Clean living
We are drowning in toxins that we’ve created ourselves. We consume heavy metals present in the soil – whether organic or not – with vegetables and fruits we eat, we breath VOC fumes released by our mattresses, we pass on lead to our unborn babies when taking prenatal vitamins highly recommended by our obstetrician, we inject ourselves with mercury that comes with the flu vaccine, our children suck on toys filled with phthalates and glued together with formaldehyde. Have you ever asked yourself why cancer rates have been soaring unprecedentedly? Why babies are born with leukemia? Why autism has skyrocketed? Why gluten-intolerance? Why all the allergies? It's hard to imagine that out lifestyle has nothing to do with it. Overwhelmed? That’s been my reaction too. The good news is that there a small non-toxicsteps we all can take towards clean-living and substantially improve our wellbeing!
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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
70% of our immune system is located within a cellophane-like layer of gut-lining. That’s why maintaining good gut health is so profoundly important in order to stay healthy. Herbicides such as glyphosate (present in Roundup), pesticides and other chemicals used in modern agriculture work their…
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This is how climate change affects your health
Toxins that have let to climate change also cause "health change”
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Clean living, Climate change, Environment, Health, Plant-based, Sustainability, Sustainable fashion, Zero-waste
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…
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How to help your “picky eaters” develop healthy eating habits for life
Almost every time we go to a restaurant, it’s irritatingly there: a few lines at the end of or in addition to the regular menu – a kids’ menu. As a rule, a selection of the least nutritious dishes ends up there: burgers (with fries, of…
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Why trusting your doctor could kill you
Whether you consider taking a herbal supplement, use your nasal spray while driving or change your diet – recommendation is to always consult your doctor. Pregnancy is not a sickness, yet women in most countries go to see doctors when expecting a baby. It is…
