Toxin-Free Living; where do you start?

TIPS TO PRIORITIZE SWAPS 

often get the question of how to know where to swap first and when to swap something out on this toxin free journey. It can be so overwhelming not knowing where to begin, looking at everything you need to swap, the financial aspect. 

“Where do I begin?” 
“How do I afford this?” 
“Everything is toxic!?” 

This is your guide to knowing when to swap and what to swap. 

Part of knowing where to start is acknowledging that we were not made to live toxin free. 😱 
“what do you mean!? Then what’s the point of this!!” 
Now just hold on a moment…. Ill explain.. 😅🫣 

What i mean is….. since the dawn of time toxins have existed. They are everywhere and that’s part of life. Our bodies when created we so intrinsically and meticulously made that we have built in detox mechanisms to handle the small amounts of toxins that have been present around us for ages. 
Organs like your liver and kidneys, antioxidants like glutathione, and much more complexities that are part of the human body and how it functions to process toxins. 

Nature ALSO was created with built in detoxifying chemicals to help us through our diet like cilantro, chlorella, pumpkin seeds, green tea and more and these chemicals within our food help function harmoniously with the parts of our body designated to detox and process toxins. 

Now … this is a swaps post not a let’s get into the science post 😅 so there will be more info on that to come but back to swaps. 

Now that we know that toxins were never 100% gone and we’ve literally never not been around toxins nor were we meant to never have toxins ….. 

We can know that toxin free living is not about achieving the unachievable but about
 ✨minimizing exposure✨

So what does this mean? You don’t have to do it all at once. For someone who is financially struggling or on a tight budget they can’t afford to do it all at once. They can’t really afford to throw away a perfectly full dish soap to swap either (I know I’ve been there it’s what started this whole journey for me of holy naturals and the fb group) 

And guess what? You don’t need to feel bad about that. Minimizing somewhere and taking control of your health is you already taking back your toxin free living journey and making better choices. 

Now how do we implement this into how to make swaps to avoid the confusion? 

👉🏻informed choices 
Everyone has a different threshold for what they comfortable with. Arm yourself with research and understanding of the chemicals being used in the products this will help you weigh if it’s something you are ok with the short exposure to. Knowing how your body functions, weighing where you’ve already made cuts on toxins, knowing what the ingredient is, how bad it might be, and your level of exposure all factor into your level of comfortability with it. 

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👉🏻 prioritizing 
For me prioritizing meant my biggest routes of exposure & the more detrimental the effect would be. 

Here is a little mantra I came up with that about sums up my personal priority list when it came to swaps. 

✨The first things I focused on swapping; what goes IN my body. So food, medicine, what i breath in, what i drink 

✨ The next things I focused on swapping; what goes ON my body. 
This was personal care, clothes, bedding, laundry detergent. 

✨Lastly what goes AROUND my body. This is cleaning products, candles, ect. 

And I didn’t make each thing all at once. I started with food and I am still working on minimizing in my own life as I go. You can slowly make these transitions as you are able both mentally, emotionally and financially. 

And remember - you can’t be 100% toxin free. Every swap counts to a better life so when you feel demoralized and defeated by the long list of things you need to replace remember each one makes a significant impact on your health positively AND it is another step of a really long journey into the right direction 🩶