Chemicals are all around us – in our food and water, on our food, in the cleaning and skin care products we use and in our furnishings and household items.
Many chemicals can affect your liver and hormone metabolism and can contribute to a range of symptoms including low energy, skin problems, headaches, constipation and pain. But you can reduce your exposure by implementing a few precautionary measures.
Checklist
Go through the following checklist and try to implement as many of these as possible.
Hydration:
Drink at least 2 litres of filtered water every day
Filter Water:
Ensure drinking water is filtered whenever possible – especially for chlorine
Reduce:
Soft drinks, caffeine, alcohol, canned foods (lined with BPA), added sugar, artificial sweeteners
fast foods, take away foods.
Eat Organic & Fresh:
Fruits, vegetables & eggs
www.nurtured-earth.com.au– home delivered on the Coast
Choose Grass Fed:
Beef & Lamb Mudgee Lamb – delivered free to the Coast and Sydney – lamb@javoca.com.au
Meats www.greencoworganics.com.au– home delivered on the Coast
Leave shoes at the front door:
Shoes can bring many toxins into the home
Plastics:
Never heat plastic in microwave, do not add hot food or liquid to plastic containers or baby bottles,
always cool it first. Try and store food in glass containers. Remove plastic lids from take away coffee
cups if safe, before you drink.
Water Bottles:
Travel with a non – plastic water bottle (e.g. glass or stainless steel) that can be refilled.
Cleaning:
Use natural, inoffensive cleaning products such as bicarbonate of soda, vinegar & eucalyptus oil,
Gumption and bar soap instead of pump soap. Use ‘clean’ washing powder for clothes and
dishwashing.
Skin care:
Use Paraben free skin care products and organic skin products and shampoo as available
www.lhami.com.au– local organic skin care
Visual Creations at Green Point for Organic Hair colour- ph 4369 6663
Wifi:
Turn wi-fi off at night to give the body a rest from the EMFs (electro- magnetic frequency)
Electricals in the Bedroom – ensure electric alarm clocks/ipads/phones are at least 1 metre away from your head
Phone:
Remove from the bedroom and/or have on flight mode during sleep time.
Baths:
Enjoy warm baths with the addition of magnesium bath salts (Epsom salts) – pharmaceutical grade.
Mould:
Remove visible mould with a damp cloth in a solution 20% white vinegar 80% water .Clove oil is also helpful.
