If you pay attention to ingredient labels, you'll see "fragrance" a lot! It's in everything from cleaners to laundry soap to skin care. While a lot of other ingredients may sound more dangerous than fragrance, it is an important one to know about and can actually simplify your non-toxic journey quite a bit!
Are you trying to reduce the toxins in your life? It can seem overwhelming when you're just getting started.
The more you learn, the more items you want to swap out. It seems like everything is toxic, and you need to replace it all. I get it. I've been there. And now, I'm here to help you through that overwhelm.
Here are five items you can swap out easily without spending a lot of money.
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It’s hard to say exactly when my natural health journey began.
What I consider the first “official” step was making foods from scratch. It was in 2011 when the news broke about the ingredients in the bread at a certain sandwich chain – ingredients that were also found in yoga mats.
Should anything in a yoga mat be in my sandwich? My thought was “no!”
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Cleanses are all the rage, especially at the beginning of a new year when many people are focused on their health and losing weight.
I learned about cleansing and fasting in my health coaching course this past week, and one thing stood out to me.
Cleanses and fasting allow your body to release toxins they have been holding on to. And the important part was that if your body isn't able to eliminate those toxins, they stay in your body. Except now that they're free, they can basically float all over and make you sick.
So here it is, the one thing to know about cleanses:
If you're cleansing, you need to have your avenues of elimination open.
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Sleep is essential to health.
We would all like to deny that fact, but it's true.
One aspect of sleep I didn’t learn until a few years ago is how our brains repair/clean themselves.
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