Real Food Radio Episode 023: Plastics, Pesticides, Pollution, Personal Care Products and Your Health

Welcome to Real Food Radio! This week Nicole and I discuss  plastics, pesticides, pollution, and personal care products and how they could be affecting your health. We refer to these categories as the 4 P’s and offer simple tips for making changes to minimize exposure to these toxins. 

Also discussed in Episode 23…

• Environmental estrogens & toxins
• Aim for easy swaps
• Plastic
• BPA
• Avoid heating plastic
• Swap for using glass, steel, mason jars
• Pesticides
• Organic & the dirty dozen
• Frozen produce
• Buying local & in season
• Pollution
• Toxins in scented products
• Geranium in laundry
• Personal Care Products
• Skindeep Database
• Parabens & Phthalates
• DIY products
• Antiperspirants
• Soapwalla
• Primal Pit Paste
• Milk of Magnesium
• Environmental Working Group
• Beauty Counter

Disclaimer: Nothing in this podcast should be taken as medical advice.

Useful Links…

Body  Composition testing at Boston Functional Nutrition 
Body Composition testing at Whole Health RD
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Boston Functional Nutrition on Facebook
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