102: Everyday Products That Destroy Hormones

MK: There are a lot of issues associated with estrogen, with too much estrogen, especially if it's not real estrogen, but stuff that just looks like estrogen and the body gets confused. That's maybe an exception to the fragrances. If it's essential oils, true essential oils, they're fine. But most synthetic fragrances, no bueno.

Look at the, the, the piece of paper it comes with and read everything. And those are not just, you know, theoretical side effects. Those are. It's an androgen, an uh, an estrogen. It's estrogenic at the end. After that, it's an endocrine disruptor, you know, no matter how you spin it, it's terrible for your health.

And, uh, couple of questions from people on, uh, on social media. Where did you find the EMF blocking blanket? I think we answered it already in the comment, but it's from Welcome to the Shift podcast. Alright. Welcome back to part two of our non-toxic, uh, products. Episode. Um, last, uh, week, we talked about food, food storage, um, appliances, uh, clothing.

And in this episode we're gonna talk about, uh, some of the other categories that we identified as being sources of what's called endocrine disrupting. Chemicals, meaning those are chemicals that mimic the sex hormone estrogen. And that's not a good thing because that means, uh, you get sick over time. You get fat over time.

You may be infertile, have birth issues. There are a lot of issues associated with having man boobs. You don't wanna wanna have that. I like the mind the way they are. Um, there are a lot of issues associated with, with estrogen, with too much estrogen, especially if it's not real estrogen, but stuff that just looks like estrogen and the body gets confused.

So, um, personal care products, maybe let's talk about that first because that's one of the main sources I would say for most people. As far as exposure to environmental toxins is concerned, so anything from lotion, creams, deodorants, shampoo, 

Kathy: and the thing with personal care products is the fragrance as well.

MK: The fragrances, you know, the, I don't wanna call it any brain, but the Yankee candle. I mean, those are just, you get the phthalates. I mean, you, you can smell that crap that's in the air, that's all toxic. It might smell good, but it's highly toxic. 

Kathy: And here I am with my ate. 

MK: No more Yankee Candles. 

Kathy: I, we absolutely love them.

MK: We used to have you absolutely love them. 

Kathy: Mike, be honest with you. I 

MK: like the smell. 

Kathy: That was 10 years ago. So you can be honest. Yeah. You didn't know what you know now. No, I 

MK: don't. I did not know. So that's why sometimes I have those ticks. I think that's all goes back to those candles. I don't know. 

Kathy: We love them 

MK: anyway.

So there are parabens, there are phthalates, there are a ton of those endocrine disruptors that you know, you get from anything, almost anything that has a fragrance and. If you look at the label of your shampoo, if you look at the label of your deodorant, I mean the, just the, the amount of ingredients, most of which you cannot even pronounce, pronounce Mo.

And most of those are endocrine disrupting. And so no bueno. And so when we started like throwing out everything, it was a little bit of a pain in the butt because it, it, it just, I 

Kathy: don't even remember. I mean with our shampoo and the conditioner, I don't remember. I think we started with she butter. Brand.

And then from there, you know, I started reading more and more and more and now I'm using something else and I'm, I'm actually very happy with it. 

MK: Yeah. So maybe let's talk about some of the swaps that we made, um, we talked about in the last episode. You know, Castel soap is the one that I use for washing hands, washing, hair, washing, showering, everything is for me cast soap.

Kathy: Okay. Wait, is it cast bar soap? 

MK: Yes. It's from Kirk's Uhhuh. The Okay. Uhhuh. Yeah. So that's the one that I use. You have a couple of, I mean, you use this for a dish? No, we use 

Kathy: that one for the kitchen, you know, like to wash our hands. Uhhuh, it's a hard soap. 

MK: Uh, but for your hair, you use something else? 

Kathy: For my hair, I use the brand under Luna.

MK: Mm-hmm. 

Kathy: Isabella, well, our daughter and I, we absolutely love it. I'm gonna use your words. Absolutely love it. 

MK: Huh? And it's fairly, it's 

Kathy: fairly, no, it is expensive. It's fairly 

MK: expensive. 

Kathy: It is expensive. Yeah. And two women in the house with long hair. Keep working better. Uhhuh, see, 

MK: support the podcast.

Otherwise we cannot be buying our fancy. There is conditioner. 

Kathy: Yeah. There is, uh, a few brands that I, I mean, I've been trying a lot of. You know, brands out there for my hair, I use one that, um, is like a cream that is non-toxic. Um, and we have a, everything is, there's no fragrance. 

MK: Right. And we have a list that you can download.

Kathy: Exactly. Yeah. It's better with all the brands in there. Check it out and we link it down below, because I cannot remember from the top of app 

MK: download it. It has all the links to all of the brands that we discussed in this in the last episode. So I don't have to remember anything. Um, deodorants, I mean, I use pretty much tele based, um, Deon now from, uh.

What's the brand? 

Kathy: This one? No, 

MK: well that one too. Yeah, that's one of them. Marfo Care, that's That's one that actually I use. Yes. And then there was the second one. 

Kathy: I'm gonna ring the ones from Isabella, because I really like those two brands. Those are the ones that I've been using lately. So these are the brands that we use for our daughter and for me, this is a deodorant in a stick is with essential oils.

Um. Is with coconut oil, uh, some magnesium 

MK: that's maybe an exception to the fragrances. If it's essential oils, true essential oils, they're fine. But most synthetic fragrances, no bueno. 

Kathy: It, it is really good. I mean, we really like it. And, uh, what is Theran? What are those? Meow. 

MK: Meow. 

Kathy: Yeah. Oh, here. Meow, meow, meow, meow, tweet.

And I have this one in a tin can and it's like a cream. And I have to just apply with my finger. And this is the other one. This is in plastic. But Isabella has been using this one. Uh, this one we used to get it in, uh, target, 

MK: no. 

Kathy: Yeah, target had, oh, they used to have it in 

MK: in cardboard. 

Kathy: No, they still do, but I.

I don't know why we maybe didn't find it in the store that we wear, and we're like, well, you need one. And so this isn't plastic, but this one is the one that we really like. 

MK: Yeah, maybe a word on deodorants because there is an anti respit and there is a deodorant. One prevents you from smelling and the other one prevents you from sweating.

There is no natural way that is non-toxic, that prevents you from sweating. So embrace the sweat. 

Kathy: If you are a woman like me that doesn't like to feel. Wet under my owns, what I do is I use my cream and then I dab it with, um, my other Durant that is in powder. Mm-hmm. That I really like too. You used to use it too?

Uhhuh and I kind of like seal it and that combo. 

MK: Oh, it helps. 

Kathy: It's the best so far. 

MK: Yeah. I just sweat and you know, 

Kathy: well, I'm a lady. 

MK: Yeah, yeah. No, that's fine. That's fine. But you know, the other nuance, so that is, you know, depending on what you eat, if you eat right, you don't stink. 

Kathy: I don't stink, it's just I don't wanna feel the, the wet when I'm working out Yeah.

And stuff, or right now in the summer. 

MK: Yeah. But for men, you know, a deodorant prevents you from smelling, uh, but you might still sweat unless you layer up like you do. I've not done this yet, but I sweat them in, not just on my arm. It's, I sweat everywhere. Um, all right. So. Person care products From a skin care perspective, we use Yung Goose.

We have one skin and one person, uh, said, uh, on, on TikTok, I think one skin isn't non-toxic. Well, it is fairly non-toxic, and it's, it's based on my research, based on all the ingredients that I looked at. There are not of, none of a concern or not a concern whatsoever. Um, in the amounts. There is one, only one in there that, in the amount that it's in there is not a problem whatsoever.

Um. One could argue it might be better to not have this ingredient at all. I agree. Um, but, but nonetheless, we use one skin and, and Yung Gu, those are fail. If you are more like into anti-aging and, you know, senescence and stuff, those are two good products. Otherwise, I just use, you know, Telo from other folk care.

Uh, I use Telo from, um, I use lard. Um, that's a good product from, what is the name? Pharaoh, uh, is a good skincare brand that uses, uh, large. So it's pig fat, basically. That's awesome. Um, those are some of the, you can use butter. I think my grandmother used butter for the longest time and it works too. Um, 

Kathy: before one skin, what I was using, it was just making my own, uh, lotion.

I still do. For my body. It's like a body powder. Mm-hmm. And that I used to put on my face. I didn't have, for the last five years, I didn't have any routine 'cause I didn't wanna go and do the research to be honest. Right. And I'm like, you know what? This works. I'm done. But now with one skin, I've noticed in my skin improving.

And I really, um, um. Really enjoying it works. 

MK: Those things work. If you're into anti-aging, you know, one skin youngest, those are great products to make a difference in your appearance. Um, pharmaceuticals and hormones. You know, a lot of people ask, well, what are some of the, um, healthier. Types of medications, like, you know, ibuprofen or, um, what is it?

Tylenol, you know, because they're all full of dyes and crappy ingredients. And, well, the number one tip is don't get sick. You know, if you live a healthy lifestyle, you're not gonna get sick very often, and so you probably don't need it. We still have some of it at home just in case, you know, every often there is something that might need it.

And we found actually for the kids, it's a dye free acetaminophen. So basically a, a better version of Tylenol now, Tylenol or any. All of those insights, all of those non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs as they're called, like ibuprofen and Tylenol, they're all terrible for you, you know? Um, generally speaking the kid.

Kathy: Yeah. Sorry. 

MK: No, but they are, if you, if you need to use it, if you're a valid use case, this one is probably a, 

Kathy: that's what the kids get, you know, like they have to be in terrible pain to get, you know, that, you know, they're growing pain sometimes can be very, very painful. They come in the middle of the night and you're like, oh, come on.

But it is not often, you know? Right. We think back, you know, it's really not something that we give the kids usually. They know. They know. They have to sometimes have to suck it up, you know? Suck it up. 

MK: Yeah. Um. 

Kathy: Also there's a really good brand for Sore Throats is a spray. The beekeepers. Uhhuh, 

MK: yeah. And again, you can get all of the brands that we use in the downloadable pdf f so, but I wanna mention it.

Yeah, 

Kathy: like the beekeepers, Uhhuh something that, that is a brand that is all yellow uhhuh and they get the. It's like a candy uhhuh, but it's honey and 

MK: propolis and propolis. 

Kathy: And so they get the spray or those mental things. And recently I found also like, uh, but I don't, I don't like to give them that because it's sugary, you know, it doesn't really matter.

Um, it's like a lollipop, you know, when they have a sore throat. But that also, you know, is not something that I would like to give them often. Yeah. But that brand. You know the beekeepers, something, you know, secrets, isn't 

MK: it? Beekeeper Secrets or something like that? I have to bring it.

Kathy: Yeah. It's beekeepers, naturals, 

MK: beekeepers, naturals. 

Kathy: So I have the cough syrup, which is pretty full. That means that we've not given them this. I have the immune support properties. Like a throat spray. And we have the soothing, how do you say that? 

MK: Lozenges. Lozenges. Some lozenges. Oh, 

Kathy: so this is the brand that they, when they, they're sick, that's what they get.

And I also found the, probably personal care or I don't know, for, you know, for your kids. Bandaids, 

MK: bamboo bandits. 

Kathy: Bandaids. Yeah. Organic bamboo strip bandages. 

MK: Yep. For less plastic. Let's talk about, uh, feminine. Health for a little bit like cyclic tracking and, you know, you know, the birth control pill obviously is by definition endocrine and endocrine disruptor because it's, it's an estrogenic product at the end of the day.

That's absolutely. Terrible. 

Kathy: And you know what? 

MK: Huh? 

Kathy: You were lucky to marry me. 

MK: Yes. You've never been on birth control, right? Mm-hmm. Uhhuh, 

Kathy: we tried for a month or two. 

MK: Oh, that's right. No, like 

Kathy: we tried like for six months and I kept forgetting the pill. 

MK: Mm. 

Kathy: And even before that, you know, I was, you know, very careful and I, you know, just birth control was not.

Not for me. I think, uh, 

MK: no. Yes. And you know, there, this is obviously could be its own episode where we talk about the pros and cons of, of birth control. Obviously, you know, I'm not saying that you should only have sex to make a baby, you know, I mean, we don't follow that strategy either, but there are ways, reliable ways that you can do it, you know, naturally.

But you know, if, if you are healthy and if you have a a a a, um, a cycle, a consistent cycle. Then, you know, when you, in your fertile days Right. And your cyclist, I mean, within a day or two 

Kathy: Yes. 

MK: Has been on the dot, right? 

Kathy: Yep. Until recently, because maybe I'm getting older and everything is switching, but Yes.

MK: Um, 

Kathy: I think, you know, this is a, a topic that, you know, you have to do your own research. You know, like this is, this is more than just. Us talking about it because we are in a solid marriage, you know, and 

MK: yeah, yeah. There are a lot of nuances to it. Yeah. But just know that the regular birth control pill, just look at, look at the, the, the piece of paper it comes with and read everything.

And those are not just, you know, theoretical side effects. Those are, it's an androgen, an, uh, an estrogen. It's estrogenic at the end, after it's an endocrine disruptor, you know, no matter how you spin it, it's terrible for your health. And so you need to figure out Yeah, how you deal with that, uh, with that information.

And many 

Kathy: doctors recommended it. So you don't have, I, I don't know, it's something like PCOS. If you have PCOS, they send, you know, they recommend, um, doing birth control or something like that, or. Well, maybe I'm, you know, mixing things up, but I think you should do your own research. Yes. You know, like based on everything that we're Yes.

You know, is going on in your life and your menstrual cycle and everything. I use the ring, 

MK: the ultra human ring, the 

Kathy: ultra human ring, uh, is very accurate with my period, you know, when it's coming and, you know, like it tells me you're, you're in tail phase. Mm-hmm. Now your, um, skin temperature is higher.

Okay. You know, like it tracks really well. 

MK: Yeah. It obviously goes back to, you know, living a healthy lifestyle so your body works as it's supposed to and when it does, the period is predictable. You know, your fertile phase is predictable. If you're all over the place, not so much. But I would say then get that in order so you have a predictable period and then you can build on top of that.

Kathy: And I know that is hard women. I know it's hard. 

MK: I don't because I'm not a woman. 

Kathy: Exactly. So you cannot have a lot of opinion here. 

MK: Okay, last thing. EMF mitigation, not a environmental toxin per se, but it's still not good for you. Um, you know, there is again, a lot of, uh, back and forth between how bad are EMFs or are they not, you know, especially if they're not ionizing, which means they don't break molecular bonds like an x-ray, you know, is a cell phone really bad?

I think humans have had a track record of doing things that later on turn out to be terrible for our health. And EMFs, I believe are no different. We already know a lot about what EMFs do in like from cell phone towers, from wifi routers and all of those things. So the question is, do you wanna take the risk and ignore it or do you wanna try to mitigate or reduce your exposure?

I think reduction of exposure is a great way, uh, to, uh, you know, to. How do you say that To hedge your, 

Kathy: what? What are you trying to say? 

MK: What I'm trying to say is that it's a good thing, it's a good idea to reduce your exposure and your potential risk if at some point it turns out that we were again wrong, like with Labate and with nicotine, you know?

So, um, that's what we've been doing and the question is. What can you do? Because, and some people think, well, how can I block the EMFs from my cell phone? How can I block the E EMFs from your router? You cannot, because if you do, if you put the thing into a Faraday cage, which means in a metal cage where nothing, no radiation can get in and out, you basically disable the device.

It's not working anymore. If you block the EMFs from your cell phone, your cell phone is dead. Um, so you cannot block EMFs in, in many cases. You need to mitigate them, and there are many ways you can do this. 

Kathy: Stickers for your phone. There 

MK: are stickers that disperse the radiation a little bit, so it's less energy dumped into your tissue, 

Kathy: your blanket, 

MK: the blanket that we use.

But you know what's the best way to do that? Just turn off the device when you don't need it. Like at night, turn off your wifi, turn off your phone. Don't have your phone on your nights send because with EMFs, distance matters. 

Kathy: What about airplane mode? 

MK: Airplane mode. You know, if you, or you know, I have an adapter for my cell phone.

I plug it in when I'm on the desk and it uses ethernet and I can turn the phone into airplane mode, but still have connectivity. You know, there are ways on that you can, that you can do, but the best way really is the cheapest is to turn it off when not. Use and distance matters. You know, a wifi router of your neighbor is less of a problem than a wifi router in your home.

You know, you get more energy, uh, dumped into your tissue the closer you are to the source of the radiation. So, again, you know, don't worry about the cell phone tower, you know, two miles away if you have your wifi router on, on your phone, on your head when you, when you make phone calls. Um, so again. You know, we, we have separate episodes on EMFs and blog posts, so I recommend you check those out if you want to go into the details.

But what we do is turn our phone into airplane mode. Mm-hmm. 

Kathy: Use stickers on your phone, turn off the wifi that we 

MK: don't need. We have stickers on our phones. We don't use the AirPods anymore with wired headphones. Um, all of the things that you can do to reduce your exposure, you're not gonna avoid it entirely.

And, uh, a couple of questions from people on, uh, on social media. Where did you find the EMF blocking blanket? I think we answered it already in the comment, but it's from EMF solutions. Uh, we again have, you know, download the non-toxic product list. We have it in there. Um, and how do I know? Router and phone shield is legit.

Well, you've, that's a very good question. If you buy a product that claims to be blocking. Or EMFs or, or neutralizing them. Ask for independent lab tests. You know, has that been tested in a serious laboratory? And if not, then it's probably bs. Most of the products out there are bs. You know, there are some that we use from Wave Block, for example.

They don't claim to block anything because you cannot, it disperses. And there are third party labs like Tuf Suit that have tested it and have proven that this is actually happening. Um. Another question was, uh, which Red Light panels do you like? Um, not necessarily related to EMFs, but we have several. We have one from Heaven, the Heat Saunas.

We have one from Sunlight, and then we have one from Mitre Red Light. Those are the ones that we use and like, and, uh, yeah. With that we're gonna wrap up episode two. Um, I hope you got a glimpse into some of the things that we have done. Again, not everything has to be expensive. You don't have to do everything just.

Do something a little bit that's better than what you did yesterday. And, you know, do it step by step. Identify the low hanging fruits. Take tackle those first. Um, use free swaps if possible, or free techniques like turning off your phone at night instead of worrying about EMF blocking paint and wallpaper and whatnot.

Just turn your phone off, you know, it's easier to free. Um, and, uh, yeah, that we're gonna wrap it up. Send this epi to someone who might benefit from it. Until 

Kathy: next time, next time.