How to Dextox Your Life of Heavy Metals and,

How to Dextox Your Life of Heavy Metals and Toxic Cleaning Products

The range and amount of environmental toxins that people are faced with today have exceeded the capability of many people’s bodies to carry out detoxification without any help. The result? Widespread disease. There is a reason the rate of cancers have increased incredibly since the industrial age back in the early 1900′s. 

Environmental toxins like heavy metals and chemicals can be disastrous for your immune system, and you need to prioritize limiting your exposure to these substances and acting quickly to detoxify your body if you need to. 

If you were to look at what’s in your home, and all the toxic chemicals that you inadvertently surround yourself with, there is unequivocally no question that the build up in your body from ingesting them, to breathing them and having them on your skin — from perfumes, cosmetics, body creams, shampoo, hand soap, etc., all are known to cause disease when used if they are not naturally pure products. 

Heavy metals harm health 

Steve Jobs early life as a teenager was spent in computer manufacturing plants, assembling his new ideas for the future for what we now use today. Unfortunately, Jobs exposed himself to many toxic chemicals and heavy metals as a teenager in those plants, and by the time he was 24 years old, he was diagnosed with cancer. 

All heavy metals and cleaning chemicals are potentially a carcinogen and need to be avoided whenever possible. But it’s absolutely imperative that children and teenagers, pregnant women, and women who plan on getting pregnant do whatever they can to avoid and remove these in their life. 

Here’s a helpful list of the most harmful heavy metals, along with the places you can encounter them if you’re not careful: 

• Aluminum: A common metal found in some vaccines, antacids, cookware, and antiperspirant.
• Antimony: Found in fire-retardant textiles like bedding.
• Arsenic: Present in some foods (chicken is a top offender), wood preservatives, fuel oils, fertilizers, and weed killer.
• Barium: Often present in some ceramics, plastics, textiles, and fuel.
• Beryllium: Found in neon signs, bicycle wheels, and fishing rods.
• Bisthmuth: Present in many medicines used to treat stomach aches.
• Bromine: Often used as a disinfectant for swimming pools and hot tubs.
• Cadmium: Present in cigarettes, batteries, and refined foods.
• Lead: Found in old paint, tin cans, pewter, dust, ceramics, and insecticides.
• Manganese: Sources include welding equipment and supplies.
• Mercury: Sources include amalgam fillings, fish and other types of seafood and flu vaccines. A recent study revealed that high fructose corn syrup contains mercury.
• Nickel: Present in tobacco, auto exhaust, fertilizer, and baking powder.
• Thallium: Found in metal alloys, rodenticides, and fireworks.

Stay clear of all commercial cleaning products 

Chemical toxins harm and kill many of our bodies’ cells, and the dynamic cells that make up your immune system are especially fragile and prone to being killed or rendered useless by chemical toxins. There are much safer alternatives on the market. Below I’ll list what you can do to make your own and save a ton of money in the process. 

Here are a few tips for cutting toxic chemicals out of your life: 

• Don’t use toxic cleaning products in your home. Plenty of non-toxic options are available online and at your local health food store, and they will get your house just as clean as their harsh chemical counterparts. Vinegar mix with lemon in a spray bottle is a much safer option.
• Avoid using products with fragrances. These include room sprays, dryer sheets and carpet deodorizing powders.
• Avoid candles. Even candles that may not contain lead in the wicks — the smoke from the flame and the scents are very much adding to the list of chemicals in the indoor air of your home. Many candles have wicks that contain lead. If you use candles in your home, be sure to choose lead-free options when buying.
• Reduce your exposure to fumes. If you’re working with substances that produce fumes, make sure you’re doing so for only short periods of time and in a well-ventilated space. This includes paint!
• Wash all your fruits and vegetables thoroughly. Your best bet is to do so as soon as you bring them home from the store. Use our list below to find what’s best to wash them.
• Purify your air. Invest in a good HEPA air purifier to cut down on the airborne toxins that you inhale while indoors. Also having plants that filter out the air is great to have around; not only keeping you healthy by filtering how air impurities, but brings the outdoors indoors. A couple good plants that clean the air is a Peace Lily, and Dracaena Plant.
• Ditch clothes detergent and make your own for a tenth of the cost. See below.
• Glass cleaners have dangerous levels of ammonia in it which you breath in if you use it.

Safer alternatives for all your cleaning needs 

There are many inexpensive, easy-to-use natural alternatives which can safely be used in place of commercial household products. Here is a list of common, environmentally safe products which can be used alone or in combination for a wealth of household applications. 

• Baking Soda - cleans, deodorizes, softens water, scours.
• Plant-based Soap - unscented soap in liquid form, flakes, powders or bars is biodegradable and will clean just about anything. Avoid using soaps which contain petroleum distillates.
• Lemon - one of the strongest food-acids, effective against most household bacteria.
• Borax - (sodium borate) cleans, deodorizes, disinfects, softens water, cleans wallpaper, painted walls and floors.
• White Vinegar - cuts grease, removes mildew, odors, some stains and wax build-up.
• Washing Soda - or SAL Soda is sodium carbonate decahydrate, a mineral. Washing soda cuts grease, removes stains, softens water and cleans almost anything. Use care as washing soda can irritate mucous membranes. Do not use on aluminum.
• Cornstarch - can be used to clean windows, polish furniture, shampoo carpets and rugs.
• Citrus Solvent - cleans paint brushes, oil and grease, some stains. Citrus solvent may cause skin, lung or eye irritations for people with multiple chemical sensitivities, but is a much safer alternative to paint thinner.

Is Borax Safe? Borax is considered a mild skin irritant similar to baking soda. The MSDS lists borax as a health hazard of 1, similar to salt and baking soda. Use of borax for home cleaning formulas, where no borax is ingested, has not been shown to pose health hazards. Borax is a natural substance which is non-carcinogenic, does not accumulate in the body, or absorb through the skin, and is not harmful to the environment. 

Make your own and save money and your health 

Ready to trade your over-priced and chemical-laden products for something better? 

Dish washing detergent 

1 Tablespoon Borax
1 Tablespoon baking soda
one quart water
1 teaspoon lemon 

Mix the ingredients together in a soap dispenser.
Window cleaner 

1 quart of soda water
2 teaspoons white vinegar . 
1 teaspoon of lemon 

Put in a spray bottle.
Disinfectant 

White vinegar
3 tablespoons castile soap
20-30 drops of tea tree extract. You can use geranium or other antibacterial essential oils. 

Mix in a 16-oz. sprayer and top with water.
All-purpose cleaner 

Washing soda
1 part white vinegar
1 part water 

Mix in a spray bottle.
Non-abrasive cleaner 

Shake baking soda on surface or damp sponge and scrub
1 part baking soda
1 part lemon juice 

Make a paste and use a sponge to clean
Toilet bowl cleaner 

Baking soda
White vinegar 

Flush the toilet, sprinkle in the baking soda, spray with vinegar and scrub.
Bath tile mold prevention 

1 part water
1 part vinegar 

Spray and wipe off with a warm, damp sponge.
Grout mold cleaner 

1 part vinegar
2 parts water 

Combine in spray bottle. Spray, let sit for an hour, wipe with a damp sponge.
Drain cleaner (not for full clogs) 

1 cup white vinegar
1 cup of baking soda 

Pour baking soda then vinegar down drain. Let sit for 10 minutes and flush with boiling water followed by warm tap water until drain clears. Use a plunger - Partially fill sink/tub with water. Plunge for 20 seconds and pull the plunger quickly from the drain.
Furniture polish 

1/4 cup white vinegar (or 1/2 cup lemon juice)
3/4 cup olive or coconut oil 

Mix and polish with soft cloth
Air freshener 

2 cups hot water
2 tablespoons baking soda (add an essential oil or cologne for fragrance if you want.) 

Mix in spray bottle
Carpet cleaner/deodorizer 

Sprinkle carpet with baking soda. Let it sit for a half-hour and vacuum. 

All-Purpose Floor Cleaner 

1/2 cup vinegar
1 gallon water 

Mix and mop (Note: Vinegar should not be used on grout or marble.)
Wood Floor Cleaner

5 tablespoons of borax; use more for tougher stains or high traffic areas.
1 gallon of warm water Mix and damp mop
Garbage disposal freshener 

Grind orange and lemon peels in the disposal. 

Fabric softener 

Add 1/2 cup white vinegar and baking soda to rinse cycle 

These ideas should save you money and put your mind at ease about using too many chemicals and what to stay away from to avoid dangerous heavy metals. Please feel free to comment with your own recipes or share the results if you’ve tried any of these. 

by Steven Peters

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Natural Revolution