Clean Living Tips For Natural Moms
For all the mothers and mothers-to-be who are interested in clean living we want to celebrate you. Your curiosity to protect your loved ones through health at home shows how much you care. Whether it’s through food choices, homesteading, or conscious consumerism there are several key ways to reduce exposures to toxicants and protect your family starting today.
What Toxicants To Avoid
At Artisan Home Health we focus on reducing 3 main categories of toxicants: chemicals, heavy metals, and EMFs. To better understand what these cover you can think of chemicals as things like phthalates or PFAS, heavy metals such as lead or cadmium, and EMF’s as radiation from our wired and wireless devices. In using these categories as a map we can reduce our exposure through all that we do, consume, and buy. In other words, we can keep a pulse on our food choices, the items we bring into our home, and our lifestyle habits-all to optimize the health of our home. For all the natural moms looking to create a nontoxic home, here are 3 tips to get you started.
Avoiding Artificial Dyes
Artificial dyes can be found in many of the staple items we bring into our homes. You can find them labeled as FD&C Blue or Green or Red or Yellow followed by a number. These are chemicals derived from petroleum or crude oil and they can cause behavioral issues in children, inflammation, DNA damage, and more. Here are 2 key ways to avoid them.
Natural Foods: choose whole foods or foods that are colored with things like tumeric or fruit juice instead. And opt for brands such as Annie’s who have this higher standard in all their products.
Natural Medicine Cabinet: start to stock your pantry with dye-free cold medicine and immune support such as Beekeepers’ Naturals. If you have a local apothecary or you grow your own herbs the options are limitless for avoiding artificial dyes.
Avoiding Heavy Metals In Food
Talking about heavy metal is a big and nuanced topic. But the top heavy metals to be aware of are: lead, cadmium, arsenic, and mercury. And although they are found in many areas of our lives, food is the most impactful place to start. Here are 3 key ways to reduce your exposure:
Cook more home cooked meals and choose less packaged foods since the older equipment in producing them can contribute to higher amounts of lead and cadmium.
Buy organic when able as this reduces exposure to pesticides like round up (glyphosate). This is especially important for our kids favorite staples, apples and apple sauce, since these tend to be higher in arsenic when bought conventional.
When enjoying seafood such as tunafish keep the “fish picks list” in mind to keep mercury exposure at a minimum.
Reducing EMF’s From Wireless Devices
When it comes to EMFs there are many ways to reduce exposure. Here are 3 easy steps to try:
Turn devices off or on airplane mode when not in use.
Remember that “distance is your friend”. When there are a few feet between your body and a device this drastically reduces exposure.
And last, let’s support companies that prioritize the health and safety of our little ones. Bebcare is a company that offers the lowest EMF monitors on the market-so we can still have convenience and routine, but minimize radiation exposure.
