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Halloween candy doesn’t have to be toxic, we hav

Halloween candy doesn’t have to be toxic, we have safer alternatives!

Here’s why I don’t allow my child to eat candy with:

🤢Artificial Dyes:
❌Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6 require warning labels in the EU for their toxicity — all are linked to hyperactivity and adhd-like behaviors.
❌Blue 1 is linked to increased risk for kidney tumors, and increased incidence of depression and anxiety behaviors.
Artificial colors disrupt our immune systems.
❌Caramel color is made from ammonia and is carcinogenic.

🤢Artificial flavors are also derived from petroleum, and can contain any number of toxic solvents, carcinogens and undisclosed ingredients that get us addicted to food.

🤢 Titanium Dioxide is no longer considered safe as a food additive due to its genotoxic effects — meaning it damages DNA. It is banned for use in food in the EU.

🤢TBHQ is derived from petroleum, increases the severity of flu-like symptoms, promotes allergies to tree nuts, milk, eggs, wheat and shellfish by negatively affecting T Cells.

🤢BHA/BHT are hormone disruptors that increase risk of cancer.

🤢High Fructose Corn Syrup is made from GMO cornstarch covered in glyphosate and promotes considerable weight gain.

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Other brands that are safer, low-tox alternatives:
Yum Earth
Unreal
OCHO
Cocomels
Justin’s
Alter Eco
Heavenly Organics

Have you tried any of these brands? Are you ready to give low-tox Halloween candy a try?

Happy Halloween!
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#halloweencandy #lowtoxcandy #lowtoxhome #environmentaltoxins #hormonedisruptors #ingredientsmatter #ttcnaturally #ttcover30 #preconceptionhealth #preconceptionjourney

Grab ‘em, and do it often! Check your breasts,

Grab ‘em, and do it often!

Check your breasts, babe.

And beware of the environmental toxicants that are linked to higher risk of breast cancer:

❌hormonal birth control
pmid: 30283254
❌aluminum (esp. in deodorant)
pmid: 16045991
❌ Alcohol
pmid: 27130687
❌BPA
pmid: 37414130
❌ Pesticides
pmid: 32668751
❌Phthalates
pmid: 30995175
❌ Parabens
pmid: 37409182
❌PFAS
pmid: 34293563

There are more endocrine disrupting chemicals suspected to have an impact on the development of breast cancer, but research on women for women is embarrassingly lacking.

Avoiding EDC’s as much as possible is the smartest thing you can do.

Get your breasts checked — I had my first mammogram yesterday, and will talk more about it when my results come back.

And stay tuned for another post on “PINKWASHING” because October is a big one for this marketing tactic.

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#lowtoxliving #environmentaltoxins #hormonedisruptors #ingredientsmatter #readlabels #ttcover30 #preconceptionhealth #lowtoxdatabase #breastcanceravoidance

Did you know that we eat ingredients that are bann

Hindsight is 20/20 and I’m not beating myself up

When you want to get pregnant, your preconception

When you want to get pregnant, your preconception phase (the 3-12 months before you conceive) is a perfect time to avoid these 5 classes of chemicals:

❌BPA and BPS, BPF
❌Pesticides
❌Flame Retardants
❌Phthalates
❌Dioxins

And as a *bonus, PFAS should definitely be avoided once you do get pregnant and after baby arrives.

Which is why I’ve outlined these specific swaps for you — you can minimize your exposure to these chemicals with these swaps.

As promised here are 5️⃣ more meaningful low-tox swaps you can make to improve fertility (and baby’s health):

❌ Candles ➡️ pure essential oil diffusers
❌ Coffee ➡️ organic coffee tested for mold/ heavy metals (or switch to organic, triple-screened matcha tea)
❌ Tap water (or your Brita filter) ➡️ RO filter or high quality carbon filter
❌ Cocktails ➡️ Mocktails
❌ Plastic food storage containers ➡️ glass food storage

I know it seems like a lot, but your preconception phase is the perfect time to take your time making these swaps.

My preconception phase 1:1, 3 Month program, PREPARE helps you tackle all of these swaps with specific products and brands, improve your egg quality, improve your metabolic health, and teaches you how to tune into your circadian and infradian rhythms.

You can apply to work with me by commenting or DM-ing me the word PREPARE, and I’ll send you the link to the application.
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#lowtoxicliving #lowtoxconsultant #ttcnaturally #ttcover30 #preconceptionhealth #spermhealth #miscarriages #healthyeggs #endocrinedisruptors #bpa #phthalates

Pay attention to some of the news, some of the tim

Pay attention to some of the news, some of the time.

You need to know what’s going on, you need to be part of an informed electorate, because not paying attention has gotten us to this really TOXIC point in time.

They took away our reproductive freedom, and access to birth control is next.

You absolutely can have balanced hormones, a healthy baby and live a thriving low-tox lifestyle AND still watch/read the news.

Amazing how we women can walk and chew gum at the same time, right?

But so many of these covertly conservative wellness accounts doing the bidding of the right-wing have now moved on to telling their followers that watching the news is keeping them from conceiving…

And right before an election cycle too 🤔

Gee, I wonder why?!

Have you noticed this newest push?

What are your thoughts?
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#lowtoxlifestyle #wellnesstorightwingpipeline #ttcnaturally #ttcover30 #preconceptionhealth #informedconsent #lowtoxconsultant #birthcontrolproblems

Hormonal birth control and women’s bodies are po

Hormonal birth control and women’s bodies are politicized, and this is as unfortunate as it is sickening and infuriating.

“The pill” revolutionized women’s reproductive freedom while also advancing the women’s movement

AND

it affects women’s bodies and hormones in ways that are harming them, and most us don’t even know it…

Because our doctors aren’t telling us — they aren’t giving us the opportunity for informed consent, and far too many pill users are gambling with their health for reasons that have nothing to do with preventing pregnancy.

“The pill” is a simple and quick fix inside your doctors office. It’s touted as the end-all-be-all for “solving” women’s problems, but hormonal birth control solves nothing — except not getting pregnant…

Because you don’t ovulate. Not ovulating is linked with a lowered risk for ovarian cancer, a good thing, but taking hormonal birth control is also linked to:

❌ increased breast, cervical, and liver cancers
❌increased risk of blood clots
❌lowers cortisol, testosterone and DHEA and bone density
❌inflammation of the bowel and bowel disease like Crohn’s
❌increased thyroid hormone binding globulin so you feel less energized, struggle to maintain a healthy weight, lose hair
❌lowers sexual desire by inhibiting testosterone
❌lowered ability to orgasm

We cannot move forward with women’s health and autonomy without being willing to confront the facts about the pill.

Conservatives know, based on research presented in 2012, that fertile partnered women tend to lean conservative on the political spectrum which could be why they are so interested in convincing women to get married and stay pregnant.

The pill shouldn’t be political but pretending that it isn’t serves no one.

(statistics from slide 7 sourced from a 2011 study by Guttmacher https://www.guttmacher.org/news-release/2011/many-american-women-use-birth-control-pills-noncontraceptive-reasons )
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#lowtoxliving #wellnessconsultant
#hormoneimbalances #ttcnaturally #ttcover30
#preconceptionhealth #preconceptionjourney #birthcontrolproblems #birthcontrolsideeffects #politicizingthepill #wellnesstorightwingpipeline

I know it seems strange to think that what you eat

I know it seems strange to think that what you eat for breakfast will impact your hormones, but stay with me.

2 years ago I was waking up, toasting a delicious organic bagel, slathering on organic cream cheese, proud of myself for prioritizing breakfast…

and then around 10 am crashing hard: feeling jittery, sweaty, like I might pass out, anxious and snapping at my toddler.

I was confused by what was happening. I was eating, not skipping breakfast. Why was I feeling like shit?

Turns out all those carbs, with no protein was spiking my glucose and insulin response, raising my cortisol levels and imbalancing all of my other hormones.

Protein, at least 25-30 grams, for breakfast, with some carbs, fiber and healthy fat (BEFORE coffee) will ensure that your blood sugar stays balanced.

This has downstream effects on your other hormones, even estrogen, progesterone and testosterone.

Prioritizing protein in morning 30-60 minutes after waking up, before you drink your coffee, before you workout, and before you stare at your phone screen is the first, best thing you can do for your hormone health.

Crazy, but it’s true.

And doable.

Eat the bagel, but only if there are a several slices of smoked salmon or ham on top too.

What do you eat for breakfast? Do you even eat breakfast? Tell me in the comments.

#lowtoxliving #wellnessconsultant
#bloodsugarcontrol #hormoneimbalances#ttcnaturally #ttcover30
#proteinforbreakfast #preconceptionhealth #preconceptionjourney

They also increase the time it takes for you to ge

They also increase the time it takes for you to get pregnant!

The majority of women don’t know that there are chemicals that disrupt their hormones, negatively impact their partner’s sperm, and have an adverse impact on their ability to get pregnant and stay pregnant.

Why?

Well, industry.

Industries like Big Beauty and Big Oil (and Big AG) benefit from using cheap, man-made chemicals in the products they sell us.

And unfortunately in the US, unlike the EU, regulations and protecting consumers takes a back-seat to the amount of money these industries generate for their shareholders.

The EU (European Union) isn’t perfect, by any means, but they definitely take the research we have on these highly toxic chemicals to enact regulations that safeguard their consumers far better than the US does.

So what 5 classes of chemicals are making it harder for you and other women to get pregnant and stay pregnant?

☣️BPA and its substitutes (BPS and BPF, etc)
☣️Flame Retardants
☣️Pesticides
☣️Dioxins (by-products of petroleum-based manufacturing)
☣️Phthalates

You can avoid these classes of chemicals, or at least significantly reduce your exposure to them when you know where, and in what products, they hide.

I’ve talked about those hiding places in earlier posts, and educate about how to avoid them in my 3 Month, 1:1 Preconception Health program, Prepare.

Your preconception phase is the right time to lower your toxic burden, improve your egg (and partner’s sperm) health, and prepare your body for the marathon of TTC and being pregnant.

I waited until I was pregnant to avoid the chemicals I knew could be harmful, I also waited until I was pregnant to clean up my health, and that was a mistake.

My pregnancy was hard, and my daughter was born with a toxic burden she didn’t deserve.

Don’t wait until you’re pregnant to prepare for pregnancy. Begin 3-12 months before you start trying, in your PRECONCEPTION phase

You can comment or DM me the word FREE for a free guide, or PREPARE for my 3 Month preconception program application — I’ll send you the link you need.

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