The world is so much different now than when our parents grew up, especially our grandparents. I'm positive our grandparents didn't hear the Word "Cancer" in the frequency we hear now, or even at all. I can't help but come to the conclusion we are bombarded with easy choices now. Convenience, easy to grab, instant, quick fixes. The food industry is booming, marketing to us, quickness and processed food. The cosmetic industry is full on about personal care choices times 1000.
Our products and our foods are not the same. We aren't growing up on grand-dads farm anymore. We are living in a time of full on temptations and the most modern, newest of the new. This trend is terrifying, knowing that our food is not just food anymore, our products have so many ingredients, many untested, that we sacrifice our health to look our best, we sacrifice our health to eat fast and convenient.
I started to question our home products when I had my first child, I was now responsible for more than myself. I started reading labels, digging deep and doing my research, it was terrifying and exhausting. I started replacing products with other products with better ingredients, but it was a process it took awhile to actually find products that were safe, I kept finding dead ends. Some products would have majority good ingredients then the dreaded fragrance (aka Perfume) would pop up, in EVERYTHING! It is now my top offender I preach about. It is an ingredient that to this day has been my pet peeve. My mom was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease many years back and now having all the knowledge I have, I find it hard not to truly believe her lifestyle had a lot to do with her current health diagnosis. I believe in body burden and all the evidence is pointing towards it being real and growing. Our bodies can only handle so much before they have to react and unfortunately that results with our health being tested, and challenged.
I love education in general but find great passion educating people on safer choices, how to identify toxins in everyday products and educating why we should care. I think it stems from the empowerment it gave me once I had finally figured out the ingredients to stay away from and the feeling it gave me as a parent to know that my home and all things in it were finally safe. Knowledge is empowerment, I love giving that to women, I think it makes us stronger as women and builds our confidence, allows us to walk and path we want with our heads up. In this case it's understanding our body systems and how we can keep them thriving, proactive health care. I know I don't want to be in a position where I need to have reactive health care, I want to live my life nurturing my body and keeping it thriving.
If you want a crash course in toxins and label reading head over to the Dirty Dozen Home Challenge I created, you will find it in my GROUP under the GUIDE section. I go through the 12 ingredients you should be aware of and try to avoid if your looking to ditch the toxins in your life.
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