Here’s a sobering statistic: In 2012, Americans ate over 1 BILLION pounds of shrimp, and only 10 percent was US farmed and wild caught. Most came from shrimp farms in South America and Asia. The problem? Unregulated shrimp farming practices that result in shrimp contaminated with waste, and treated with FDA banned chemicals and antibiotics. As an evidence based clinical nutritionist, I advocate a vegan low fat diet as the most direct route to health. But surprisingly, many people I speak to consider themselves “vegetarian” or “plant based”, while eating fish and shrimp.

By now many of us know the dangers of aluminum exposure. Research has uncovered direct links between aluminum levels in the body and Alzheimer’s, breast cancer, brittle bones, autism (in utero exposure), infertility, and generalized permanent damage to the central nervous system. Aluminum is an estrogen mimicker which imbalances the hormones indirectly leading to hypothyroidism, endometriosis, and many other health issues. Some aluminum facts.

Non-dairy milks are a wonderful way to feed your body nutrient-dense, delicious and healthy substitutes for inflammatory dairy. However, relying on store bought brands can sometimes introduce toxic additives into your system, such as carageenan. Carageenan is not only in non-dairy milks, it is found in protein powders, condensed milk, cottage cheese, coconut water, many brands of ice cream (both dairy and non-dairy) and vitamins. This ubiquitous ingredient is extracted from Irish Moss and used as a stabilizer for various foods.

I am passionate about sharing information that can help people stay healthy, and this applies to to everyone. If you’re a man and you have a mom, a sister, a wife, please share this with them. Tampons are typically made of non-organic cotton, rayon, synthetic fibers added to increase absorbency, dyes, fragrances, super-absorbent chemicals. SO WHAT’S THE PROBLEM? The non-organic cotton in tampons have soaked up some of the 55 million pounds of pesticides sprayed on cotton fields in the US each year.

Most of us know that our world is increasingly infiltrated by toxins. Toxins truly are everywhere, including in our own homes. In fact, over the last twenty years, more and more consumers have been concerned with health hazards in the home that have been introduced by manufacturers of everyday household products. The average home today contains over 62 toxic chemicals – more than a chemistry lab at the turn of the century.