No doubt you’ve been taught to keep a spotless kitchen, bathroom and to always wash your hands with antimicrobial soap.  Unfortunately, an ingredient called MIT (methylisothiazolinone) in these antimicrobial soaps and other personal care products can cause nervous system damage.  This ingredient impacts those that are immune system compromised particularly hard.

Creating a sterile environment in your home is a myth.  With conveniences come toxic chemicals in almost everything you use.  Even though you’re aware of toxic cleaning products, pesticides sprayed on most fruits and vegetables, tap water containing chlorine and flouride, packaged foods that have artificial additives and preservatives, polyester sheets, particle board cabinets that reek of formaldehyde, outgassing foam pillows, to plush carpets that are a potpourri of chemicals, it’s difficult to imagine not having everything new and modern.

It all comes with a high price to your health.  Genetically modified foods (just about all of your wheat and corn products are now modified), artificial sweeteners such as Splenda, msg (monosodium glutamate), as well as hormones in dairy products have all contributed to a rise in allergies.  The UCB Institute of Allergy has reported that more than ten percent of Europeans suffer from food allergies and about as many in the United States.

Weight gain, particularly in women, has been on the rise despite no fat, low fat and multitudes of different kinds of diet programs.  Researchers suggest the root cause is that your body is overloaded and poisoned by chemicals.  It is widely known that insecticides and herbicides known as carbamates used to grow your foods, cosmetic and medicinal ingredients, are also used to fatten livestock.  This is disheartening news for those trying to live slim, younger and age slower, but not to worry.

The answer may lighten your pocketbook but will have positive and lasting effects.  Clear your cupboards and bathrooms of these chemical laden products and replace them with certified organic.  Look for the “certified” logo to make sure you get a product that comes from companies who are passionate about reducing chemicals and toxins.

Organic farmers are especially persistent about promoting healthy topsoil that produces higher vitamin and mineral fruit or vegetable crops.  Your decision to accept nothing less than chemical free foods, personal products, and minimizing toxins in your home environment will either benefit or burden generations to come.   Taking this different road leads you to living younger longer.

Have a fun and successful day,

Vida

This is a question worth pondering.  Public Water supplies contain contaminants ranging from agricultural runoff to improper use of chemicals from households.  Pollution, industry and farming chemicals are the biggest sources of these contaminants.

Chlorine and flouride are both added to most public water to kill disease-causing bacteria in the water or in transport pipes.  This good intentioned act comes with its own price.  Chlorine reacts with other naturally occurring elements and forms toxins called trihalomethanes.

Trihalomethanes are sources for a wide range of disease ranging from asthma, eczema, heart disease to bladder cancer.  Some states are beginning to use ozone to purify water because of lowered side effect risk.

Many countries now are eliminating the use of flouride, for what was thought at one time as a prevention for cavities, because of side effects and toxicity.

Skin ages from both inside and outside.  Internal factors include overall health, nutrition, toxins, water content, genetics and hormonal balance.  External factors include sun and pollution.

Pure water is one of the basics to any anti-aging program.  Contaminants and chlorine in your water will contribute to aging because water is the main factor to remove internal body toxins.  If your are ingesting chemicals in your water, then cleansing becomes a challenge because you are replacing chemicals, not removing them.

Maintaining proper hydration, whether by drinking water cleaned by distillation, reverse osmosis, or ozonation, is essential for healthy and glowing skin.  Your body can remove internal body toxins easily and provide proper cellular hydration if you provide it with plenty of pure water.

Don’t expect to “look good” if your body is full of toxins.  After all, living young is all about eliminating as many toxins and chemicals in your indoor air, water, food, cosmetics and toiletries as possible.  Once you’re on a program of avoiding those pollutants, your body will thank you by looking and feeling your very best.

Have a fun and successful day,

Vida