Day in and day out, we are exposed to a multitude of dangerous chemicals we can’t really do that much about. From the car exhaust we breathe to the MSG in the meat we eat, to the lead in tap water we drink (or the phthalates in bottled water we drink in order to avoid the lead in tap water)–we face more toxicity in one day than our distant ancestors faced in a lifetime. Our bodies live in an environment so toxic they are unprepared for it, and so they malfunction.

The good news is, you can take a few simple steps to significantly reduce everyday exposure to highly toxic chemicals. If you change those few things you can change, you will lessen the burden on your body and enable it to better deal with the things you cannot change (like secondhand smoke).

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