Heal Your Gut Heal Your Life

I would be arrogant and ignorant to think I had all the answers when it comes to health. To be honest what I think is best for our health as human beings in any moment is constantly changing due to the wealth of information available to us and our vast difference in needs. The challenge is deciding what is right for your health when sifting through the ever changing and conflicting data that is available. Not only through our trusted health professional, but also the highly accessible and dense sea of the world wide web.

I talk briefly about deciding how to take on all the new ideas you are bombarded with every day here, but today I would like to offer you my opinion on what I believe is right for my health today (it may change tomorrow ;p).

Detox Your Home - Pots and Pans

Its a good feeling when you flip an egg perfectly without breaking it, but is it worth your health? Perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs), which make products stain and stick resistant,are proven to be detrimental to your health, including increased risk of cancer.

Detox Your Home - Baby

 

We have looked at our cleaning products and our beauty products but probably one of the important products to consider when detoxing your home environment is your baby products! We have learnt a few months back that children develop their immune systems and central nervous system over time, so their ability to detox is not as competent as adults. It is therefore so imperative we limit their exposure to harmful chemicals.

Detox You Home - Skin Care and Cosmetics

 

We have already looked at the harmful ingredients in our cleaning products and some alternate natural options. Today we look at skin care and cosmetics. This is oh so important! Our skin is our largest organ of our beautiful body and laps up everything we put on it. Would you eat the products you use on your skin?

Some of the common ingredients in the products you use everyday and some natural alternatives: