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Is Your Home Poisoning You? 54 Steps for Non-Toxic Living

Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S.
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Personal-Care Products

NOTE: Use nothing on your skin that you'd be afraid to eat! Products are absorbed through the skin into the blood stream just as if you'd eaten them!

Shampoo

  • Pure Essentials Fragrance-Free Shampoo (HFS) - also make a conditioner
  • Granny's Old-Fashioned Shampoo (HFS) - also make a conditioner
  • Dr. Bronner's Unscented Baby Castile Liquid Soap Soap

  • Sirena Pure Coconut Oil Soap
  • Kiss My Face Pure Olive Oil Soap
  • Dr. Bronner's Baby Supermild Soap
  • Dr. Bronner's Unscented Baby Castile Liquid Soap

    Deodorant

  • Mineral crystal stones (or spray) - least toxic choice (HFS)
  • Queen Helene Unscented Deodorant (HFS) - does contain propylene glycol, a petrochemical, but at least it's unscented!
  • Baking soda
  • French clay powder (HFS)
  • Corn Starch (great for powder!) - in the baking section of your grocery store

    Toothpaste

    (Avoid fluoride - it's toxic and doesn't help cavities anyway!)
  • Tom's of Maine (HFS)
  • Weleda (HFS)
  • Tea Tree Oil Toothpaste - various brands (HFS)
  • Baking Soda

    Face Creams and Body Lotions

    (Avoid "Quaternium-15", which releases formaldehyde!) Plain almond oil or olive oil
  • Kiss My Face Fragrance-free Olive and Aloe moisture lotion
  • Granny's Old Fashioned Moisture Guard
  • Nature's Plus Vitamin E Cream
  • Cocoa butter, plain or with almond oil only Any fragrance-free moisturizer from regular stores would be better than scented moisturizers.

    Sunscreens

  • Aubrey Organics Ultra 15 Natural Herbal Sunblock (NOTE: Be sure to check the label carefully. There is another sunblock made by Aubrey Organics that contains apple essential oils and it does have a scent that can bother people with MCS!)
  • Mountain Ocean Sun Screen
  • Physician's Formula

    Hairspray

    For the most part - AVOID!! Most hair sprays contain nerve gas and propane or butane (yes, the stuff that goes into your gas heater and lighters!) and are VERY toxic. Cut hair in style that does not require sprays. You can also make a home-made gel by dissolving 1 package of unflavored gelatin (not "Jello"!) in 2 cups of hot water. Store in a glass jar in the refrigerator. There is a hairspray made by Naturade (HFS) called "Aloe Vera 80" that is tolerable to some MCS patients - be sure to get the kind without alcohol!





    Before starting any self treatment Dr. Grisanti recommends that you consider consulting with a doctor trained in functional medicine. Visit www.FunctionalMedicineUniversity.com to find doctors thoroughly trained in functional medicine

    Functional medicine embraces the totality of the regulatory functions of the body. It encompasses all of the biophysical, biochemical, enzymatic, endocrine, immunological, and bioenergetic regulatory capacities.

    Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S.
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