21/01/2019
So I posted up about my cleaner I was using on the weekend to clean the house which I made with baking soda, white vinegar and tea tree essential oil. You may wonder why I didn't just use spray and wipe or Jiff or Duck cleaner for the toilet or any of the other standard cleaning products that you get at your super market.... well I will tell you 5 reasons why you and I both shouldn't use them!
1.Firstly most of these contain BPA which you are probably most familiar with and even if it say BPA free it still has other toxic compounds such as phthalates which are used in fragrances and in plastics to make them more flexible, these act like estrogen in the body and trust me you don't want too much estrogen as it depletes our progesterone which is our happy, calm feel good hormone!
2. These chemicals in these cleaning products can not only mimic estrogen in the body but they can also mimic other hormones, interfere with hormone signalling so hormones no longer get to where they need to go or bind to the receptors, accumulate in organs and create their own hormones and potentially interfere with reproduction!! YIKES! .There no joke!!
3. Whatever is contained within these plastic containers leaches into the contents, let me explain that, lets take milk for example milk is housed in plastic and because milk is a fat it allows the chemicals in the plastic to leach into the milk. So anything that is a fat, hot or acidic will leach the chemicals into it so think apple cider vinegar, milk, butter in plastic,heating leftovers in plastic containers all of these substances have chemicals from the plastic leached into them ans then your ingesting them..... YIKES!!
4. if you are trying to get pregnant, are pregnant or have a little one then you should be throwing every single chemical cleaning product out and all of the run of the mill personal care products out pretty much anything from the supermarket, hair salons, etc you even have to be careful of some natural products! I say this because it has been said that no children should be exposed to these it will effect there neurological development, fertility later in life, hormones and overall development! start slow replace one container a week with glass Kmart have cheep ones, replace 1 cleaning product for a more natural one eco store is a good start, swap out Colgate for ecostore or red seal, swap out that Tresemme shampoo and conditioner for a shampoo bar from global soap
Lastly...
5. All of these chemicals have also been linked to lower s***m count which is at a scary rate at the moment! most guys will have a low s***m count and quality, asthma, immune dysfunction, cancer, reduced brain development and so many more things that I've mentioned above and haven't! If you do one thing for your health today start cleaning out the chemicals out of your house especially if you have little ones they cannot handle or tolerate as much as we can!
Happy natural cleaning π
