If you are reading this blog, you probably know that conventional Teflon is not good for you. It's a good reason to avoid stain/water proofing in things like carpets and especially kids' clothe And you risk releasing Teflon's PFAS chemicals every time you rapidly heat or scratch (even a little bit) non-stick pans.
Toxins Testing with Ann Melin and Bridgit Danner
Ann Melin & I are your guests this week. Ann is our lead coach at WWC. In this episode we talk about some of my own test results, mold tests for the home & body, testing for chemicals in the body, heavy metal testing, and organic acids testing.
Here's what you'll hear:
Min 03:10 Tests covered at Women's Wellness Collaborative
Min 04:40 Toxicity in the body
Min 07:10 Hair mineral analysis testing
Min 11:00 Glyphosate test & urine test
Min 17:30 Water test
Min 19:10 The dust test & Marcon's test
Min 21:55 Organic acids test
Min 30:00 Serotonin
Min 34:30 Nutritional markers
Resources:
To learn more about our testing and consultation programs, check out our coaching page here.
To see some of our favorite resources for reducing your toxic load, visit Functional Detox Products.
Here's the video version of the interview with Ann Melin.
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Skin Care: Dangers and Possibilities with Denie Hiestand
Denie Hiestand is a natural health consultant, author, research expert, and former successful New Zealand dairy farmer. Denie has spent decades studying the skin and toxins/chemicals in everyday cosmetics and personal care products and identified a strong link between the high usage of chemical personal care products and the growing rates of cancers, infertility, hormone imbalances, allergies and various other modern day illnesses.
In response to his patient’s requests, Denie set about to create a completely pure and natural range of skincare products which not only contained none of the harmful additives found in the majority of commercial products, but equally importantly, contained life-giving, cell nourishing ingredients which feed and nourish the skin.
It took him eight years, many attempts and a big investment of his own money (including selling his wife's car out from under her!) to develop his skincare line, called The Cream.
Denie has a no-nonsense "New Zealand farm boy" style in his communication. His passion to prevent women from using dangerous skin care products, and his passion to formulate alternative, effective products is evident in this interview.
Here are a few things he shared about conventional skincare:
Chemicals in skin cream are designed to enter through skin
This makes them the #1 source of toxin ingestion- absorbing up to 2.6 lbs a year
99% of disease involves toxins
90% of chemicals in use are used in cosmetics
One month on commercial skincare is worse 10 years of smoking
In reproductive women, toxins are stored in the fatty acid reserves, which the fetus lives off of in the 1st trimester
In menopausal women, storage is more in the organs such as the breast
Denie's skincare line is colostrum-based. Colostrum is produced in lactating mammals the first 72 hours after giving birth.
These days colostrum is being used more a health supplement. Denie was already aware of the power of colostrum from his experience as a dairy farmer. Colostrum activates the cells, the immune system, and has "electric and zeta potential." It stimulates growth hormone.
Their colostrum is sourced from healthy, grass-fed, antibiotic-free New Zealand dairy cows. The cows produce a surplus, so collecting it is no detriment to their offspring.
Denie and his staff are extending a 20% discount plus free shipping to our listeners through June 30, 2016 with the code HEALTHYSKIN at check-out. Shop and explore at TheCream.com.
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Reducing Toxins for a Healthy Conception with Lara Adler
Lara Adler is a Certified Holistic Health Coach and an Environmental Toxins Expert, and, let me tell you something, this girl knows her toxins. Many of us know a thing or two about toxins, but Lara knows everything!
Today we talk about the influence of toxins on fertility and our growing babies. Because developing fetuses are so much more susceptible to the mal-effects of toxins, and because the effects can last a lifetime, it is important that we learn how to protect them as much as is possible.
However this episode is helpful for anyone who is curious about toxins and how to reduce them.
Tired of having that same old argument with your uncle Ron, with him saying that there is no reason to be worried about RoundUp and food coloring and the like? Now you have some ammunition!
In this episode, we'll learn:
That indoor air quality can be 50-100 times worse than outdoors
That some chemicals are neurotoxins, especially in developing baby
The chemicals are linked to PCOS (leading cause of sub-fertility)
The chemicals linked to fertility issues in men
How birth defects on boy babies are on the rise
That being pregnant detoxes chemicals out of mom and into baby
That avoiding BPA is not enough and why
And Lara's three best first steps to reduce your toxic load
To learn more about Lara, visit her site here. Lara specializes in teaching practitioners, but will be expanding her offerings to the public over time.
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