The Importance of Toxic Free Living

How are you feeling? Yeah, YOU. How are you feeling?

Are you a bit sluggish with low energy? How about stressed and burned-out? Or maybe even experiencing a bit of brain fog?

These are all effects of toxin buildup within our bodies just to name a few. And these are only the short-term effects. I’ll share with you what can be some long-term effects in a moment.

For right now, I want you to think about something. There are many different factors that can cause toxin buildup within us, but today I’m going to focus on toxic ingredients. Here are some statistics:

• ?The European Union has banned or restricted over 1400 ingredients.
• Health Canada has banned or restricted nearly 600 ingredients from personal-care products.
• Good ‘ole United States has banned or partially restricted ONLY approximately 30 ingredients from personal-care products.

After reading those numbers, how do you feel now? It’s quite alarming, isn’t it? Makes you question what the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is doing since they are the federal agency that oversees this.

Well to put some perspective into this, Congress has not passed any major federal laws to regulate this since 1938 after passing the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. As you can see, there is still much more regulating to be had here. This is why we can not rely on Congress and these agencies to have our health at the forefront. WE have to do that. We have to be conscious and educate ourselves and our community about the dangers of toxic ingredients and of the solutions that are available.

I mentioned some short-term effects earlier. Here are some long-term effects:

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·??????FERTILITY/REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES

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To make matters even worse, Children and People of Color are more susceptible to toxic ingredients especially pre-birth.

Please, for the sake of your life, your family, and our community, educate yourself and start taking action towards living a nontoxic lifestyle. There are many resources out there. We just must take the time to read to learn what is good for us and what is not.

Julie is a Toxic-Free Advocate and the Founder of Naturally Versatile, LLC. Her company helps women with demanding schedules by educating and providing simple solutions to achieve a balanced, less stressful life that is free of toxicity and burn-out. Follow this link for solutions and resources.