What's that smell? If you have scented candles or appliances in your home, flowery shampoo or fragrant laundry, and you don't want to mess up your kids' hormones, this is really important. When I asked environmental toxins expert Lara Adler what one simple step parents should take to begin cutting toxins out of their home, she answered "focus on fragrances" without hesitation. She explained that the word "fragrance" is seriously unregulated and often contains phthalates, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and we should cut any of those smelly things out of our lives. Literally 10 minutes after finishing that interview, I was nearly knocked over by the artificial scent in my daughter's classroom at parent-teacher conferences, and I was so unsettled by it affecting all those pre-pubescent children that I ended up sending the teacher a 2-minute video cut out from this longer one. She was open to learning and immediately said she'd ditch the fragrances in the room! I felt so great about that, I sent it to some of my son's teachers in the middle school, because apparently they had scented candles in the classroom too. So happy the science teacher was open to change as well! It's really that important, and as Lara says, "Small Changes can lead to BIG Impacts." Here are some of the small changes you can learn about in today's interview: * Why "everything in moderation" does not belong in our language, even though we appreciate the baby steps. * How our body is like a rowboat with a leak in it, a great visual for total "body burden."* Practical ways to reduce our body burden AND fix that leak through detox! * What one change can reduce body burden in that category by 85% in just 3 days!* Yep, we can't protect our kids from everything - why our bodies were made to handle some junk and how to deal with it best.* The 6 detox organs and how to optimize each one. * A message of hope: "Let's change the things that we can control so we can worry less about the things we can't."Learn more from Lara here in her basic intro class to non-toxic living: https://www.kitchenstewardship.com/NonToxicLivingLara Adler is a Certified Holistic Health Coach and Environmental Toxins Expert who has become a go-to for health practitioners who feel like they can't possibly research everything, but know their patients need to learn how to live a more low-tox lifestyle. She's worked with 1000s of practitioners in over 24 countries to help them understand the links between the chemicals we're exposed to in daily life and chronic health conditions none of us want to endure.Her 3 guiding principles are a perfect fit for our baby steps and grace -1. Keep it simple and actionable (Small Changes can lead to BIG Impacts) 2. Focus on the positive (there's always something we can't do anything about - let's talk about what we can), and 3. Sound, not sensational (it's all about research and no scare tactics). She loves Matcha, both the drink and her cat.Ready to take baby steps to a healthier life? Get all the practical tips, recipes and research at www.kitchenstewardship.comFind all the Kids Cook Real Food Healthy Parenting Connector interviews at https://youtu.be/GVRq0m-Ehe4Visit the Kids Cook Real Food eCourse and see how we teach kids to cook healthy food: https://kidscookrealfood.com
