Would you like a decadent treat for Christmas? One that you don't have to feel entirely guilty about because you can control the quality of the ingredients? Would fudgy chocolate brownies topped with peanut butter frosting fit the bill?
Have you decided it's time to swap out the toxic products in your home but aren't sure where to start?
When you start looking into going toxin-free, you'll quickly run into a very long list of toxic items in your home – everything from your soap to your flooring. Some swaps are easy, and some are more complicated. Some are an investment, while others are more affordable. Plus, some have larger impacts than others.
So if you're just getting started, where is the best place to begin? Here are my recommendations of the first five items to swap out for the most impact without too much effort or expense.
With more people becoming aware of their health all the time – and more people not wanting to poison their family and friends for Christmas – gift giving can be a bit more complicated. Where once a scented candle or Bath & Body Works lotion was an easy gift to grab, knowing how toxic those items are makes it difficult to inflict them upon your loved ones.
What can you do to keep your gift giving healthy and non-toxic this year? Here are some ideas! (And remember, you can treat yourself with these, too!)
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Essential oils are one of the easiest tools for naturally dealing with a wide variety of health ailments. However, so many people never get started because they just don't know which oils to begin with. I'm here to change that.
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Have you decided to make the switch to better groceries – whether you're looking for organic, non-GMO, pastured, more nutrient dense, or anything else? Having made that decision, are you now struggling with where to find them?
There are many reasons you may face a shortage of quality groceries. For me, I've always lived in a more rural and agricultural area. Most of my life, I was in a town of 1800 people with a single grocery store, and even now that I have two large grocery stores and a smaller, more natural-minded one to choose from, I still struggle to find the quality of food I want.
Furthermore, in agricultural-focused areas, few people seem to think twice about spraying Roundup and other poisons on or near their gardens or feeding antibiotic-laced feed to their healthy animals, so sometimes, even the farmers markets or local gardeners don't have what I'm looking for.
If you're feeling my pain, don't worry – I'm going to lay out exactly what I do to find the quality groceries I want, starting with the best option and working my way down.
