Living Clean: The Journey Continues

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Marketing will make the term ‘natural flavors’ sound like a good thing! However, the term ‘natural flavors’ is just another term for chemically processed. To earn the term “natural” the flavor only has to have one tiny drop of a natural flavor and the rest of the substance can be chemically processed. For example, the flavoring could be 1 percent real strawberry but 99% chemically made. It’s no secret that refined sugar is bad for you, but I don’t think most people know just HOW bad it can wreak havoc on your body. The below is not to scare, or fearmonger, it’s just to help wrap your head around the adverse effects sugar can have on your body. As well as testing how well the all-purpose cleaner did on the kitchen worktops, we were interested to see if the Biological Odour and Spot Remover did in fact work on upholstery. We found it effective at removing a fresh orange juice stain off a rug. Using the Biological Drain Maintainer was rather satisfying too and it comes in a neat little recyclable sachet. We poured it down the sink at night and ran the tap in the morning to give it a little spruce.

All purpose cleaner: To make your own solution try combining 1:1 water and white vinegar, 1 squeezed lemon and the rind, plus an essential oil of your choice Dearing RL, Stuewig J, Tangney JP. On the importance of distinguishing shame from guilt: Relations to problematic alcohol and drug use. Addict Behav. 2005;30(7):1392-1404. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.02.002WIRED tested: The Eco-friendly Complete Cleaning Kit, which was filled with essential cleaners for each part of your home. Inside the cardboard caddy, you’ll find a brush, three microfibre cloths, a dry carpet cleaner and a selection of all-purpose cleaners including a very effective glass cleaner and limescale remover and bathroom cleaner in one. The solutions have a mild inoffensive scent, but the ingredients listening was a little vague on exactly what makes the ‘fragrance’. Clean living lifestyle change: drink one more glass of water per day until you’re up to optimal ounces per day.

If a year without buying anything new seems too big a challenge, try a month, or buy only secondhand. Livia Firth, founder of sustainability consultancy Eco-Age, follows the “30 wears rule”: ask, “Will I wear it at least 30 times?” before buying. Your skin will be more vibrant and your body will benefit too (maybe you won’t lose weight, but to a certain point, the scale really holds no bearing on ‘health’). 3. You will have more energyThis is obvious, but it’s probably my favorite benefit of having a clean living lifestyle! When I’m being good about clean living, I have so much more energy to care for my sweet baby boy! When I’m struggling to live clean, so does my energy! 4. You’ll sleep better It’s so important to buy food that is quality. As the saying goes, “you are what what you eat eats.” I have a pretty incredible testimony about this, actually. Each of the changes below can be as easy or hard as you want! If it seems overwhelming, then taper off some of your changes and start a little slower. This should be a positive and fun experience for you and your family – not something that you dread. Letting your grass grow longer between cuts not only saves petrol or electricity, and therefore reduces carbon dioxide emissions, but also encourages more wildlife into your garden. Longer grass is more drought-resistant, too. Try cutting every three or four weeks and let dandelions, daisies and violets bloom in spring, followed by buttercups, clovers and selfheal in summer.

Clean living lifestyle change: eat out one less time per month. Clean living lifestyle change 6 Source better quality food Essential oils can be used to create glass cleaners and shower sprays," says Cameron. “They also break down grease. The essential oils that I’ve personally used are tea tree, lemon oil, and lavender.” Clean living lifestyle change: Start the decluttering process. Use my post below to declutter your whole house in 30 days. Start small with a few minutes of cleaning/decluttering each day then gradually work up as you have time! Traditional cleaning products are often full of harsh chemicals like hydrogen peroxide that can pollute the environment. They can also be harmful to our health and the health of our children and pets. By choosing a professional green cleaning service that uses only environmentally friendly products, we can reduce the environmental impact of cleaning and protect our health. Do you know how toxic your water is even if you’re using a filter? EWG has this awesome resource where you can type in your zip code and get a list of the toxic ingredients in your water. For example, for my zip code, this is what we have in our water: What you can do about your toxic waterClean living lifestyle change: start swapping out your products one category at a time. Start with something easy for you, like household cleaners, laundry supplies, or beauty products, then gradually keep swapping as you run out of your toxic products. Shower spray: 1/2 a cup of water, 1 teaspoon vinegar, 1/4 rubbing alcohol (can also use vodka!), 1/2 a teaspoon dish soap, 20 drops tea tree essential oil In today's world, we are all becoming more aware of the importance of environmental sustainability. We are looking for ways to reduce our carbon footprint and live a more eco-friendly lifestyle. One area (that is sometimes overlooked) where we can make a big difference is in the way we clean our homes and businesses.

Lang M, Krátký J, Shaver JH, Jerotijević D, Xygalatas D. Effects of anxiety on spontaneous ritualized behavior. Curr Biol. 2015 Jul 20;25(14):1892-7. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.05.049. PMID: 26096971. There is a world of waste-free sanitary protection to explore, and Chillingsworth suggests buying a reusable tampon applicator. “The reusable version fits every size of tampon, is antimicrobial and easy to insert. After use, give it a wipe, rinse and return to the storage box that fits in your handbag. Sterilise in hot water between periods.”

When I stopped chasing the next best thing and started making more of what we consume in my own home, I started saving tons of money. I had a complete mindset shift away from consumerism and toward creating for myself and my family. There is no way around it, eating meat sustainably requires a little more effort on our part,” says Fergus Henderson, chef and godfather of nose-to-tail eating. His first rule is to “hug” your butcher: “Support them and ask questions – they are your way in to a positive supply chain. They will also give you access to the insides and extremities, such as kidneys, shanks, feet and glands, which offer so much more possibility and flavour than the fillet.” Whole-animal eating is not about blood and guts, but “respecting the animal enough to realise that, if it has died for you, the least you can do is make use of every part”. If you are looking for a way to reduce your environmental impact and want to spend less time cleaning, you should consider using professional cleaning services that use environmentally friendly products. Here in Norfolk, we're the number one company offering that service.