100 Ways to Detox Your Toxic Home, Family & Life

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We live in an incredibly toxic world. It seems no matter what you do, you cannot avoid exposure to harmful chemicals, compounds, and nano-toxins in your food, water, and the very air you breathe. It’s everything you own too. Numerous studies link these agents to cancer, Alzheimer’s, learning disabilities, miscarriage and a host of other illnesses, conditions, and complications. (Note that this article contains my affiliate links for products.) Let’s face it – we all live in a toxic home!

Scientists once thought babies were protected by the placenta but now research has found that’s not the case. A 2005 study done by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) in collaboration with Commonweal found “an average of 200 industrial chemicals and pollutants in umbilical cord blood,” and a total of 287 chemicals in the 10 babies tested. That’s scary! But there IS a solution…

There are ways to safeguard your family from these threats. Here are 100 ways to detox your life, your home, and your family:

DETOX YOUR KITCHEN

Stop eating canned food
Avoid MSG
Don’t eat foods with artificial food coloring or preservatives
Buy nontoxic products for your home and personal/beauty care. I have recommendations for you!
Eat certified organic whenever possible. Here are some of the most frugal choices for eating organic.
Avoid GMO food. Check out my frugal tips resource page.
Eat Project Non-GMO Verified if not
Eat the Clean 15 produce choices if not
Avoid everything on the Dirty Dozen produce list
Eat whole food
Quit eating fast food
Avoid processed foods altogether
Don’t eat too much sugar
Do eat some iodized salt
Don’t eat unlimited amounts of food with soy as it can impact your estrogen levels
If you must eat soy, only use organic
Avoid canola and vegetable oils
Carefully choose unadulterated olive oil
Don’t eat synthetic sugar substitutes like Equal or Sweet & Low
Don’t drink water from plastic bottles that are hot
Don’t refill water in plastic bottles
Replace plastic containers with Pyrex or Peva
Don’t microwave food or drink
Do reheat or melt food by putting in an oven-safe glass container and warming up your oven
Buy a small stovetop pot to warm up your coffee
Use a glass kettle
Don’t use paper plates and cups coated with chemicals (most are)
Don’t use a Keurig
Use stainless steel or bamboo utensils or food-grade silicone
Don’t use Teflon and nonstick cookware
Use nontoxic cookware made with lead-free glass, cast iron or ceramics.
Don’t use a traditional crockpot.
Do use an Instant Pot or Vitaclay ceramic crockpot
Avoid antibiotics if possible. If not, be sure to balance your gut while on and when you get off as they destroy healthy gut flora.
Don’t drink unfiltered or undistilled tap water
Do use a water purifier that can detox heavy metals, prescription drugs, and fluoride
Use EWG’s seafood guide before eating or purchasing fish Eat fish sparingly to avoid mercury and other toxic buildups
Avoid shellfish and tilapia
Avoid fake food (i.e., fake crab)
Do a diet that aids your gut, like GAPS
If you can’t get all your health and nutrition needs met from food, be sure to take a high-quality, no-additive supplement that’s right for you

NON-TOXIC PERSONAL CARE

Avoid fluoridated toothpaste
Regularly bathe with Epsom salt to detox
Don’t use hair color products that contain resorcinol or PPD
Do use natural hair color products like Henna or Hairprint
Don’t get conned by “pinkwashing”
Don’t use deodorants with aluminum
Don’t use products with undisclosed fragrance/scent ingredients
Don’t use sunscreen products that are unsafe (i.e., oxybenzone, nanoparticles)
Avoid chlorine when possible
If you do swim in chlorine, shower off the chlorine immediately
Don’t get amalgams, which are still mostly toxic. And remove those old mercury-releasing ones you do have!
Use non-toxic products: skincare, bath care, cleaners and more! (Ask me how to get 30% discount from pure haven!!)
Only go to the doctor when you need to (broken arm, need surgery, mysterious ailment)
Avoid mammograms
Get thermograms instead
And do regular, monthly, palpating checks on your own breasts and annually with your doctor
Dry brush your skin
Never get nitrous oxide at the dentist
Avoid root canals, or if you get one, make sure they get the whole root
Use oil pulling if allowed
Get on a regular probiotic
Detox your system (tons of options, depending on your budget!)
Remake your first aid kid with natural remedies
Do high impacts workout a few times a week
Ditch or reduce your alcohol consumption (it wrecks the effectiveness of your workout!)

DETOX YOUR TOXIC HOME

One of the basic items in a toxic home are those very things you use to keep it clean. But there are other problems too!

Never buy toxic laundry detergents that contain brighteners or lasting scents, which stick to your skin for days
Don’t use Roundup on your lawn
Use OMRI certified products on your lawns and gardens
Don’t use green-washed products (i.e., products that are marketed as “clean” or “non-toxic” that really aren’t.)
Do use essential oils to scent your home but have a basic education on how
Use a blue light filter on all your screens
Turn off your Wifi every night
Buy devices that reduce exposure to Wifi from your gadgets, computers, and smart meter
Make easy DIY products for cleaning
Ditch parabens, phthalates and other endocrine disruptors in all your products

MENTAL & EMOTIONAL DETOX

It’s not just the stuff. A toxic home can be a symptom of a mind filled with stress and negativity. You can – and should! – detox that too.

Take time to reduce your level of overwhelm
Pray or meditate daily. Don’t feel like He’s listening? Read how to hear from God.
Read the bible
Give cheerfully to those around you
Avoid negativity
Plan to get 7 hours of sleep per night
Disassociate from negative people
Turn OFF the news
Take a break from social media
Take a full day break from tech
Write a daily list of things you’re grateful for
Tell a friend how much you care about them
Get into nature
Place images of the great outdoors around your desk
Get 15 minutes of sunshine (without sunscreen) every day the sun is out
Think before you speak
Think even harder before you hit “send” or “enter”
Find time for “play” in your life
Go on a date that’s outside of your routine
Rekindle the romance with a surprise for your partner
Resume the lost art of kissing
Pet an animal
Have “me” time every day
Spend weekly quality time with people you love

OVERWHELMED? NEVER FEAR!

Ok, so you’re looking at this list and want to throw in the towel, but don’t! You don’t have to be stressed out about doing all of this at once. There is a simple procedure to clean up your toxic home:

Pick ONE item to start. This should be something easy and affordable. For example, tossing out the plastic in your cupboard is free and replacing with Pyrex is fairly affordable. Get a quick, painless win like this on the board to start.
Prioritize what’s next. I recommend you dig into detoxing your food since that has an immediate impact. Strategize budget, food replacements, and how to transition to cooking regularly if you’re a frequent fast-food or restaurant eater.
Plan out your year. This is not an overnight or “in a month” process. It’ll take some time and doing but that’s ok! Everything you eliminate will make your body healthier.
Look out for detox symptoms. As you clean out your system, you may have reactions, like a cold/flu symptoms, rash, emotional or behavioral struggles. This is a good thing! I recommend you look into homeopathy for remedies. Boiron is one of my favorite and accessible companies for products!
Budget wisely. Some things are just costly. For example, there are affordable ways to partially detox your water but for best results, you need to look into a Berkey and a whole-home filter that removes metals, fluoride and more.