Interview: How Toxins in the Home can Impact Your Child’s Mood and Behavior

If you want to learn about the simple swaps and solutions you can do in your home to reduce toxins in the home that can decrease allergies, asthma, and chronic headaches in your kids and improve their sleep, mood and behavior, this interview is for you!

Every day we are learning more about the different toxins in our food, household products and in our home environment and how they can negatively impact our children’s behavior, brain, mood and overall well-being, especially for those with ADD and ADHD.

The great news is, the simple swaps and solutions I share with holistic child psychologist, Dr. Nicole Beurkens on her “The Better Behavior Show,” can help you identify and then easily reduce or eliminate your child’s exposure to these harmful, often hidden toxins in your home. These simple swaps and solutions work. Moms often call me the next day after we’ve identified and removed troublesome toxins, relieved and excited, because their child didn’t wake up with a daily headache he’s had for two years, or their baby is finally sleeping through the night.

So, check out this interview. You can listen to it Here.

Key Points and Timestamps:

• 00:00:30 – Episode Intro
• 00:08:00 – Household, Personal Care, Cosmetic Items
  • What to know about “Scented” products: and why they can have highly allergic effects.
    • Simple Swaps to avoid them
  • Chemicals in Personal Care and Household Products to Avoid
    • Easy, cost-effective Simple Swaps
• 00:13:15 – Food Toxicity in Dyes, Additives & Preservatives
  • What to Know about Food Dyes: especially for children with ADD, ADHD
  • Pesticides especially Glyphosate found in Roundup (linked to cancer and brain issues):
    • Where we are finding them in our foods, and how best to avoid them
  • Preservatives (linked to behavioral issues and chronic illness):
    • What preservatives to look for, which foods contain high levels of them and Simple Swaps to avoid them
• 00:19:20 – Fish and Meat Product Warnings
  • Problematic ingredients in farm-raised fish and non-organic meat products: why it’s best to avoid them
  • Organic: always best when possible
• 00:22:18 – Reading Labels: Quick Things to Look For
  • “Organic” Labels: best way to avoid GMO’s, preservatives and additives
  • Beware: “Fragrance” or “Scented”: can mask hundreds of different unlisted chemicals in the product
  • Beware: Common Chemicals and Those You Can’t Pronounce
• 00:32:45 – Mold Exposure
  • Why it’s essential to address any leaks in your home and avoid mold growth
  • The importance of treating black mold growth immediately
• 00:34:32 – Electromagnetic Field Exposure (EMFs) (i.e., wi-fi, digital devices, computers, big electrical power sources like refrigerators, microwaves, air purifiers)
  • Lessons learned from measuring EMF fields in people’s homes
  • How EMFs can negatively impact sleep, health and can trigger headaches and other health issues
  • How simple changes eliminated chronic headaches and helped babies sleep
• 00:37:30 – Episode Wrap Up

Resources Mentioned in This Show:

• Beth’s upcoming 5-Day Detox Sept. 9-13, 2019. Join the Waitlist for VIP notification and Early Bird Pricing
• Beth’s book, Super Natural Home is available for purchase. Click Here to learn more.
• Interested in consulting with Beth to Detox Your Body or Your Home? Learn more and contact Beth here.
• Beth’s Recommended Products: Products I have tested and use which meet my stringent specifications for being toxin-free.
• Dr. Nicole Buerkens, holistic child psychologist and host of “The Better Behavior Show.”