselves. That hug gives us space to reflect and reconnect. We don’t fight when we hug. We don’t…
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This is your recipe for longevity
What can you do to improve your longevity? A lot! Research has shown that only 20% of how long an average person lives is influenced by genes. The rest depends on our lifestyle and environment. In other words, our choices define how long we live. …
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Organic ≠ non-toxic
When it comes to food, what certified organic label means is that a certain item has been grown without use of pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, growth hormones, antibiotics, sewage sludge, irradiation and is GMO-free. Unfortunately, buying organic produce doesn’t protect you from heavy metals. Heavy metals…
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How exposure to toxins makes us and the planet sick
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Sustainability ratings for mindful consumption
In my quest to become a better-informed and conscious consumer, I spent a lot of time researching companies and products each time I had to purchase something. Eventually, the nerdy analyst in me realised I needed a simple company and product ratings system. So I…
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4 steps that will help you avoid harmful healthcare
As we have already established in the previous post, even though it is set up to serve you, healthcare system may not only do good but also bad. Physicians fail as do football teams, businesses and political parties. The latter are however judged by their…
Non-toxic steps
Costa Rica's first non-tox shop
