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Welcome to Longevity.
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I'm your host, Natalie Nidham.
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I'm a nutritionist, a human potential, and epigenetic coach, and I created this podcast to bring you the latest ways to take control of your health and longevity.
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We cover it all, from new technology and ancestral health practices to personalized interventions, and a very special interest of mine, peptides and bioregulators.
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Enjoy the show.
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Newswatch, I have officially reached the point where I don't get excited by skincare that promises to erase 10 years overnight.
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Here's the thing, we all know this.
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If it sounds too good to be true, well, my bathroom cabinet and probably yours has enough evidence already that it's just not a thing.
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Now this is one of the reasons why Vida Zero Age Exosomes from Vitaly caught my attention.
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Instead of focusing on covering up aging, it's designed around the biology of how skin communicates and repairs itself.
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What's unique here is what they call regenerative stacking.
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You've got zero-age mesenchymal stem cell exosomes acting as the messengers paired with GHKCU to support rebuilding the skin structure.
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Then they layer in niacinamide and glutathione so you're also supporting barrier and oxidative stress.
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I love that it fits with the same longevity mindset that you and I use everywhere else, supporting healthier tissue, healthier cells, and healthier skin over the long haul.
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Now, if you'd like to check it out for yourself, head over to Vitali Skin Care and make sure to use code NAT20 for 20% off your order.
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Hey folks, it's solo episode time and I've been wanting to record this one for quite a long time.
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One of the first things I learned back in nutrition school days is that everything that goes on your body ends up in your body in some way, shape or form.
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Right.
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I mean, without overstating it, basically our skin is our largest organ of absorption.
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That's why we apply things to our skin.
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We have transdermal applications for hormones and all kinds of stuff.
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So we know this and I've known this for a long time.
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And, you know, at the time they taught us that, you know, you got to be careful what you put on because it's could affect your health, which makes sense.
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So anyway, I kind of went on along my day and went along the years.
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And a couple of years ago, I ended up running a toxin panel as part of a physical with a functional medicine doctor.
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And one of the things that lit up was a chemical.
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And that chemical, when I researched it, actually is found in foundation, like makeup.
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Imagine.
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I mean, this sent me down such a rabbit hole.
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And I'm going to talk to you a little bit about everything that I found.
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And of course, I didn't stop just at makeup at that point.
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At that point, I started doing more research and...
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I ended up changing quite a number of things that I use in my house.
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And so I thought I would do an episode for you guys.
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This is not meant to be a scary episode.
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I want to be very clear here.
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You are not going to listen to this and then think that you have to run into your bathroom cabinet, throw everything away, throw away all your cleaning supplies.
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But the invitation here is really to think about what would be easy for me to switch out to essentially reduce the load on my system.
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Many of us have heard of the bucket theory where you physiologically have a bucket and in that bucket are your genetics and all these, your lifestyle and all the things that you're exposed to.
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And
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Typically, we tend to get ill or imbalanced when the bucket starts to overflow.
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And so if our goal is to keep that bucket from overflowing, doesn't it make sense to try to avoid the easy stuff that might contribute to what's in the bucket?
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So-
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Look, we all know that we live in a world with more synthetic chemicals than any generation before us because we've invented more things and we can't control most of that.
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We can't control the air, the water.
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I mean, we can control some of the air.
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We can control the receipts we touch.
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because we know that those receipts have BPAs on them.
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They have chemicals on them that are endocrine disruptors.
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So definitely either you want to wash your hands after touching a receipt.
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There is also a category that we can control almost completely.
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And this is what we put on our skin and what we clean our homes with.
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Now, this is not necessarily going to be the most exhaustive episode, but I wanted to give you a few ideas and talk about some of the things that I have thought
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pretty much figured out for myself.
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So here's what you're going to walk away with.
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A quick, non-nerdy explanation of what actually happens to the things that you put on your skin.
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I'm going to talk to you about a handful of ingredient families worth recognizing on a label.
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I'm going to talk to you about the exact products in my house and how they check out on...
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sites like the Environmental Working Group database and spoiler alert, I checked and one of them wasn't even in there.
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So we'll talk about what that means.
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And then a start here list of three or four of the easiest swaps.
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Okay.
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So how does this actually work in your body?
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We know that skin is a barrier.
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It is not a wall, right?
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The skin is remarkably, I mean, it's built to keep things out, but it's not perfect.
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It's not meant to be, right?
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So small fat loving, which would be called lipophilic molecules and anything helped along by penetration enhancers or applied to thin, warm, damp skin.
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So think armpits, face, scalp, groin, can actually get through and get into your system.
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So that's what we refer to as going systemic.
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What you rub on repeatedly also over years matters more than any single application.
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So deodorant, for example, is a daily application to thin skin right next to lymph nodes.
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Foundation sits on your face for 10 to 14 hours a day, maybe longer if you are too tired to wash your face at night, which I don't recommend.
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at all.
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Laundry residue is also against your skin 24 seven.
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And whether it's the laundry soap, or if you're using clothes softener or those bounce sheets, all of that stuff, it gets into your lungs, but it also gets onto your skin.
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So let's think about it this way, right?
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It's not necessarily the dose in the bottle or the dose you get today, but it's this accumulation of dose over decades that really makes a difference.
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And also for the little people in our lives, they are more sensitive, they are smaller, they have less tolerance.
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So we want to be a little bit more sensitive.
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You just want to be more cautious, right?
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So the other thing we want to think about, and I mentioned this a minute ago, you breathe in your products, right?
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So these fragrance sprays, those disgusting things you plug into the wall, dryer sheets, scented candles, cleaning products, all go straight to the lungs and the lungs have a job.
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They are part of your detoxification system that your body has.
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Again, there's things we can't control, but if there's things we can control, why wouldn't we?
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So the lungs are a very efficient route right into the bloodstream.
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We administer medications through the lungs, right?
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So household keening is really an inhalation story as much as a skin story.
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Any cleaning products that you use is going to have an effect on you.
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So
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We talk about the lungs as a organ of detoxification, which we don't always talk about.
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And then we have, of course, the best known organ of detoxification, which is your liver.
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So anything that makes it into your circulation and is a nutrient ultimately gets handled by the liver's detoxification pathways, commonly described as phase one, phase one, phase one,
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transformation largely via cytochrome P450 enzymes and phase two, which is called conjugation, attaching something like glutathione, glucuronic acid, or sulfate to make the compound water soluble.
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Then it either leaves through the bile, the stool, or via your kidneys via urine.
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Now, this is all normal, fine, and good.
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These pathways evolved for plant compounds, hormones, metabolic byproducts.
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Your liver's not fragile.
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It was born for this.
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It was built for this.
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Now, the nuance is that these pathways run on nutrients.
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B vitamins, magnesium, amino acids, sulfur compounds, antioxidants.
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We talk about these.
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We take them as supplements sometimes and it has finite capacity.
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Those pathways have a finite capacity.
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There's only so much work they can do.
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So every unnecessary synthetic compound in the Q fundamentally competes with the things that the liver absolutely has to process.
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So things like your own hormones, medications, alcohol, metabolic waste.
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here's the thing.
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We can't make our liver bigger, but we can shorten the line.
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We can reduce the amount of things that it has to deal with on a daily basis.
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So some of the compounds we're going to talk about aren't harmful because they're poison in the classic sense.
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They're a problem because, and many of you have heard of these, they look like hormones.
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These are
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estrogen mimics, thyroid or androgen disruptors.
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These matter even at low doses and especially during times when we're vulnerable, like pregnancy, in childhood, puberty.
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This is the real reason why that makeup bag really deserves attention.
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Not just your oven cleaner.
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We know oven cleaner is toxic.
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There's less toxic oven cleaners, but definitely our makeup bag, we can make a
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Okay.
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So let me tell you a little bit about me, the story I started with.
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A few years ago, curiously, I ran this Vibrant Wellness's Total Toxic Burden Panel.
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So this is a urine test.
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It measures environmental chemicals like phthalates, parabens, biphenols, plus mycotoxins and heavy metals.
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And the result was that most things were fine,
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Now, the first one was 1,3-phenoxybenzoic acid, 3-PBA.
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So this is a breakdown product of pyrothyroid insecticides, bug sprays, mosquito coils, flea and tick treatments on pets, lawn and garden products, residues on conventional produce.
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I mean, it's not like I was spraying anything, phytox.
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thing is that this stuff is just around.
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So I try to buy organic, but I can't always get organic stuff.
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I have a garden.
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I definitely do my best not to use any kind of toxic things in my garden, but I had a dog at the time and she was definitely getting flea and tick treatments to avoid picking up ticks.
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We have a cottage.
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It was summertime, bug sprays.
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We don't use mosquito coils.
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So-
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I did a little cleanup in that area, right?
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So I swapped out for Better Bug sprays.
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And I'll tell you about one of the places I get those products from in a little while.
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I try to wash my vegetables really well and I definitely try, of course, to buy more organic stuff.
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The second chemical or the second compound, biphenyl A, BPA.
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So this is nearly, I was at nearly four times the cutoff.
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So this is, we're talking about plastics, can linings, and the one that surprises people the most, thermal receipt paper.
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So this is the receipts you get when you go to the store.
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It goes directly through your fingertips.
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So think about how many receipts you touch in a week.
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And if you are someone who is a cashier and you are touching receipts all day long, look, people may make fun of you, but I'd like to encourage you to think about wearing gloves because this is for your health.
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Number three, glyphosates.
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So again, I was pretty high here.
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Now this is Roundup.
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This is almost entirely from food.
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Things like conventional oats, wheat, legumes, anything sprayed right before harvest, dry it down.
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I eat really well.
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I don't eat a lot of these things and it was still in my system.
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And we know that glyphosate is in the water.
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It's everywhere.
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Number four, this is the one that's really interesting.
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Propylparaben.
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P-R-O-P-Y-L-P-A-R-A-B-E-N.
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This is the one that stopped me in my tracks.
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So propylparaben is a preservative and it's number one home in
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is in my makeup bag, in liquid foundation, tinted moisturizer, concealer, primer, mascara.
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I'd been putting this stuff on my face
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every day for 12 hours a day.
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Well, except maybe on the weekends for a long time, kind of decades, right?
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So why does it matter?
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It matters because it absorbs easily through your skin and shows up in urine within hours of application.
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So the good news is you do get rid of it, but it was there.
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It was still there, right?
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It's weekly estrogenic.
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So it looks enough like estrogen to sit in those receptors.
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Yeah.
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And of the common parabens, it's the one regulators worry about the most.
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As a matter of fact, the EU capped its concentration and banned it from leave-on products for baby's diaper areas.
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It's a daily long-wear large surface area application to thin facial skin.
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And this is exactly the exposure pattern that pushes a number past the 95th percentile.
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So what did I take from all this?
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Right?
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I mean, I was obviously shocked.
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I was doing all the things.
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I mean, food, water, supplements.
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I'd completely overlooked a daily exposure sitting on my face for 12 hours a day.
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None of the four were exotic.
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One from my makeup bag, one from receipts and plastic, one from food, one from bug spray or the garden, whatever.
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Each one has an easy lever, clean foundation, clean foundation.
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No thank you to the receipt, to the paper receipt.
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Just send it to me by text or by email.
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Use organic.
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I mean, definitely when it comes to oats and grains, if you're going to eat them, make sure they're organic.
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Obviously skip the yard spray and that's just the low hanging fruit.
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So testing isn't necessary for everyone.
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I'm not saying everybody should run out and get tested because you might make yourself crazy.
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But for me, it turned an abstract idea into a personal one.
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And if you're suspicious, you might want to get tested.
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It's maybe a good idea because it'll give you direction on where you need to clean up your act.
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So for me, it sent me hunting for clean makeup.
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I'm going to be a good idea.
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and other clean products.
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And it turns out that clean foundation specifically is one of the hardest things to find because there's lots of people out there that say they make clean foundation, but it doesn't actually work.
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It doesn't stay, it doesn't look good, and the pigments aren't great.
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So I did eventually find a solution, which I'll share with you.
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One thing I do want to repeat here, because I said it a minute ago, I want to say it again.
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Urine levels reflect recent exposure, days, not years.
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A high number means this is in my life right now, not this has piled up in me forever, which is great news because it also means the number drops quickly once you remove the source.
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So...
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I didn't panic, but I did swap the foundation first because it was the most obviously in my control.
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Then I worked through the others as things ran out and I moved on.
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So that's what I'm inviting you to do.
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This is the model of this episode.
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Pick the one thing that you think might be the problem for you, go after that first, and then little by little, as you work through the products in your house, start to swap them out for better things.
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So here we go.
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Here are the big offenders when you're reading labels, for example, because I think that being able to read labels is a real superpower these days.
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So kind of like how if you see high fructose corn syrup on a food label, you probably would choose not to buy it.
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I'm going to give you a couple of these words that you look out for on labels of other products.
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So number one, fragrance or parfum, P-A-R-F-U-M, I'm French, so I say it the French way, parfum,
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This is a big one, right?
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This is one word on the label that can legally hide dozens, sometimes hundreds of undisclosed ingredients treated as a trade secret.
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So nobody gets to know what's in there.
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It frequently contains phthalates, which is used to make scent linger, which are well-studied endocrine disruptors linked to reproductive and developmental effects.
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Honestly, who needs it?
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It's found in laundry detergent, dryer sheets, cleaning sprays, deodorant, lotions, shampoos, makeup, candles, air fresheners, you name it.
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So the single highest leverage swap in this episode, go fragrance-free or in
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choose essential oil scent, true essential oil scents only.
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If you do nothing else, do this one thing.
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And I'm going to give you a couple of really great sources for some products for this stuff.
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So one thing you should be aware of it though, is that even unscented can still contain masking fragrance.
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So what you want to look for is fragrance free, very specifically.
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Second category, parabens.
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So anything that ends in paraben, so whether it starts with methyl, propyl, butyl, ethyl, all the parabens, these are preservatives.
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They are weakly estrogenic.
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They're absorbed through the skin, detected in urine in most of the population.
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So most of us are exposed to these.
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They're again found in foundation, moisturizer, mascara, shampoo, conditioner, and sunscreen.
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Super easy to spot.
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The word paraben is right there.
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If you see it on the label, even if the front says organic or something else like that, it is not your friend.
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Number three, phthalates.
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D-E-P, D-B-P, D-E-H-P. Now, these are rarely listed by name in cosmetics because they hide in
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fragrance, that infamous place they can hide.
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Also found in vinyl, some nail polish, which is the DBP, and there was a big brouhaha about this a few years ago, as well as hairspray.
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Now, these are well-established endocrine disruptors.
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The CDC finds metabolites in just about every one that they tested.
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Number four, formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers.
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So the names that you want to know here, DMDM-hydantoin, quaternium-15, imidazolidinoluria, so imidazolidinoluria.
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imidazoleidinylurea, diazoleidinylurea, bronopole.
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Boy, I'm going to have to have a handout made for you guys with all these words on it so that you don't have to sit there and try to write them down.
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These are preservatives that slowly release formaldehyde, which is a known carcinogen and a common skin allergen.
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These are found in shampoos, body washes, some foundation, nail products, hair smoothing treatments.
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Oh my God.
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Like it's crazy, right?
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Number five, we have ethoxylated ingredients and 1,4-dioxane.
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So names that hint at it, anything with PEG, P-E-G or E-T-H, lorath, satirath, lorath,
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polysorbate, oxenol.
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The process used to make these can leave behind 1,4-dioxane, a probable carcinogen that isn't on the label because it's a contaminant, not an ingredient.
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So it's found in bubbly things, things that sud.
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So shampoo, body wash, laundry detergent, and even dish soap.
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Number four, the antimicrobials, triclosan, triclocarbon, and quats, Q-U-A-T-S. Triclosan, now largely phased out of hand soap, but still in some toothpaste, deodorant, and antibacterial products.
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They affect your thyroid and your hormones, and they disrupt your microbiome.
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the quaternary ammonium compounds.
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So these are the quats, Q-U-A-T-S, benzoylconium chloride, things like that.
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These are the active in most disinfecting wipes and sprays, as well as in fabric softener dryer sheets.
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It's linked to asthma and skin irritation and they linger on surfaces and fabrics.
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So they sit there and so that when you're wearing the clothes, you can absorb them and they're on the surfaces of your home.
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So let's be straight here.
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We do not need to sterilize our kitchens.
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Soap and water clean, disinfectants are really for specific situations like maybe in a hospital, right?
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So soap and water and grate, if you really want something special, there's some great tea tree oil products out there or the...
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Five Thieves Essential Oils Formula is a great one and is really powerful for cleaning or just good old vinegar and water if you don't mind the smell.
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And actually now I've seen in stores, you've got vinegar and water scented with lemon.
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So these are cleaners that you can buy if you don't want to just take vinegar and water and make your own cleaner.
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Okay, number seven, UV filters and a couple more makeup specific ones.
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So we have oxybenzone, octanoxate, homosylate.
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So these are chemical sunscreens also in many tinted moisturizers and foundations with SPF.
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These are endocrine disruptors.
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They have hormone activity and they have very high skin absorption.
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Next one, I'm going to butcher the pronunciation again, cyclopentasiloxane D4D5.
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This is the silky slip in primers and foundations.
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What makes them feel nice and slippery?
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It is persistent and has definitely has been associated with some endocrine issues.
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Next, we've all heard of these PFAS, P-F-A-S, Forever Chemicals, occasionally found in long wear waterproof foundations, mascaras and lipsticks.
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You want to look for anything with fluoro or P-T-F-E, and fluoro is F-L-U-O-R-O or P-T-F-E.
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Last one in this category, talc.
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There are contamination concerns here and heavy metals.
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So there was a report came out recently about lead in lipstick.
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I mean, you're literally eating this stuff all day long, ladies.
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Cadmium, chromium, and some eyeshadows.
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These are not on the label.
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This is where the third-party testing matters.
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I mean, when's the last time you read a label on an eyeshadow?
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Finally, I don't want to ignore the cleaning cupboard because we definitely have
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anything with ammonia or chlorine bleach, these are respiratory irritants.
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Never, never mix them.
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I know someone who was cleaning homes and was using a lot of chlorine, not wearing shoes even.
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So walking barefoot through the chlorine that they were cleaning the floor with, they just about really damaged themselves.
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They were found almost unconscious one day.
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Chlorine Beach is not your friend.
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Next, two butoxyethanol and other glycol ethers in glass and degreaser sprays.
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You want to watch out for sodium hydroxide.
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These are oven cleaners.
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They are totally corrosive.
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So looking for more gentle oven cleaners or giving it a good scrub more often might be helpful there.
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And finally, optical brighteners and laundry detergent.
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They sit in fabric on purpose.
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These are skin synthesizers.
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So go look for those natural brands of detergents.
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And in the natural brands, you are going to find a cleaner, better option for yourself.
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So notice that most of these, almost all of these are either for fragrance, they're used as a preservative or just to make it feel nice or make it obviously smell nice additives.
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None of them are the working part of the product.
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They're not actually helping the product to do its job better.
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So this is why in many cases, clean versions work just as well.
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So let's talk about
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Let me teach you a couple of things about reading label without losing your complete mind here.
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Okay.
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So does it say fragrance or parfum?
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Big flag.
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Does it say paraben?
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Big flag.
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Do you see PEG or ETH or DMDM quaternium, urea?
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Another flag.
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Is the ingredient list short and made of words that you can kind of...
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recognize as a plant or you can pronounce easily.
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These are generally a good sign, but it's not a guarantee.
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Just because you can pronounce it doesn't mean it's great.
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So here are some of the resources I use that if you don't know about them are really helpful.
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There's the EWG database.
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So that's the Environmental Working Group Database.
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And so here's how I use it and here's a couple of its limitations.
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So they have two big databases.
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They have Skin Deep, which is skindeep.ewg.org-cosmetics-personalcare.
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They score things on a score of one to 10.
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The lower the number, the better.
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And then they also have the guide to healthy cleaning, ewg.org forward slash cleaners, graded A through F.
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So EWG Verified is their top tier.
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So that's a product that has to meet stricter criteria than a one score with full ingredient disclosure.
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It's the easiest shortcut.
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If you see the EWG Verified mark, you can basically stop reading what's on the label.
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However, and I want to be really honest with you about this, EWG, environmental working rates hazard, not dose.
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So an ingredient can score badly, even a trace amount.
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So you want to read a little bit past the top lines here.
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You want to use it as a screening tool.
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not necessarily as a verdict.
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So again, this is not about fear mongering, right?
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We want to be nuanced here.
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If there's a little tiny amount of something and something, and this is the product that really does the trick for you, and you can't find a cleaner option,
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If it's the one thing, again, maybe that's not the thing you take out.
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Maybe there's something else that's more obvious.
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There are also many excellent small brands that just aren't in the database.
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Like they either haven't submitted or EWG hasn't reviewed them yet.
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So just because they're not listed doesn't mean they're not safe.
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It just means that you kind of then are going to really have to read the label yourself.
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The other thing about Environmental Working Group is it's very US-centric.
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There are a few Canadian and European brands, but most of them are missing.
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I'd like to take a quick second to talk about something I'm genuinely excited about, and that's the Wolverine formula from Level Up Health.
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You guys know how much I talk about peptides and bioregulators on this show.
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The science of signaling your body to repair, regenerate, and function the way it did when you were younger.
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Well, the Wolverine formula is basically that philosophy in a single product.
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It's designed around recovery and tissue repair, containing peptides that support musculoskeletal healing, reduce inflammation, and help your body bounce back faster after tough workouts.
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Whether that's from exercise, injury, or just the wear and tear of daily life, think of it as giving your body's repair mechanism a serious upgrade.
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What I appreciate about Level Up is that they don't cut corners and there's no fairy dusting here.
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The formulation is thoughtful, the quality is there, and it's built for people who actually take this stuff seriously, which if you're listening to this show, probably is you.
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So if you're in a heavy training cycle or you're recovering from an injury, two or three cycles of this formula would probably go a long way to supporting speedier healing.
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If you want to check it out for yourself, head on over to leveluphhealth.com and check out the Wolverine formula and make sure to use code NAT for a 15% off discount at checkout.
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Your body does it all for you.
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This is one way to give a little back.
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Once again, that's leveluphhealth.com and make sure to use code NAT for 15% off.
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Other useful tools, there's the Think Dirty app.
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There's Health Canada's cosmetic ingredient hot list for those of us in Canada.
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There's certification called Made Safe.
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There's Skin Sword and InCity Decoder for ingredient lookups.
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Hopefully you're not too freaked out.
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Again, remember, we're not trying to panic here.
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We're just trying to get a handle on this stuff.
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So I'm going to share what's in my house.
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Most of these I'm not actually sponsored with.
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I actually, I do have a code with a couple of them, but most of these products I don't.
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These are just the ones that stuck after a bunch of trial and error.
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And I went and checked each one against EWG before recording.
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Well, actually before buying them.
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Yeah.
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So you don't have to, but it doesn't mean these are the only ones.
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These are just the ones I found.
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So for laundry, I'm all into kind laundry detergent sheets.
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What's really cool here is number one, there's no jug, there's no plastic, there's no liquid, and there's nothing to measure.
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So what they've done is they've taken soap, they've taken laundry detergent, and they've pressed it into sheets.
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Number two, it's also great for travel, by the way.
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You just throw a few of those sheets in a plastic bag and you never have to use some nasty Tide detergent in an Airbnb again.
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So you don't have to measure anything.
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They have a fragrance-free option and it works in cold water.
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I actually got sent another...
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one actually from the UK.
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It was scented with essential oil.
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So this is the other thing you'll find.
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Some of these brands that are cleaner, they will use essential oils to scent their things like laundry detergent.
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So great idea.
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Kind laundry detergent sheets, fragrance-free.
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These are EWG, Environmental Working Group Verified, which is the top tier of EWG's Guide to Healthy Cleaning.
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Now, full disclosure, and every ingredient below their health and safety threshold.
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So Kind Laundry is one of only a few laundry brands to carry this mark.
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Laundry is the sneakiest exposure, you guys.
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The residue is on your sheets, your pillowcase, your kids' pajamas all day and all night.
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Swapping detergent plus dropping dryer sheets.
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Just get rid of that.
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I got rid of dryer sheets, I don't know, 15, 20 years ago.
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I so don't miss them.
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If you want something to soften your clothes, you can always use those wool dryer balls.
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It totally eliminates a massive fragrance load that you're breathing and wearing 24 seven.
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Like, have you walked by a household lately where they're using bounce sheets and the vent from the dryer is nearby?
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Like it'll stink up like a huge section of block.
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This is really toxic stuff.
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Now, one thing about this laundry detergent, just to be crystal clear and to be perfectly honest, it does contain a surfactant called sodium lauryl sulfate and enzymes, which is why it actually cleans.
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However, EWG is fine with them at these concentrations.
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So clean doesn't mean does nothing.
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Now for house cleaning, I discovered a product from Germany a few years ago called the universal stone.
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It's a cleaning paste and it's like a puck in a tub with a special sponge and it replaces almost all of the spray bottles under the sink.
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It cleans stainless, it cleans glass, cooktops, grouts, sneakers, pots.
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I even use it as a stain remover on my clothes.
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There's only six ingredients in this stuff.
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There's soap flakes, green soap,
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00:31:51.268 --> 00:31:55.572
Vegetable oils, glycerin, polishing clay, natural lemon oil.
429
00:31:55.732 --> 00:31:59.715
It's phosphate-free, biodegradable, acid-free, allergy and asthma tested.
430
00:32:00.316 --> 00:32:01.917
It is amazing.
431
00:32:02.958 --> 00:32:05.821
And it is not in the EWG database at all.
432
00:32:06.181 --> 00:32:07.542
There's no listing, no grade.
433
00:32:08.082 --> 00:32:12.086
And that's the not listed doesn't mean it's not safe example from earlier.
434
00:32:12.706 --> 00:32:15.927
With a six ingredient list like this, you can evaluate it yourself.
435
00:32:16.167 --> 00:32:19.188
It's essentially soap, oil, clay, and lemon oil.
436
00:32:19.588 --> 00:32:25.929
The one thing to mention for very sensitive people, lemon oil, limonene can be a mild skin sensitizer.
437
00:32:25.989 --> 00:32:28.170
So you might want to wear gloves if your hands react.
438
00:32:28.790 --> 00:32:32.071
I've used it a lot and I've never had an issue, but again-
439
00:32:33.108 --> 00:32:33.749
That may not be you.
440
00:32:33.829 --> 00:32:36.372
I think you can even clean your car and your boat with this stuff.
441
00:32:36.492 --> 00:32:37.273
It's ridiculous.
442
00:32:37.774 --> 00:32:41.018
As a matter of fact, they now sell it in giant tubs and you can just buy it on Amazon.
443
00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:41.719
So-
444
00:32:42.808 --> 00:32:43.468
Here's the thing.
445
00:32:44.269 --> 00:32:46.470
There's another win built into this product.
446
00:32:46.911 --> 00:32:49.612
Reducing the number of products is itself a win.
447
00:32:49.792 --> 00:32:53.755
So you have fewer bottles, fewer fragrances, fewer aerosolized chemicals in the air.
448
00:32:53.795 --> 00:32:54.956
You're breathing while you clean.
449
00:32:55.596 --> 00:33:02.100
You can add some white vinegar baking soda and a good microfiber cloth, and you have covered 90% of your house.
450
00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:06.623
And I'm talking about the white vinegar baking soda and a microfiber cloth.
451
00:33:06.643 --> 00:33:08.424
You're not adding that to the universal stone.
452
00:33:08.444 --> 00:33:08.864
You're using
453
00:33:10.045 --> 00:33:13.026
to Universal Stone and you've pretty much done your house, right?
454
00:33:13.127 --> 00:33:13.847
It's pretty wild.
455
00:33:14.427 --> 00:33:14.647
Okay.
456
00:33:14.827 --> 00:33:15.788
Moving on to personal care.
457
00:33:15.888 --> 00:33:17.789
I don't want to keep you guys here for too long today.
458
00:33:18.449 --> 00:33:19.370
Living Libations.
459
00:33:19.570 --> 00:33:23.371
Now, Living Libations is a company that I've talked about before.
460
00:33:23.492 --> 00:33:29.815
I've done, I think at least three podcasts with Nadine Artemis, who is the founder and the formulator there.
461
00:33:30.095 --> 00:33:30.195
And
462
00:33:30.815 --> 00:33:35.017
It is an essential oil company and she covers everything.
463
00:33:35.258 --> 00:33:41.081
It is unbelievable the breadth of products on that site, mostly personal care.
464
00:33:41.101 --> 00:33:45.323
And I'm going to tell you some of my favorite products from her.
465
00:33:45.944 --> 00:33:50.466
I use as a makeup remover because removing makeup is a nightmare, right?
466
00:33:50.786 --> 00:33:52.828
So I use an oil to remove makeup.
467
00:33:52.928 --> 00:33:56.970
All you have to do is dampen your face or your hands, put a couple of drops of
468
00:33:57.470 --> 00:34:02.714
one of the best skin evers, I use the Immortelle as a makeup remover and cleanser.
469
00:34:03.275 --> 00:34:07.718
It takes off all of my makeup and leaves my skin feeling really nice.
470
00:34:07.758 --> 00:34:10.280
So I then do my nighttime skin routine after that.
471
00:34:10.720 --> 00:34:14.823
But honestly, if you didn't want to do anything else, you could get away with that.
472
00:34:14.863 --> 00:34:20.348
Like if you were going camping, you could just bring, well, you wouldn't be wearing makeup, but you could, I've traveled just with Immortelle.
473
00:34:20.768 --> 00:34:25.732
You know, if you're going camping, like backpacking and you have room for exactly one thing, this stuff's amazing.
474
00:34:25.752 --> 00:34:26.172
Um,
475
00:34:26.332 --> 00:34:37.083
Their deodorants are off the charts, phenomenal, all essential oils, and their oral care products are incredibly clean and incredibly effective.
476
00:34:37.423 --> 00:34:40.447
So I use a toothpaste from them that comes in a little glass jar.
477
00:34:40.847 --> 00:34:45.532
That's the other thing about living libations is you are really minimizing your exposure to plastics.
478
00:34:45.552 --> 00:34:45.812
Okay.
479
00:34:46.152 --> 00:34:47.352
because everything's in glass.
480
00:34:48.033 --> 00:34:52.654
So it's a site I definitely encourage you guys to check out.
481
00:34:53.474 --> 00:34:56.655
I do have a code with them if you wanted to use it.
482
00:34:56.695 --> 00:34:58.676
If you don't want to use it, no problem.
483
00:34:58.896 --> 00:35:00.056
I just can't recommend.
484
00:35:00.156 --> 00:35:01.217
Oh, oh, oh.
485
00:35:01.557 --> 00:35:03.597
And here's the other thing about living libation.
486
00:35:03.617 --> 00:35:04.377
Sorry, I almost forgot.
487
00:35:04.718 --> 00:35:05.798
They have a whole makeup section.
488
00:35:06.278 --> 00:35:12.460
So they don't have foundation, but they do have an incredible mascara that actually feeds your lashes.
489
00:35:13.080 --> 00:35:18.662
And they've got these little tiny pots of pigment that you can use for blush or contour.
490
00:35:18.802 --> 00:35:23.483
There's some of them you can even use as a very natural eyeshadow, really beautiful stuff.
491
00:35:23.603 --> 00:35:28.365
So they only use organic cold pressed plant oils and essential oils.
492
00:35:28.385 --> 00:35:28.905
Yeah.
493
00:35:29.165 --> 00:35:30.506
Very short ingredient list.
494
00:35:30.646 --> 00:35:32.867
There's literally nothing synthetic.
495
00:35:32.927 --> 00:35:36.928
There's no fragrance chemicals behind a parfum word.
496
00:35:37.729 --> 00:35:39.950
It is the cleanest of the clean.
497
00:35:40.690 --> 00:35:42.231
Now, EW check.
498
00:35:43.333 --> 00:35:45.314
zero products listed on Skin Deep.
499
00:35:45.754 --> 00:35:48.195
So it's basically the same story as Universal Stone.
500
00:35:48.255 --> 00:35:50.816
The brand hasn't been entered into the database.
501
00:35:51.556 --> 00:35:56.818
Frankly, it would be a waste of time to do so because there's literally nothing in there for them to pick up.
502
00:35:56.938 --> 00:36:01.939
Like best skin ever, the foundation is jojoba oil.
503
00:36:02.180 --> 00:36:05.341
Depending on the one that you pick, it's going to have different essential oils.
504
00:36:05.401 --> 00:36:11.063
So the Immortelle that I use has sea buckthorn, tamamu, and other essential oils.
505
00:36:11.143 --> 00:36:11.403
Yeah.
506
00:36:12.305 --> 00:36:16.924
Honestly, for me, I love these products and I,
507
00:36:17.954 --> 00:36:23.876
What I will say about essential oil-based products is they are clean, but they're not inert, right?
508
00:36:23.936 --> 00:36:25.736
Essential oils are very powerful.
509
00:36:25.756 --> 00:36:29.338
Like aromatherapy is a very powerful modality.
510
00:36:29.558 --> 00:36:35.459
So some people, you have to make sure that the essential oils you use agree with you, especially on the face.
511
00:36:35.479 --> 00:36:43.402
So do a patch test and they sell the teeniest, tiniest little samples that you can try before you invest in a big format.
512
00:36:43.982 --> 00:36:49.863
So remember that clean is about what's not in it as much as what is in it.
513
00:36:50.143 --> 00:36:52.104
So you want to choose the right product.
514
00:36:52.544 --> 00:36:54.304
I want to talk a little bit about deodorants.
515
00:36:54.504 --> 00:36:58.785
The conventional deodorant antiperspirant world is a bit of a nightmare.
516
00:36:59.065 --> 00:37:01.225
We're talking fragrance, aluminum salts.
517
00:37:01.706 --> 00:37:04.106
Sometimes they've got parabens and triclosan in there.
518
00:37:04.206 --> 00:37:08.787
And these is applied daily to thin shaved skin next to your lymph nodes, people.
519
00:37:09.227 --> 00:37:13.448
It is one of the highest value swaps and also the one people struggle with the most.
520
00:37:14.048 --> 00:37:16.892
So give yourself a couple of weeks to adjust here.
521
00:37:17.633 --> 00:37:18.234
Don't give up.
522
00:37:18.594 --> 00:37:23.340
I've not used a conventional deodorant in, I don't even know how long.
523
00:37:25.164 --> 00:37:27.566
I know I don't have particular BO.
524
00:37:28.387 --> 00:37:29.467
Nobody's told me that I do.
525
00:37:29.628 --> 00:37:31.869
Most people are perfectly happy to stand beside me.
526
00:37:31.949 --> 00:37:34.892
So this is an easy swap and it's very high value.
527
00:37:35.232 --> 00:37:40.276
The other thing about toothpaste, even though you don't swallow it, because you might be sitting there saying, well, I don't swallow my toothpaste.
528
00:37:40.336 --> 00:37:41.557
I don't really need to worry about it.
529
00:37:41.957 --> 00:37:45.960
Don't forget that your oral mucosa absorbs really effectively.
530
00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:50.044
This is why under the tongue is actually a method of drug delivery.
531
00:37:50.484 --> 00:37:57.387
So you want to skip the triclosan, the artificial sweeteners, the dyes, and the SLS, especially if you get canker sores.
532
00:37:58.048 --> 00:37:59.488
Okay, let's get to makeup.
533
00:38:00.469 --> 00:38:04.951
Living libations, like I said before, we've got mascara, we've got blush, we've got highlighters.
534
00:38:05.451 --> 00:38:07.232
It's all very natural looking.
535
00:38:07.252 --> 00:38:10.994
The mascara, I got to tell you, is as good as any mascara out there.
536
00:38:11.074 --> 00:38:16.337
I mean, it's not going to give you the giant lashes or anything, but it is a great daily mascara.
537
00:38:17.237 --> 00:38:32.811
The other company that I found and finally settled on that I actually have on my face through 90% of the podcasts you've watched me on is a brand that I found, well, this year anyway, is a brand that I found last November at an event called Eudaimonia.
538
00:38:33.291 --> 00:38:35.993
The brand is called Crunchy, C-U-R-N-C-H-I.
539
00:38:38.195 --> 00:38:41.118
Their foundation is next level.
540
00:38:41.258 --> 00:38:48.586
It's as good as any foundation I've ever bought that was commercial foundation, like conventional stuff, right?
541
00:38:48.806 --> 00:38:50.127
They've got the tints right.
542
00:38:50.287 --> 00:38:52.429
They've got the texture right.
543
00:38:52.630 --> 00:38:54.131
Everything's phenomenal.
544
00:38:54.712 --> 00:38:59.597
It's just like any other foundation, only it's not delivering a bunch of junk to my skin.
545
00:39:00.157 --> 00:39:01.677
They also have amazing blush.
546
00:39:02.078 --> 00:39:05.758
They have fantastic lipstick that is again, non-toxic.
547
00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:11.620
I don't believe, at least last time I looked, they didn't have eyeshadow yet, but they hit my foundations, right?
548
00:39:11.680 --> 00:39:12.780
This is the big problem.
549
00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:14.061
Foundation's the biggest problem.
550
00:39:14.121 --> 00:39:19.722
So this is where the polyparabens, the propylparabens on my toxin panel came from.
551
00:39:19.742 --> 00:39:23.123
It was not the crunchy, but it was the old foundation that I was using.
552
00:39:23.143 --> 00:39:27.184
That was probably like, I don't know, some Chanel or Christian Dior or whatever, but
553
00:39:27.764 --> 00:39:32.348
Not that I'm targeting them, but whatever brand you're buying conventionally.
554
00:39:32.808 --> 00:39:35.330
So it is literally the hardest product to clean up.
555
00:39:35.530 --> 00:39:37.092
Foundation needs pigment.
556
00:39:37.212 --> 00:39:37.992
It needs coverage.
557
00:39:38.012 --> 00:39:40.374
It needs spreadability and 12-hour wear.
558
00:39:40.935 --> 00:39:46.219
And that is usually achieved with silicons, with parabens, chemical UV filters, and fragrance.
559
00:39:46.839 --> 00:39:47.100
So-
560
00:39:48.896 --> 00:39:56.902
Back to crunchy, they genuinely make a clean foundation that performs plus blush, lipstick, bronzer, primer, mascara.
561
00:39:57.042 --> 00:39:58.563
And actually, they do have eyeshadow.
562
00:39:58.583 --> 00:40:00.264
Sorry, I slipped on that one.
563
00:40:01.044 --> 00:40:01.585
And guess what?
564
00:40:02.585 --> 00:40:18.994
If we check them out on EWG, 54 crunchy products on Skin Deep and the brand is EWG verified across the line, including Beautifully Flawless Foundation, their Checkmate Liquid Bletch, which I use quite a lot, the Everlux Lips Crayon.
565
00:40:19.174 --> 00:40:21.055
I think I have one on my desk here somewhere.
566
00:40:21.575 --> 00:40:24.697
The Smart Primer, the Sunlight Tinted SPF 30.
567
00:40:25.157 --> 00:40:26.738
All their stuff is verified.
568
00:40:26.858 --> 00:40:27.378
It's amazing.
569
00:40:27.959 --> 00:40:30.260
There's also another brand that is...
570
00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:34.523
vegan, if that matters to you, called Leaping Bunny, and that's made in the US.
571
00:40:35.123 --> 00:40:43.569
But I would say that Crunchy for me is the one brand I would point people to if they said, I just want to fix my foundation and I don't want to think about it anymore.
572
00:40:44.110 --> 00:40:44.390
So...
573
00:40:45.312 --> 00:40:45.832
crunchy.
574
00:40:46.773 --> 00:40:47.474
I can't say enough.
575
00:40:48.134 --> 00:40:50.055
I might have a code for you guys.
576
00:40:50.195 --> 00:40:54.859
I was recording this and I'm like, I think they sent me a code last year, but I'll check it out.
577
00:40:54.999 --> 00:40:56.880
If I have a code, it'll be in the show notes.
578
00:40:57.520 --> 00:41:00.683
But even if I don't, I'm telling you, great brand.
579
00:41:01.383 --> 00:41:06.604
Going back to the Living Libations makeup, what they have, they have mascara, blush, and highlighters.
580
00:41:07.605 --> 00:41:10.485
Same oil and mineral philosophy as their skincare.
581
00:41:10.685 --> 00:41:12.686
And again, they are not on the WG.
582
00:41:13.146 --> 00:41:14.106
Just read the label.
583
00:41:14.126 --> 00:41:15.747
You'll see their stuff is fantastic.
584
00:41:16.307 --> 00:41:20.248
For sunscreen, there's a brand called Third Rock.
585
00:41:21.256 --> 00:41:23.278
They have one of the best sunscreens.
586
00:41:23.378 --> 00:41:25.760
Actually, Living Libations has a great sunscreen as well.
587
00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:30.704
It's a mineral screen and Third Rock as well, how it makes a really nice sunscreen.
588
00:41:30.744 --> 00:41:38.130
So both these brands have very good sunscreen that doesn't have a lot of the chemicals that people scream about being worse for you than the sun.
589
00:41:39.131 --> 00:41:41.413
I'm a middle of the road sun person.
590
00:41:41.613 --> 00:41:44.395
I think that some sun is good, too much sun is bad.
591
00:41:44.856 --> 00:41:49.279
Therefore we need sunscreen at some times when we're gonna be out in the sun for a long period of time.
592
00:41:50.040 --> 00:41:50.360
Okay.
593
00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:53.102
So how do we prioritize makeup?
594
00:41:54.043 --> 00:41:58.707
For me, it's about the foundation, the tinted moisturizers and the lipsticks first, right?
595
00:41:59.067 --> 00:42:00.848
Lipstick, you're literally eating it all day.
596
00:42:01.469 --> 00:42:03.751
Next up is mascara and eyeliner.
597
00:42:03.851 --> 00:42:05.612
This is near your mucus membranes.
598
00:42:06.333 --> 00:42:08.434
Also don't forget to throw them out every three months.
599
00:42:08.654 --> 00:42:11.296
And then powders and blush.
600
00:42:11.336 --> 00:42:12.938
If you can't go that far, you can't go that far.
601
00:42:13.238 --> 00:42:16.320
They're a little lower priority, but that would be my suggestion.
602
00:42:16.581 --> 00:42:16.821
Okay.
603
00:42:17.521 --> 00:42:19.303
So I want to finish up
604
00:42:20.504 --> 00:42:26.486
If you only do four things, if there's only four things you do from this podcast episode, here's what you're going to do.
605
00:42:26.747 --> 00:42:29.428
Number one, go fragrance free in the laundry room.
606
00:42:29.668 --> 00:42:30.008
All right?
607
00:42:30.548 --> 00:42:32.529
Detergent, ditch the dryer sheets.
608
00:42:32.729 --> 00:42:38.771
This is the highest impact, cheapest, and it affects every hour of your day and everyone in your household.
609
00:42:39.352 --> 00:42:41.192
Number two, swap your deodorant.
610
00:42:41.793 --> 00:42:44.354
Daily thin skin right by the lymph nodes, guys.
611
00:42:44.774 --> 00:42:46.054
Just give it three weeks.
612
00:42:46.214 --> 00:42:47.235
Your body will adjust.
613
00:42:48.330 --> 00:42:51.192
The Living Libations deodorants are phenomenal.
614
00:42:51.412 --> 00:42:52.973
I promise you, you will never go back.
615
00:42:53.613 --> 00:42:57.735
Number three, swap your foundation if you wear foundation every day and your lipstick.
616
00:42:58.396 --> 00:43:04.599
That thing on your face for 12 hours a day, and I would say crunchy if you want a one-stop answer, you're going to find everything there.
617
00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:09.262
But also Living Libations has a couple of great products in this category as well.
618
00:43:09.782 --> 00:43:14.124
Number four, cut the cleaning cupboard down to one or two products if you can.
619
00:43:14.744 --> 00:43:17.025
A multi-purpose paste like Universal Stone.
620
00:43:17.325 --> 00:43:19.486
Again, I have no affiliation with them.
621
00:43:19.646 --> 00:43:21.627
I don't get anything from mentioning them.
622
00:43:21.967 --> 00:43:24.428
I just think it's one of the best products I've ever used.
623
00:43:24.929 --> 00:43:31.471
A good bottle of white vinegar, some baking soda, a good microfiber scrubby thing, and you're good to go.
624
00:43:32.072 --> 00:43:33.812
And of course, open a window when you clean.
625
00:43:33.973 --> 00:43:38.955
So again, like I said at the beginning, I'm not expecting you to run out and throw everything you own away.
626
00:43:39.815 --> 00:43:43.418
Just as things run out, replace your shampoo and body wash.
627
00:43:43.759 --> 00:43:46.721
Living Libations has some fantastic options in this area.
628
00:43:47.302 --> 00:43:48.603
Replace your moisturizer.
629
00:43:48.803 --> 00:43:55.509
Again, Living Libations, amazing for very clean, but you guys also know that I love Vitaly and I love Young Goose.
630
00:43:55.589 --> 00:44:01.855
So body moisturizer, sunscreens, look for mineral sunscreens, Living Libations, Third Rock,
631
00:44:02.395 --> 00:44:06.498
have really great options, toothpaste and kids products.
632
00:44:07.099 --> 00:44:08.880
So use them up, replace them.
633
00:44:09.461 --> 00:44:11.042
You don't need to purge your bathroom.
634
00:44:11.142 --> 00:44:16.186
Although if it was me and my kids were using like some bad toothpaste, I would swap it out for something better.
635
00:44:16.707 --> 00:44:19.969
Again, like I said, Living Libations has some really great options there.
636
00:44:20.730 --> 00:44:21.811
Now, while you're at it,
637
00:44:23.138 --> 00:44:23.899
Support your liver.
638
00:44:24.359 --> 00:44:26.162
I'm not telling you to do a detox.
639
00:44:26.602 --> 00:44:33.990
Just remember that those pathways that your liver uses to get rid of these things need protein.
640
00:44:34.051 --> 00:44:35.893
They need B vitamins, magnesium.
641
00:44:36.353 --> 00:44:41.499
You want to eat cruciferous vegetables and or take a sulforaphane supplement, take a
642
00:44:41.699 --> 00:44:43.100
Broccoli comes to mind.
643
00:44:43.180 --> 00:44:44.721
We did a podcast not too long ago.
644
00:44:44.961 --> 00:44:45.681
Great product.
645
00:44:46.162 --> 00:44:47.682
You want to eat colorful plants.
646
00:44:47.862 --> 00:44:48.843
You want to hydrate.
647
00:44:49.503 --> 00:44:56.367
And most important, you want to be having regular bowel movements because that's what the liver packages up.
648
00:44:56.707 --> 00:44:57.668
That's how it leaves.
649
00:44:58.128 --> 00:45:00.790
So lower the inputs and support the output.
650
00:45:01.650 --> 00:45:05.953
I'm going to give you two of my pro tips for helping out the liver.
651
00:45:06.333 --> 00:45:07.714
One is deliverance.
652
00:45:08.114 --> 00:45:10.255
This is a tincture that comes in single shots.
653
00:45:10.815 --> 00:45:14.037
It's 17 herbs and spices fermented.
654
00:45:14.597 --> 00:45:18.219
It is the best liver support I've ever come across.
655
00:45:18.280 --> 00:45:19.280
It's fully natural.
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It is amazing.
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We'll put the number of the episode in the show notes that I did with the owner, Siggy, last year.
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unbelievable product.
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Also, Tutka.
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And if you want to go with a supplement because you don't want to drink something every day like Deliverance, you can level up health as a great liver complex that I've used for years.
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It is amazing.
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And Kyle is always reformulating.
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So level up health for their Tutka and for their ultimate liver complex and or Deliverance.
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Just to close this up,
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Remember that your body is designed to handle a toxic world.
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So I'm not telling you that your body can't handle any of this stuff on its own.
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We're not trying to live in a bubble, but we are choosing not to make the job harder than it needs to be for our system.
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Every fragrance-free bottle is one fewer thing in the queue, and that's the whole idea.
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Go after the low-hanging fruit, pick a couple, and you're good.
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Now, if you think this is useful, make sure to share the episode with a friend who still uses dryer sheets.
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We will link to the products and to EWG in the show notes.
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And if you've run Toxin Panel and found something surprising, let me know.
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I'd love to hear about it.
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Thank you so much for being here with me today.
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I really appreciate your time and your attention.
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And let's make our world a little cleaner with as little effort as possible.
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See you soon.
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Hey folks, just a quick reminder that all of the information presented in this podcast is a great way to get started.
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is for information purposes only.
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No medical advice, no diagnosing, no treatments suggested here.
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Before you try anything that you hear about or learn about here, make sure that you check with your medical provider.
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Welcome to Longevity.
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I'm your host, Natalie Nidham.
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I'm a nutritionist, a human potential, and epigenetic coach, and I created this podcast to bring you the latest ways to take control of your health and longevity.
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We cover it all, from new technology and ancestral health practices to personalized interventions, and a very special interest of mine, peptides and bioregulators.
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Enjoy the show.
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Newswatch, I have officially reached the point where I don't get excited by skincare that promises to erase 10 years overnight.
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Here's the thing, we all know this.
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If it sounds too good to be true, well, my bathroom cabinet and probably yours has enough evidence already that it's just not a thing.
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Now this is one of the reasons why Vida Zero Age Exosomes from Vitaly caught my attention.
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Instead of focusing on covering up aging, it's designed around the biology of how skin communicates and repairs itself.
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What's unique here is what they call regenerative stacking.
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You've got zero-age mesenchymal stem cell exosomes acting as the messengers paired with GHKCU to support rebuilding the skin structure.
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Then they layer in niacinamide and glutathione so you're also supporting barrier and oxidative stress.
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I love that it fits with the same longevity mindset that you and I use everywhere else, supporting healthier tissue, healthier cells, and healthier skin over the long haul.
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Now, if you'd like to check it out for yourself, head over to Vitali Skin Care and make sure to use code NAT20 for 20% off your order.
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Hey folks, it's solo episode time and I've been wanting to record this one for quite a long time.
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One of the first things I learned back in nutrition school days is that everything that goes on your body ends up in your body in some way, shape or form.
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I mean, without overstating it, basically our skin is our largest organ of absorption.
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That's why we apply things to our skin.
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We have transdermal applications for hormones and all kinds of stuff.
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So we know this and I've known this for a long time.
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And, you know, at the time they taught us that, you know, you got to be careful what you put on because it's could affect your health, which makes sense.
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So anyway, I kind of went on along my day and went along the years.
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And a couple of years ago, I ended up running a toxin panel as part of a physical with a functional medicine doctor.
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And one of the things that lit up was a chemical.
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And that chemical, when I researched it, actually is found in foundation, like makeup.
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I mean, this sent me down such a rabbit hole.
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At that point, I started doing more research and...
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I ended up changing quite a number of things that I use in my house.
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This is not meant to be a scary episode.
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I want to be very clear here.
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You are not going to listen to this and then think that you have to run into your bathroom cabinet, throw everything away, throw away all your cleaning supplies.
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But the invitation here is really to think about what would be easy for me to switch out to essentially reduce the load on my system.
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Many of us have heard of the bucket theory where you physiologically have a bucket and in that bucket are your genetics and all these, your lifestyle and all the things that you're exposed to.
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Typically, we tend to get ill or imbalanced when the bucket starts to overflow.
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And so if our goal is to keep that bucket from overflowing, doesn't it make sense to try to avoid the easy stuff that might contribute to what's in the bucket?
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Look, we all know that we live in a world with more synthetic chemicals than any generation before us because we've invented more things and we can't control most of that.
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We can't control the air, the water.
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We can control the receipts we touch.
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because we know that those receipts have BPAs on them.
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They have chemicals on them that are endocrine disruptors.
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There is also a category that we can control almost completely.
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And this is what we put on our skin and what we clean our homes with.
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Now, this is not necessarily going to be the most exhaustive episode, but I wanted to give you a few ideas and talk about some of the things that I have thought
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pretty much figured out for myself.
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So here's what you're going to walk away with.
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A quick, non-nerdy explanation of what actually happens to the things that you put on your skin.
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I'm going to talk to you about a handful of ingredient families worth recognizing on a label.
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I'm going to talk to you about the exact products in my house and how they check out on...
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sites like the Environmental Working Group database and spoiler alert, I checked and one of them wasn't even in there.
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So we'll talk about what that means.
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And then a start here list of three or four of the easiest swaps.
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So how does this actually work in your body?
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It is not a wall, right?
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The skin is remarkably, I mean, it's built to keep things out, but it's not perfect.
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So small fat loving, which would be called lipophilic molecules and anything helped along by penetration enhancers or applied to thin, warm, damp skin.
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What you rub on repeatedly also over years matters more than any single application.
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Foundation sits on your face for 10 to 14 hours a day, maybe longer if you are too tired to wash your face at night, which I don't recommend.
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So let's think about it this way, right?
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It's not necessarily the dose in the bottle or the dose you get today, but it's this accumulation of dose over decades that really makes a difference.
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You just want to be more cautious, right?
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So these fragrance sprays, those disgusting things you plug into the wall, dryer sheets, scented candles, cleaning products, all go straight to the lungs and the lungs have a job.
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They are part of your detoxification system that your body has.
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Again, there's things we can't control, but if there's things we can control, why wouldn't we?
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We administer medications through the lungs, right?
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Any cleaning products that you use is going to have an effect on you.
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We talk about the lungs as a organ of detoxification, which we don't always talk about.
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So anything that makes it into your circulation and is a nutrient ultimately gets handled by the liver's detoxification pathways, commonly described as phase one, phase one, phase one,
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transformation largely via cytochrome P450 enzymes and phase two, which is called conjugation, attaching something like glutathione, glucuronic acid, or sulfate to make the compound water soluble.
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Then it either leaves through the bile, the stool, or via your kidneys via urine.
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Now, this is all normal, fine, and good.
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These pathways evolved for plant compounds, hormones, metabolic byproducts.
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Your liver's not fragile.
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It was born for this.
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It was built for this.
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B vitamins, magnesium, amino acids, sulfur compounds, antioxidants.
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Those pathways have a finite capacity.
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There's only so much work they can do.
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So things like your own hormones, medications, alcohol, metabolic waste.
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here's the thing.
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We can't make our liver bigger, but we can shorten the line.
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We can reduce the amount of things that it has to deal with on a daily basis.
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So some of the compounds we're going to talk about aren't harmful because they're poison in the classic sense.
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They're a problem because, and many of you have heard of these, they look like hormones.
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estrogen mimics, thyroid or androgen disruptors.
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These matter even at low doses and especially during times when we're vulnerable, like pregnancy, in childhood, puberty.
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This is the real reason why that makeup bag really deserves attention.
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Not just your oven cleaner.
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We know oven cleaner is toxic.
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There's less toxic oven cleaners, but definitely our makeup bag, we can make a
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So let me tell you a little bit about me, the story I started with.
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A few years ago, curiously, I ran this Vibrant Wellness's Total Toxic Burden Panel.
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So this is a urine test.
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It measures environmental chemicals like phthalates, parabens, biphenols, plus mycotoxins and heavy metals.
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Now, the first one was 1,3-phenoxybenzoic acid, 3-PBA.
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So this is a breakdown product of pyrothyroid insecticides, bug sprays, mosquito coils, flea and tick treatments on pets, lawn and garden products, residues on conventional produce.
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I mean, it's not like I was spraying anything, phytox.
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thing is that this stuff is just around.
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I have a garden.
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I did a little cleanup in that area, right?
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I try to wash my vegetables really well and I definitely try, of course, to buy more organic stuff.
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The second chemical or the second compound, biphenyl A, BPA.
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So this is nearly, I was at nearly four times the cutoff.
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So this is, we're talking about plastics, can linings, and the one that surprises people the most, thermal receipt paper.
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It goes directly through your fingertips.
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I don't eat a lot of these things and it was still in my system.
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It's everywhere.
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Propylparaben.
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P-R-O-P-Y-L-P-A-R-A-B-E-N.
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This is the one that stopped me in my tracks.
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So propylparaben is a preservative and it's number one home in
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is in my makeup bag, in liquid foundation, tinted moisturizer, concealer, primer, mascara.
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I'd been putting this stuff on my face
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every day for 12 hours a day.
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Well, except maybe on the weekends for a long time, kind of decades, right?
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It matters because it absorbs easily through your skin and shows up in urine within hours of application.
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So the good news is you do get rid of it, but it was there.
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It was still there, right?
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It's weekly estrogenic.
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As a matter of fact, the EU capped its concentration and banned it from leave-on products for baby's diaper areas.
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It's a daily long-wear large surface area application to thin facial skin.
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I mean, I was obviously shocked.
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I was doing all the things.
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I'd completely overlooked a daily exposure sitting on my face for 12 hours a day.
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None of the four were exotic.
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One from my makeup bag, one from receipts and plastic, one from food, one from bug spray or the garden, whatever.
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Each one has an easy lever, clean foundation, clean foundation.
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No thank you to the receipt, to the paper receipt.
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Just send it to me by text or by email.
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Use organic.
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I mean, definitely when it comes to oats and grains, if you're going to eat them, make sure they're organic.
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Obviously skip the yard spray and that's just the low hanging fruit.
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So testing isn't necessary for everyone.
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I'm not saying everybody should run out and get tested because you might make yourself crazy.
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But for me, it turned an abstract idea into a personal one.
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And if you're suspicious, you might want to get tested.
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It's maybe a good idea because it'll give you direction on where you need to clean up your act.
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So for me, it sent me hunting for clean makeup.
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I'm going to be a good idea.
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and other clean products.
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And it turns out that clean foundation specifically is one of the hardest things to find because there's lots of people out there that say they make clean foundation, but it doesn't actually work.
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It doesn't stay, it doesn't look good, and the pigments aren't great.
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So I did eventually find a solution, which I'll share with you.
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One thing I do want to repeat here, because I said it a minute ago, I want to say it again.
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Urine levels reflect recent exposure, days, not years.
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A high number means this is in my life right now, not this has piled up in me forever, which is great news because it also means the number drops quickly once you remove the source.
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So...
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I didn't panic, but I did swap the foundation first because it was the most obviously in my control.
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Then I worked through the others as things ran out and I moved on.
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So that's what I'm inviting you to do.
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This is the model of this episode.
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Pick the one thing that you think might be the problem for you, go after that first, and then little by little, as you work through the products in your house, start to swap them out for better things.
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So here we go.
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Here are the big offenders when you're reading labels, for example, because I think that being able to read labels is a real superpower these days.
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So kind of like how if you see high fructose corn syrup on a food label, you probably would choose not to buy it.
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I'm going to give you a couple of these words that you look out for on labels of other products.
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So number one, fragrance or parfum, P-A-R-F-U-M, I'm French, so I say it the French way, parfum,
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This is a big one, right?
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This is one word on the label that can legally hide dozens, sometimes hundreds of undisclosed ingredients treated as a trade secret.
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So nobody gets to know what's in there.
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It frequently contains phthalates, which is used to make scent linger, which are well-studied endocrine disruptors linked to reproductive and developmental effects.
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Honestly, who needs it?
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It's found in laundry detergent, dryer sheets, cleaning sprays, deodorant, lotions, shampoos, makeup, candles, air fresheners, you name it.
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So the single highest leverage swap in this episode, go fragrance-free or in
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choose essential oil scent, true essential oil scents only.
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If you do nothing else, do this one thing.
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And I'm going to give you a couple of really great sources for some products for this stuff.
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So one thing you should be aware of it though, is that even unscented can still contain masking fragrance.
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So what you want to look for is fragrance free, very specifically.
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Second category, parabens.
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So anything that ends in paraben, so whether it starts with methyl, propyl, butyl, ethyl, all the parabens, these are preservatives.
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They are weakly estrogenic.
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They're absorbed through the skin, detected in urine in most of the population.
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So most of us are exposed to these.
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They're again found in foundation, moisturizer, mascara, shampoo, conditioner, and sunscreen.
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Super easy to spot.
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The word paraben is right there.
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If you see it on the label, even if the front says organic or something else like that, it is not your friend.
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Number three, phthalates.
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D-E-P, D-B-P, D-E-H-P. Now, these are rarely listed by name in cosmetics because they hide in
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fragrance, that infamous place they can hide.
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Also found in vinyl, some nail polish, which is the DBP, and there was a big brouhaha about this a few years ago, as well as hairspray.
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Now, these are well-established endocrine disruptors.
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The CDC finds metabolites in just about every one that they tested.
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Number four, formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers.
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So the names that you want to know here, DMDM-hydantoin, quaternium-15, imidazolidinoluria, so imidazolidinoluria.
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imidazoleidinylurea, diazoleidinylurea, bronopole.
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Boy, I'm going to have to have a handout made for you guys with all these words on it so that you don't have to sit there and try to write them down.
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These are preservatives that slowly release formaldehyde, which is a known carcinogen and a common skin allergen.
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These are found in shampoos, body washes, some foundation, nail products, hair smoothing treatments.
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Like it's crazy, right?
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Number five, we have ethoxylated ingredients and 1,4-dioxane.
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So names that hint at it, anything with PEG, P-E-G or E-T-H, lorath, satirath, lorath,
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polysorbate, oxenol.
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The process used to make these can leave behind 1,4-dioxane, a probable carcinogen that isn't on the label because it's a contaminant, not an ingredient.
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So it's found in bubbly things, things that sud.
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So shampoo, body wash, laundry detergent, and even dish soap.
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Number four, the antimicrobials, triclosan, triclocarbon, and quats, Q-U-A-T-S. Triclosan, now largely phased out of hand soap, but still in some toothpaste, deodorant, and antibacterial products.
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They affect your thyroid and your hormones, and they disrupt your microbiome.
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the quaternary ammonium compounds.
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So these are the quats, Q-U-A-T-S, benzoylconium chloride, things like that.
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These are the active in most disinfecting wipes and sprays, as well as in fabric softener dryer sheets.
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It's linked to asthma and skin irritation and they linger on surfaces and fabrics.
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So they sit there and so that when you're wearing the clothes, you can absorb them and they're on the surfaces of your home.
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So let's be straight here.
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We do not need to sterilize our kitchens.
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Soap and water clean, disinfectants are really for specific situations like maybe in a hospital, right?
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So soap and water and grate, if you really want something special, there's some great tea tree oil products out there or the...
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Five Thieves Essential Oils Formula is a great one and is really powerful for cleaning or just good old vinegar and water if you don't mind the smell.
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And actually now I've seen in stores, you've got vinegar and water scented with lemon.
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So these are cleaners that you can buy if you don't want to just take vinegar and water and make your own cleaner.
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Okay, number seven, UV filters and a couple more makeup specific ones.
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So we have oxybenzone, octanoxate, homosylate.
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These are endocrine disruptors.
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They have hormone activity and they have very high skin absorption.
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Next one, I'm going to butcher the pronunciation again, cyclopentasiloxane D4D5.
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This is the silky slip in primers and foundations.
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What makes them feel nice and slippery?
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It is persistent and has definitely has been associated with some endocrine issues.
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Next, we've all heard of these PFAS, P-F-A-S, Forever Chemicals, occasionally found in long wear waterproof foundations, mascaras and lipsticks.
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You want to look for anything with fluoro or P-T-F-E, and fluoro is F-L-U-O-R-O or P-T-F-E.
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Last one in this category, talc.
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There are contamination concerns here and heavy metals.
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I mean, you're literally eating this stuff all day long, ladies.
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Cadmium, chromium, and some eyeshadows.
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These are not on the label.
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This is where the third-party testing matters.
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I mean, when's the last time you read a label on an eyeshadow?
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Finally, I don't want to ignore the cleaning cupboard because we definitely have
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anything with ammonia or chlorine bleach, these are respiratory irritants.
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Never, never mix them.
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I know someone who was cleaning homes and was using a lot of chlorine, not wearing shoes even.
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They were found almost unconscious one day.
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Chlorine Beach is not your friend.
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Next, two butoxyethanol and other glycol ethers in glass and degreaser sprays.
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You want to watch out for sodium hydroxide.
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These are oven cleaners.
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They are totally corrosive.
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So looking for more gentle oven cleaners or giving it a good scrub more often might be helpful there.
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And finally, optical brighteners and laundry detergent.
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They sit in fabric on purpose.
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These are skin synthesizers.
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So go look for those natural brands of detergents.
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And in the natural brands, you are going to find a cleaner, better option for yourself.
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So notice that most of these, almost all of these are either for fragrance, they're used as a preservative or just to make it feel nice or make it obviously smell nice additives.
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None of them are the working part of the product.
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They're not actually helping the product to do its job better.
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So this is why in many cases, clean versions work just as well.
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So let's talk about
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Let me teach you a couple of things about reading label without losing your complete mind here.
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So does it say fragrance or parfum?
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Big flag.
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Does it say paraben?
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Big flag.
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Do you see PEG or ETH or DMDM quaternium, urea?
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Another flag.
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Is the ingredient list short and made of words that you can kind of...
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recognize as a plant or you can pronounce easily.
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These are generally a good sign, but it's not a guarantee.
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Just because you can pronounce it doesn't mean it's great.
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So here are some of the resources I use that if you don't know about them are really helpful.
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There's the EWG database.
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So that's the Environmental Working Group Database.
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And so here's how I use it and here's a couple of its limitations.
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So they have two big databases.
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They have Skin Deep, which is skindeep.ewg.org-cosmetics-personalcare.
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They score things on a score of one to 10.
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The lower the number, the better.
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And then they also have the guide to healthy cleaning, ewg.org forward slash cleaners, graded A through F.
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So EWG Verified is their top tier.
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So that's a product that has to meet stricter criteria than a one score with full ingredient disclosure.
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It's the easiest shortcut.
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If you see the EWG Verified mark, you can basically stop reading what's on the label.
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However, and I want to be really honest with you about this, EWG, environmental working rates hazard, not dose.
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So an ingredient can score badly, even a trace amount.
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So you want to read a little bit past the top lines here.
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You want to use it as a screening tool.
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not necessarily as a verdict.
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So again, this is not about fear mongering, right?
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We want to be nuanced here.
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If there's a little tiny amount of something and something, and this is the product that really does the trick for you, and you can't find a cleaner option,
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If it's the one thing, again, maybe that's not the thing you take out.
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Maybe there's something else that's more obvious.
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There are also many excellent small brands that just aren't in the database.
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Like they either haven't submitted or EWG hasn't reviewed them yet.
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So just because they're not listed doesn't mean they're not safe.
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It just means that you kind of then are going to really have to read the label yourself.
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The other thing about Environmental Working Group is it's very US-centric.
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There are a few Canadian and European brands, but most of them are missing.
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I'd like to take a quick second to talk about something I'm genuinely excited about, and that's the Wolverine formula from Level Up Health.
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You guys know how much I talk about peptides and bioregulators on this show.
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The science of signaling your body to repair, regenerate, and function the way it did when you were younger.
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Well, the Wolverine formula is basically that philosophy in a single product.
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It's designed around recovery and tissue repair, containing peptides that support musculoskeletal healing, reduce inflammation, and help your body bounce back faster after tough workouts.
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Whether that's from exercise, injury, or just the wear and tear of daily life, think of it as giving your body's repair mechanism a serious upgrade.
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What I appreciate about Level Up is that they don't cut corners and there's no fairy dusting here.
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The formulation is thoughtful, the quality is there, and it's built for people who actually take this stuff seriously, which if you're listening to this show, probably is you.
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So if you're in a heavy training cycle or you're recovering from an injury, two or three cycles of this formula would probably go a long way to supporting speedier healing.
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If you want to check it out for yourself, head on over to leveluphhealth.com and check out the Wolverine formula and make sure to use code NAT for a 15% off discount at checkout.
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Your body does it all for you.
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This is one way to give a little back.
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Once again, that's leveluphhealth.com and make sure to use code NAT for 15% off.
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Other useful tools, there's the Think Dirty app.
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There's Health Canada's cosmetic ingredient hot list for those of us in Canada.
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There's certification called Made Safe.
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There's Skin Sword and InCity Decoder for ingredient lookups.
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Hopefully you're not too freaked out.
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Again, remember, we're not trying to panic here.
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We're just trying to get a handle on this stuff.
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So I'm going to share what's in my house.
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Most of these I'm not actually sponsored with.
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I actually, I do have a code with a couple of them, but most of these products I don't.
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These are just the ones that stuck after a bunch of trial and error.
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And I went and checked each one against EWG before recording.
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Well, actually before buying them.
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So you don't have to, but it doesn't mean these are the only ones.
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These are just the ones I found.
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So for laundry, I'm all into kind laundry detergent sheets.
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What's really cool here is number one, there's no jug, there's no plastic, there's no liquid, and there's nothing to measure.
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So what they've done is they've taken soap, they've taken laundry detergent, and they've pressed it into sheets.
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Number two, it's also great for travel, by the way.
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You just throw a few of those sheets in a plastic bag and you never have to use some nasty Tide detergent in an Airbnb again.
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So you don't have to measure anything.
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They have a fragrance-free option and it works in cold water.
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I actually got sent another...
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one actually from the UK.
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It was scented with essential oil.
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Some of these brands that are cleaner, they will use essential oils to scent their things like laundry detergent.
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So great idea.
403
00:30:00.169 --> 00:30:02.790
Kind laundry detergent sheets, fragrance-free.
404
00:30:03.290 --> 00:30:11.512
These are EWG, Environmental Working Group Verified, which is the top tier of EWG's Guide to Healthy Cleaning.
405
00:30:11.932 --> 00:30:16.535
Now, full disclosure, and every ingredient below their health and safety threshold.
406
00:30:16.635 --> 00:30:21.178
So Kind Laundry is one of only a few laundry brands to carry this mark.
407
00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:25.441
Laundry is the sneakiest exposure, you guys.
408
00:30:25.501 --> 00:30:30.344
The residue is on your sheets, your pillowcase, your kids' pajamas all day and all night.
409
00:30:30.725 --> 00:30:33.346
Swapping detergent plus dropping dryer sheets.
410
00:30:33.967 --> 00:30:35.007
Just get rid of that.
411
00:30:35.067 --> 00:30:38.850
I got rid of dryer sheets, I don't know, 15, 20 years ago.
412
00:30:39.030 --> 00:30:40.051
I so don't miss them.
413
00:30:40.431 --> 00:30:45.053
If you want something to soften your clothes, you can always use those wool dryer balls.
414
00:30:46.073 --> 00:30:51.655
It totally eliminates a massive fragrance load that you're breathing and wearing 24 seven.
415
00:30:51.935 --> 00:30:58.418
Like, have you walked by a household lately where they're using bounce sheets and the vent from the dryer is nearby?
416
00:30:58.478 --> 00:31:02.159
Like it'll stink up like a huge section of block.
417
00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:03.760
This is really toxic stuff.
418
00:31:04.340 --> 00:31:16.848
Now, one thing about this laundry detergent, just to be crystal clear and to be perfectly honest, it does contain a surfactant called sodium lauryl sulfate and enzymes, which is why it actually cleans.
419
00:31:17.289 --> 00:31:20.571
However, EWG is fine with them at these concentrations.
420
00:31:20.691 --> 00:31:23.713
So clean doesn't mean does nothing.
421
00:31:24.093 --> 00:31:24.393
Okay.
422
00:31:24.833 --> 00:31:31.297
Now for house cleaning, I discovered a product from Germany a few years ago called the universal stone.
423
00:31:31.417 --> 00:31:38.961
It's a cleaning paste and it's like a puck in a tub with a special sponge and it replaces almost all of the spray bottles under the sink.
424
00:31:39.502 --> 00:31:43.124
It cleans stainless, it cleans glass, cooktops, grouts, sneakers, pots.
425
00:31:43.524 --> 00:31:45.745
I even use it as a stain remover on my clothes.
426
00:31:46.305 --> 00:31:48.807
There's only six ingredients in this stuff.
427
00:31:48.907 --> 00:31:50.568
There's soap flakes, green soap,
428
00:31:51.268 --> 00:31:55.572
Vegetable oils, glycerin, polishing clay, natural lemon oil.
429
00:31:55.732 --> 00:31:59.715
It's phosphate-free, biodegradable, acid-free, allergy and asthma tested.
430
00:32:00.316 --> 00:32:01.917
It is amazing.
431
00:32:02.958 --> 00:32:05.821
And it is not in the EWG database at all.
432
00:32:06.181 --> 00:32:07.542
There's no listing, no grade.
433
00:32:08.082 --> 00:32:12.086
And that's the not listed doesn't mean it's not safe example from earlier.
434
00:32:12.706 --> 00:32:15.927
With a six ingredient list like this, you can evaluate it yourself.
435
00:32:16.167 --> 00:32:19.188
It's essentially soap, oil, clay, and lemon oil.
436
00:32:19.588 --> 00:32:25.929
The one thing to mention for very sensitive people, lemon oil, limonene can be a mild skin sensitizer.
437
00:32:25.989 --> 00:32:28.170
So you might want to wear gloves if your hands react.
438
00:32:28.790 --> 00:32:32.071
I've used it a lot and I've never had an issue, but again-
439
00:32:33.108 --> 00:32:33.749
That may not be you.
440
00:32:33.829 --> 00:32:36.372
I think you can even clean your car and your boat with this stuff.
441
00:32:36.492 --> 00:32:37.273
It's ridiculous.
442
00:32:37.774 --> 00:32:41.018
As a matter of fact, they now sell it in giant tubs and you can just buy it on Amazon.
443
00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:41.719
So-
444
00:32:42.808 --> 00:32:43.468
Here's the thing.
445
00:32:44.269 --> 00:32:46.470
There's another win built into this product.
446
00:32:46.911 --> 00:32:49.612
Reducing the number of products is itself a win.
447
00:32:49.792 --> 00:32:53.755
So you have fewer bottles, fewer fragrances, fewer aerosolized chemicals in the air.
448
00:32:53.795 --> 00:32:54.956
You're breathing while you clean.
449
00:32:55.596 --> 00:33:02.100
You can add some white vinegar baking soda and a good microfiber cloth, and you have covered 90% of your house.
450
00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:06.623
And I'm talking about the white vinegar baking soda and a microfiber cloth.
451
00:33:06.643 --> 00:33:08.424
You're not adding that to the universal stone.
452
00:33:08.444 --> 00:33:08.864
You're using
453
00:33:10.045 --> 00:33:13.026
to Universal Stone and you've pretty much done your house, right?
454
00:33:13.127 --> 00:33:13.847
It's pretty wild.
455
00:33:14.427 --> 00:33:14.647
Okay.
456
00:33:14.827 --> 00:33:15.788
Moving on to personal care.
457
00:33:15.888 --> 00:33:17.789
I don't want to keep you guys here for too long today.
458
00:33:18.449 --> 00:33:19.370
Living Libations.
459
00:33:19.570 --> 00:33:23.371
Now, Living Libations is a company that I've talked about before.
460
00:33:23.492 --> 00:33:29.815
I've done, I think at least three podcasts with Nadine Artemis, who is the founder and the formulator there.
461
00:33:30.095 --> 00:33:30.195
And
462
00:33:30.815 --> 00:33:35.017
It is an essential oil company and she covers everything.
463
00:33:35.258 --> 00:33:41.081
It is unbelievable the breadth of products on that site, mostly personal care.
464
00:33:41.101 --> 00:33:45.323
And I'm going to tell you some of my favorite products from her.
465
00:33:45.944 --> 00:33:50.466
I use as a makeup remover because removing makeup is a nightmare, right?
466
00:33:50.786 --> 00:33:52.828
So I use an oil to remove makeup.
467
00:33:52.928 --> 00:33:56.970
All you have to do is dampen your face or your hands, put a couple of drops of
468
00:33:57.470 --> 00:34:02.714
one of the best skin evers, I use the Immortelle as a makeup remover and cleanser.
469
00:34:03.275 --> 00:34:07.718
It takes off all of my makeup and leaves my skin feeling really nice.
470
00:34:07.758 --> 00:34:10.280
So I then do my nighttime skin routine after that.
471
00:34:10.720 --> 00:34:14.823
But honestly, if you didn't want to do anything else, you could get away with that.
472
00:34:14.863 --> 00:34:20.348
Like if you were going camping, you could just bring, well, you wouldn't be wearing makeup, but you could, I've traveled just with Immortelle.
473
00:34:20.768 --> 00:34:25.732
You know, if you're going camping, like backpacking and you have room for exactly one thing, this stuff's amazing.
474
00:34:25.752 --> 00:34:26.172
Um,
475
00:34:26.332 --> 00:34:37.083
Their deodorants are off the charts, phenomenal, all essential oils, and their oral care products are incredibly clean and incredibly effective.
476
00:34:37.423 --> 00:34:40.447
So I use a toothpaste from them that comes in a little glass jar.
477
00:34:40.847 --> 00:34:45.532
That's the other thing about living libations is you are really minimizing your exposure to plastics.
478
00:34:45.552 --> 00:34:45.812
Okay.
479
00:34:46.152 --> 00:34:47.352
because everything's in glass.
480
00:34:48.033 --> 00:34:52.654
So it's a site I definitely encourage you guys to check out.
481
00:34:53.474 --> 00:34:56.655
I do have a code with them if you wanted to use it.
482
00:34:56.695 --> 00:34:58.676
If you don't want to use it, no problem.
483
00:34:58.896 --> 00:35:00.056
I just can't recommend.
484
00:35:00.156 --> 00:35:01.217
Oh, oh, oh.
485
00:35:01.557 --> 00:35:03.597
And here's the other thing about living libation.
486
00:35:03.617 --> 00:35:04.377
Sorry, I almost forgot.
487
00:35:04.718 --> 00:35:05.798
They have a whole makeup section.
488
00:35:06.278 --> 00:35:12.460
So they don't have foundation, but they do have an incredible mascara that actually feeds your lashes.
489
00:35:13.080 --> 00:35:18.662
And they've got these little tiny pots of pigment that you can use for blush or contour.
490
00:35:18.802 --> 00:35:23.483
There's some of them you can even use as a very natural eyeshadow, really beautiful stuff.
491
00:35:23.603 --> 00:35:28.365
So they only use organic cold pressed plant oils and essential oils.
492
00:35:28.385 --> 00:35:28.905
Yeah.
493
00:35:29.165 --> 00:35:30.506
Very short ingredient list.
494
00:35:30.646 --> 00:35:32.867
There's literally nothing synthetic.
495
00:35:32.927 --> 00:35:36.928
There's no fragrance chemicals behind a parfum word.
496
00:35:37.729 --> 00:35:39.950
It is the cleanest of the clean.
497
00:35:40.690 --> 00:35:42.231
Now, EW check.
498
00:35:43.333 --> 00:35:45.314
zero products listed on Skin Deep.
499
00:35:45.754 --> 00:35:48.195
So it's basically the same story as Universal Stone.
500
00:35:48.255 --> 00:35:50.816
The brand hasn't been entered into the database.
501
00:35:51.556 --> 00:35:56.818
Frankly, it would be a waste of time to do so because there's literally nothing in there for them to pick up.
502
00:35:56.938 --> 00:36:01.939
Like best skin ever, the foundation is jojoba oil.
503
00:36:02.180 --> 00:36:05.341
Depending on the one that you pick, it's going to have different essential oils.
504
00:36:05.401 --> 00:36:11.063
So the Immortelle that I use has sea buckthorn, tamamu, and other essential oils.
505
00:36:11.143 --> 00:36:11.403
Yeah.
506
00:36:12.305 --> 00:36:16.924
Honestly, for me, I love these products and I,
507
00:36:17.954 --> 00:36:23.876
What I will say about essential oil-based products is they are clean, but they're not inert, right?
508
00:36:23.936 --> 00:36:25.736
Essential oils are very powerful.
509
00:36:25.756 --> 00:36:29.338
Like aromatherapy is a very powerful modality.
510
00:36:29.558 --> 00:36:35.459
So some people, you have to make sure that the essential oils you use agree with you, especially on the face.
511
00:36:35.479 --> 00:36:43.402
So do a patch test and they sell the teeniest, tiniest little samples that you can try before you invest in a big format.
512
00:36:43.982 --> 00:36:49.863
So remember that clean is about what's not in it as much as what is in it.
513
00:36:50.143 --> 00:36:52.104
So you want to choose the right product.
514
00:36:52.544 --> 00:36:54.304
I want to talk a little bit about deodorants.
515
00:36:54.504 --> 00:36:58.785
The conventional deodorant antiperspirant world is a bit of a nightmare.
516
00:36:59.065 --> 00:37:01.225
We're talking fragrance, aluminum salts.
517
00:37:01.706 --> 00:37:04.106
Sometimes they've got parabens and triclosan in there.
518
00:37:04.206 --> 00:37:08.787
And these is applied daily to thin shaved skin next to your lymph nodes, people.
519
00:37:09.227 --> 00:37:13.448
It is one of the highest value swaps and also the one people struggle with the most.
520
00:37:14.048 --> 00:37:16.892
So give yourself a couple of weeks to adjust here.
521
00:37:17.633 --> 00:37:18.234
Don't give up.
522
00:37:18.594 --> 00:37:23.340
I've not used a conventional deodorant in, I don't even know how long.
523
00:37:25.164 --> 00:37:27.566
I know I don't have particular BO.
524
00:37:28.387 --> 00:37:29.467
Nobody's told me that I do.
525
00:37:29.628 --> 00:37:31.869
Most people are perfectly happy to stand beside me.
526
00:37:31.949 --> 00:37:34.892
So this is an easy swap and it's very high value.
527
00:37:35.232 --> 00:37:40.276
The other thing about toothpaste, even though you don't swallow it, because you might be sitting there saying, well, I don't swallow my toothpaste.
528
00:37:40.336 --> 00:37:41.557
I don't really need to worry about it.
529
00:37:41.957 --> 00:37:45.960
Don't forget that your oral mucosa absorbs really effectively.
530
00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:50.044
This is why under the tongue is actually a method of drug delivery.
531
00:37:50.484 --> 00:37:57.387
So you want to skip the triclosan, the artificial sweeteners, the dyes, and the SLS, especially if you get canker sores.
532
00:37:58.048 --> 00:37:59.488
Okay, let's get to makeup.
533
00:38:00.469 --> 00:38:04.951
Living libations, like I said before, we've got mascara, we've got blush, we've got highlighters.
534
00:38:05.451 --> 00:38:07.232
It's all very natural looking.
535
00:38:07.252 --> 00:38:10.994
The mascara, I got to tell you, is as good as any mascara out there.
536
00:38:11.074 --> 00:38:16.337
I mean, it's not going to give you the giant lashes or anything, but it is a great daily mascara.
537
00:38:17.237 --> 00:38:32.811
The other company that I found and finally settled on that I actually have on my face through 90% of the podcasts you've watched me on is a brand that I found, well, this year anyway, is a brand that I found last November at an event called Eudaimonia.
538
00:38:33.291 --> 00:38:35.993
The brand is called Crunchy, C-U-R-N-C-H-I.
539
00:38:38.195 --> 00:38:41.118
Their foundation is next level.
540
00:38:41.258 --> 00:38:48.586
It's as good as any foundation I've ever bought that was commercial foundation, like conventional stuff, right?
541
00:38:48.806 --> 00:38:50.127
They've got the tints right.
542
00:38:50.287 --> 00:38:52.429
They've got the texture right.
543
00:38:52.630 --> 00:38:54.131
Everything's phenomenal.
544
00:38:54.712 --> 00:38:59.597
It's just like any other foundation, only it's not delivering a bunch of junk to my skin.
545
00:39:00.157 --> 00:39:01.677
They also have amazing blush.
546
00:39:02.078 --> 00:39:05.758
They have fantastic lipstick that is again, non-toxic.
547
00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:11.620
I don't believe, at least last time I looked, they didn't have eyeshadow yet, but they hit my foundations, right?
548
00:39:11.680 --> 00:39:12.780
This is the big problem.
549
00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:14.061
Foundation's the biggest problem.
550
00:39:14.121 --> 00:39:19.722
So this is where the polyparabens, the propylparabens on my toxin panel came from.
551
00:39:19.742 --> 00:39:23.123
It was not the crunchy, but it was the old foundation that I was using.
552
00:39:23.143 --> 00:39:27.184
That was probably like, I don't know, some Chanel or Christian Dior or whatever, but
553
00:39:27.764 --> 00:39:32.348
Not that I'm targeting them, but whatever brand you're buying conventionally.
554
00:39:32.808 --> 00:39:35.330
So it is literally the hardest product to clean up.
555
00:39:35.530 --> 00:39:37.092
Foundation needs pigment.
556
00:39:37.212 --> 00:39:37.992
It needs coverage.
557
00:39:38.012 --> 00:39:40.374
It needs spreadability and 12-hour wear.
558
00:39:40.935 --> 00:39:46.219
And that is usually achieved with silicons, with parabens, chemical UV filters, and fragrance.
559
00:39:46.839 --> 00:39:47.100
So-
560
00:39:48.896 --> 00:39:56.902
Back to crunchy, they genuinely make a clean foundation that performs plus blush, lipstick, bronzer, primer, mascara.
561
00:39:57.042 --> 00:39:58.563
And actually, they do have eyeshadow.
562
00:39:58.583 --> 00:40:00.264
Sorry, I slipped on that one.
563
00:40:01.044 --> 00:40:01.585
And guess what?
564
00:40:02.585 --> 00:40:18.994
If we check them out on EWG, 54 crunchy products on Skin Deep and the brand is EWG verified across the line, including Beautifully Flawless Foundation, their Checkmate Liquid Bletch, which I use quite a lot, the Everlux Lips Crayon.
565
00:40:19.174 --> 00:40:21.055
I think I have one on my desk here somewhere.
566
00:40:21.575 --> 00:40:24.697
The Smart Primer, the Sunlight Tinted SPF 30.
567
00:40:25.157 --> 00:40:26.738
All their stuff is verified.
568
00:40:26.858 --> 00:40:27.378
It's amazing.
569
00:40:27.959 --> 00:40:30.260
There's also another brand that is...
570
00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:34.523
vegan, if that matters to you, called Leaping Bunny, and that's made in the US.
571
00:40:35.123 --> 00:40:43.569
But I would say that Crunchy for me is the one brand I would point people to if they said, I just want to fix my foundation and I don't want to think about it anymore.
572
00:40:44.110 --> 00:40:44.390
So...
573
00:40:45.312 --> 00:40:45.832
crunchy.
574
00:40:46.773 --> 00:40:47.474
I can't say enough.
575
00:40:48.134 --> 00:40:50.055
I might have a code for you guys.
576
00:40:50.195 --> 00:40:54.859
I was recording this and I'm like, I think they sent me a code last year, but I'll check it out.
577
00:40:54.999 --> 00:40:56.880
If I have a code, it'll be in the show notes.
578
00:40:57.520 --> 00:41:00.683
But even if I don't, I'm telling you, great brand.
579
00:41:01.383 --> 00:41:06.604
Going back to the Living Libations makeup, what they have, they have mascara, blush, and highlighters.
580
00:41:07.605 --> 00:41:10.485
Same oil and mineral philosophy as their skincare.
581
00:41:10.685 --> 00:41:12.686
And again, they are not on the WG.
582
00:41:13.146 --> 00:41:14.106
Just read the label.
583
00:41:14.126 --> 00:41:15.747
You'll see their stuff is fantastic.
584
00:41:16.307 --> 00:41:20.248
For sunscreen, there's a brand called Third Rock.
585
00:41:21.256 --> 00:41:23.278
They have one of the best sunscreens.
586
00:41:23.378 --> 00:41:25.760
Actually, Living Libations has a great sunscreen as well.
587
00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:30.704
It's a mineral screen and Third Rock as well, how it makes a really nice sunscreen.
588
00:41:30.744 --> 00:41:38.130
So both these brands have very good sunscreen that doesn't have a lot of the chemicals that people scream about being worse for you than the sun.
589
00:41:39.131 --> 00:41:41.413
I'm a middle of the road sun person.
590
00:41:41.613 --> 00:41:44.395
I think that some sun is good, too much sun is bad.
591
00:41:44.856 --> 00:41:49.279
Therefore we need sunscreen at some times when we're gonna be out in the sun for a long period of time.
592
00:41:50.040 --> 00:41:50.360
Okay.
593
00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:53.102
So how do we prioritize makeup?
594
00:41:54.043 --> 00:41:58.707
For me, it's about the foundation, the tinted moisturizers and the lipsticks first, right?
595
00:41:59.067 --> 00:42:00.848
Lipstick, you're literally eating it all day.
596
00:42:01.469 --> 00:42:03.751
Next up is mascara and eyeliner.
597
00:42:03.851 --> 00:42:05.612
This is near your mucus membranes.
598
00:42:06.333 --> 00:42:08.434
Also don't forget to throw them out every three months.
599
00:42:08.654 --> 00:42:11.296
And then powders and blush.
600
00:42:11.336 --> 00:42:12.938
If you can't go that far, you can't go that far.
601
00:42:13.238 --> 00:42:16.320
They're a little lower priority, but that would be my suggestion.
602
00:42:16.581 --> 00:42:16.821
Okay.
603
00:42:17.521 --> 00:42:19.303
So I want to finish up
604
00:42:20.504 --> 00:42:26.486
If you only do four things, if there's only four things you do from this podcast episode, here's what you're going to do.
605
00:42:26.747 --> 00:42:29.428
Number one, go fragrance free in the laundry room.
606
00:42:29.668 --> 00:42:30.008
All right?
607
00:42:30.548 --> 00:42:32.529
Detergent, ditch the dryer sheets.
608
00:42:32.729 --> 00:42:38.771
This is the highest impact, cheapest, and it affects every hour of your day and everyone in your household.
609
00:42:39.352 --> 00:42:41.192
Number two, swap your deodorant.
610
00:42:41.793 --> 00:42:44.354
Daily thin skin right by the lymph nodes, guys.
611
00:42:44.774 --> 00:42:46.054
Just give it three weeks.
612
00:42:46.214 --> 00:42:47.235
Your body will adjust.
613
00:42:48.330 --> 00:42:51.192
The Living Libations deodorants are phenomenal.
614
00:42:51.412 --> 00:42:52.973
I promise you, you will never go back.
615
00:42:53.613 --> 00:42:57.735
Number three, swap your foundation if you wear foundation every day and your lipstick.
616
00:42:58.396 --> 00:43:04.599
That thing on your face for 12 hours a day, and I would say crunchy if you want a one-stop answer, you're going to find everything there.
617
00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:09.262
But also Living Libations has a couple of great products in this category as well.
618
00:43:09.782 --> 00:43:14.124
Number four, cut the cleaning cupboard down to one or two products if you can.
619
00:43:14.744 --> 00:43:17.025
A multi-purpose paste like Universal Stone.
620
00:43:17.325 --> 00:43:19.486
Again, I have no affiliation with them.
621
00:43:19.646 --> 00:43:21.627
I don't get anything from mentioning them.
622
00:43:21.967 --> 00:43:24.428
I just think it's one of the best products I've ever used.
623
00:43:24.929 --> 00:43:31.471
A good bottle of white vinegar, some baking soda, a good microfiber scrubby thing, and you're good to go.
624
00:43:32.072 --> 00:43:33.812
And of course, open a window when you clean.
625
00:43:33.973 --> 00:43:38.955
So again, like I said at the beginning, I'm not expecting you to run out and throw everything you own away.
626
00:43:39.815 --> 00:43:43.418
Just as things run out, replace your shampoo and body wash.
627
00:43:43.759 --> 00:43:46.721
Living Libations has some fantastic options in this area.
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Replace your moisturizer.
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Again, Living Libations, amazing for very clean, but you guys also know that I love Vitaly and I love Young Goose.
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So body moisturizer, sunscreens, look for mineral sunscreens, Living Libations, Third Rock,
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have really great options, toothpaste and kids products.
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So use them up, replace them.
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You don't need to purge your bathroom.
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Although if it was me and my kids were using like some bad toothpaste, I would swap it out for something better.
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Again, like I said, Living Libations has some really great options there.
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Now, while you're at it,
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Support your liver.
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I'm not telling you to do a detox.
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Just remember that those pathways that your liver uses to get rid of these things need protein.
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They need B vitamins, magnesium.
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You want to eat cruciferous vegetables and or take a sulforaphane supplement, take a
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Broccoli comes to mind.
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We did a podcast not too long ago.
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Great product.
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You want to eat colorful plants.
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You want to hydrate.
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And most important, you want to be having regular bowel movements because that's what the liver packages up.
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That's how it leaves.
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So lower the inputs and support the output.
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I'm going to give you two of my pro tips for helping out the liver.
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One is deliverance.
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This is a tincture that comes in single shots.
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It's 17 herbs and spices fermented.
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It is the best liver support I've ever come across.
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It's fully natural.
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It is amazing.
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We'll put the number of the episode in the show notes that I did with the owner, Siggy, last year.
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unbelievable product.
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Also, Tutka.
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And if you want to go with a supplement because you don't want to drink something every day like Deliverance, you can level up health as a great liver complex that I've used for years.
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It is amazing.
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And Kyle is always reformulating.
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So level up health for their Tutka and for their ultimate liver complex and or Deliverance.
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Just to close this up,
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Remember that your body is designed to handle a toxic world.
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So I'm not telling you that your body can't handle any of this stuff on its own.
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We're not trying to live in a bubble, but we are choosing not to make the job harder than it needs to be for our system.
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Every fragrance-free bottle is one fewer thing in the queue, and that's the whole idea.
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Go after the low-hanging fruit, pick a couple, and you're good.
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Now, if you think this is useful, make sure to share the episode with a friend who still uses dryer sheets.
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We will link to the products and to EWG in the show notes.
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And if you've run Toxin Panel and found something surprising, let me know.
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I'd love to hear about it.
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Thank you so much for being here with me today.
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I really appreciate your time and your attention.
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And let's make our world a little cleaner with as little effort as possible.
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See you soon.
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Hey folks, just a quick reminder that all of the information presented in this podcast is a great way to get started.
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is for information purposes only.
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No medical advice, no diagnosing, no treatments suggested here.
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Before you try anything that you hear about or learn about here, make sure that you check with your medical provider.
