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Can one podcast hour cover how eating carbs before bed likely puts you in progesterone deficiency and explain the many reasons that play into a female “turning out to be them/do what they do” in life?
Yep. @leahhectman and I start with ‘what happens from the moment you have the extra X chromosome and are defined as female, and go where the exploration took us: It’s quite a ride.
You were never meant to be like ‘every other female’. What a relief. This week we unpack this science - there’s so much more that makes you, you and I hope, even for all humans, it makes you feel empowered to know how much plays into ‘you-ness’, whatever your sex or gender.
This week with Dr Leah Hechtman, we learn the many things that make us our unique selves when we have the XX chromosome:
Hormone receptors + qty of them for different hormones, unique to you!Types of hormones, Metabolic typeGenesLife stages and transitionsEnvironmental inputs laid over the top of these…You were never meant to be like every other female. There is a reason you’re you and, as you might have guessed, it’s due to many things. The rising awareness of the perimenopause/menopause experience adds the need to ensure we feel ‘true to ourselves’ on that journey into a new life chapter, however we choose to navigate that.
Enjoy the show. Tell your friends - it’s knowledge and understanding everyone should have.
Alexx Stuart,
Your Host.
Connect with Leah:
Instagram— @drleahhechtman
Website— drleahhechtman.com
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@ediblebeautyau has put together a generous offer for us - 30% off for the month of May with code: LOWTOXLIFE. Seriously. Why not indulge yourself in the ultimate low tox facial, for some self-pampering this month?! Enjoy Alexx x
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Do you use a sauna? A specific type of favourite sauna or temperature or frequency? Never tried it but sauna curious?
Dr Joy Hussain was a practising physician for many years before realising there was something very special about the sauna. She had Reynaud’s syndrome, which affects circulation, and noticed that using a sauna while living in Alaska improved her Reynaud’s. Moving to a warm climate next, she assumed that this would be the solution to Reynaud’s but a funny thing happened: It intensified. She reintroduced sauna, and just like that, it was better. This personal experience led her to doing a PhD studying them and here we are years later to discuss:
Different sauna types and how the effects varyWhat we know about resilience, immune systems and detoxification when it comes to saunaThe difference in women’s age stage and cycle timingTemperature relevance in sauna therapy, depending on climate ‘norm’Health conditions improved with sauna in the research so farYou can be part of sauna research: Answer this quick sauna survey to support Joy’s workWant to learn more about Joy?
Sauna Science - FB/Meta public group
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joy-Hussain
https://healthwithjoy.com.au/research
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Over the past 2 decades, Gardiner Harris has been covering and collecting data on Johnson&Johnson. Now, as an independent and award-winning investigative journalist, he releases the fruits of 2 decades of research, interviews, analysis and findings in No More Tears: The dark secrets of Johnson & Johnson exposed.
In this show we explore:
The collapse of a strong public health frameworkThe infiltration of industry into public serviceThe specific ways in which Johnson&Johnson has caused millions harm over decades across a number of their products. The opioid crisis, hip replacements, vaginal mesh, anemia drug EPO in cancer patients and antipsycholotics in aged care and more… The way J&J can stay afloat despite all of the damages and legal feesWhat hope we have of restoring faith in health care? What you and I can do to ensure at the grass roots we are building a better system.It’s a doozy, I’m not going to lie, but it’s important work and Gardiner has done some extraordinary work to bring this story to light.
Alexx Stuart
Your Host, Low Tox Life Podcast
Want to learn more about this week’s guest?
Website: gardinerharris.com
The book: https://bit.ly/4kkKc8p
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Weleda - a global leader in natural science and beauty, gives you 20% off sitewide in April. Code LOWTOXLIFE. Stock up on favourites or make your swaps and experience the power of nature for your skin (our faves are the shower bars, rose face care range, arnica EVERYTHING, rosemary hair tonic, deep cleansing gel - Oh, and Calendula range for the bubs!) Enjoy!
@ausclimate giving you 10% off their range for the whole of 2025, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers I’ve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating, air-circulating and cooling range. code LOWTOXLIFE (also works over and above their sales - pro tip!) https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate
Be sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs if something resonated! I would love to see your thoughts!
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One day your child is their “healthy normal” self, and the next day they’re radically changed, displaying neuropsychiatric symptoms that can scare and bewilder the child, their families and carers/teachers. The heartbreaking thing is it can take months if not years, to find a doctor who can identify and start treating the cause of this sudden change.
Enter Dr Nancy O’Hara. We look at PANS/PANDAS and the genetic, environmental and incidence-based reasons something sudden like this can happen to a child and most importantly, how we can do 2 things. Firstly, mitigate risk by being more literate in causal factors and knowing how to proactively support children’s health and resilience. Secondly, know how to spot the changes in kids - some subtle and some severe, so that you can start treating and healing the child soon and avoid being bounced around to a few doctors and practitioners before they get the support and treatment they need.
We cover:
What PANS/PANDAS can present asWhere it comes from biologically and environmentallyMacro foods that are important for this group and whyHow can we be proactive when an infection hits or tick bite happensand moreSo. Much. Good. Supportive information in this show. Enjoy + share with as many parents and carers that you can - if we all know more we can all do more! Alexx x
Want to learn more about Nancy?
Website | The Mindd International Event in May | Book
Thank you to this month’s show partners for joining us to help you make your low tox swaps!
@weledaaustralia - global leader in natural science and beauty gives you a massive 20% off sitewide. Code LOWTOXLIFE. Stock up on favourites or make your swaps and experience the power of nature for your skin (our faves are the shower bars, rose face care range, arnica EVERYTHING, rosemary hair tonic, deep cleansing gel - Oh, and Calendula range for the bubs!)
@ausclimate is our major partner giving you 10% off their range for the whole of 2025, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers I’ve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating, air-circulating and cooling range. code LOWTOXLIFE (also works over and above their sales - pro tip!) https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate
Be sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs if something resonated! I love to see your thoughts, genuinely!
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What does the UK’s best-known Dr, Rangan Chatterjee, want you to do? He want to help get you to a place in your health and intuition where you are the one who knows what’s best for you. If you sometimes feel more confused about health than ever before? This is the show for you! Jumping from protocol to Instagram follow to book to podcast, we’ve never had more information on ‘health’ than in the past decade. And we’re sicker? Make it make sense. Part of it of course is a Western world erosion of middle and working class where stress has as pressure has risen, causing a myriad of health consequences, but the other part? Well, it’s a lack of agency. Confused, disempowered and constantly looking ‘out there’ for the answers (darn that addictive big-tech dopamine “drug baron”!) Dr Rangan Chaterjee believes we can move confidently forward with curiosity, listen for feedback, sometimes test and be proactive with change where needed.
We talk
Diet confusionThe power of reflectionKnowledge ain’t all that if we aren’t getting better! A Blood Sugar storyRed Flags in testing - spotting subtle changes rather than waiting for alarm bells and fire extinguishers.Dr Rangan Chaterjee is one of the best-recognised doctors in the world, with a podcast with over 200million downloads, a TV show “Doctor in the House” that has reached 70 countries and seen people achieve miraculous health improvements, a Professor, an author of 6 books and umpteen times on the UK Times best seller list.
Want to learn more about this week’s guest?
Website
Podcast
The Three Question
Thank you to this month’s show partners for joining us to help you make your low tox swaps!
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And @weledaaustralia kicks off from March 31 throughout April 3 - A huge 20% off sitewide with the code LOWTOXLIFE. Grab your favourites, make your swaps to a global leader in regenerative practices that produce powerful skin and health results. Enjoy!
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What Matthew England, a “Scientia” Professor at UNSW (a renowned globally as the top expert because of his research and contributions to the subject) didn’t know would happen when he chose his field of study, Oceanography in the 80s, would be that he and his colleagues would quickly become climate scientists. In this week’s show, we discuss:
The ocean’s role as an absorber, filter and producer (think of our liver: Overloaded? Stops functioning effectively and all hell breaks loose!)“But it’s just a natural cycle” - a popular phrase often touted and how we can better understand why the picture today is not normal…All that mould and humidity increasing in the past decades? Climate change. Meet “tropification” 🤯Transitions and navigating a path forward. Is an ‘a-political approach’ possible?I hope soon that instead of arguing if it’s real or not, we debate instead the best ways forward and make climate a-political, and for gosh sake, stop vilifying cows and revering plants as ‘evil vs good’. WASTE and ultra-processed food trumps any whole food you could ever pile on your plate regarding climate impact. I know many people feel conflicted because of the climate conversation being made to ‘be’ a certain way. It doesn’t have to be but it also doesn’t mean we need to choose the ‘it’s a hoax’ either. Matthew England is Scientia Professor of Ocean & Climate Dynamics at the University of New South Wales Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, Deputy Director of the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science, and the global Academic Lead of the International Universities Climate Alliance (IUCA).
Want to learn more about this week’s guest? X: @ProfMattEngland | LinkedIn
Thank you to this month’s show partners for joining us to help you make your low tox swaps!
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@weledaaustralia kicks off from March 31 throughout April 3 - A huge 20% off sitewide with the code LOWTOXLIFE. Grab your favourites, make your swaps to a global leader in regenerative practices that produce powerful skin and health results.
Join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs if something resonated!
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What is your understanding of “Intuition? Do you feel yours is fine tuned?
Well, it turns out what we ‘think’ is our intuition is often instead our:
Instinct - which comes from fear and keeping us ‘safe’Bias influenced by multiple layers of external conditioning Suspicion - seeking the pleasure or assuredness of confirmed bias until we find itThought - Rationalisation based on what we rationally know rather than what we intuitively know.Lately in my own self awareness I’ve been exploring all of these subtly different things that we can confuse with intuition and I found myself asking: Is the cost of ignoring it as great as the power of using it?
Enter another new favourite human: Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir. Hrund is an Icelandic thought leader, author, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and TED/keynote speaker. She is remodelling our understanding of intuition, through the Icelandic concept of InnSæi. She helps individuals and organisations rethink and reshape their relationship with change, uncertainty, and intuition, bringing together some of the world’s foremost research and practices on the fundamental role intuition plays for our intelligence and in our lives. She is the author of InnSæi the book. Co-director and script writer of the documentary InnSæi: The Power of Intuition, shown on Netflix worldwide.
Want to learn more about this week’s guest?
www.hrundgunnsteinsdottir.com
TED Talk
insta
Booktopia
Thank you to this month’s show partners for joining us to help you make your low tox swaps!
@ausclimate is our major partner giving you 10% off their range for the whole of 2025, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers I’ve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating, air-circulating and cooling range. code LOWTOXLIFE (also works over and above their sales - pro tip!) https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate@weledaaustralia kicks off from March 31 throughout April - A huge 20% off sitewide with the code LOWTOXLIFE. Grab your favourites, make your swaps to a global leader in regenerative practices that produce powerful skin and health results.Be sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs if something resonated! I love to see your thoughts, genuinely!
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Who doesn’t want a better quality of life for longer, right?
This week, we’re talking about oxidative stress and the role of Glutathione:
How we get pushed, slowly, slowly out of homeostasis in our first 3 decades of lifeHow the disease/medication cycle is inadequate and we need to focus on homeostasis recalibration to heal, not just manage disease. How a dietary focus on cysteine is the most accessible antioxidant move we all have access to. How glutathione delivery is often not worth the many forms it comes in in supplements. How getting the research right led to some incredible results - especially for his Dad!Great ep for the peeps struggling to heal, feel that homeostasis magic or who love the nerdier health topics exploring the latest research.
Pharmacist Dr Nayan Patel, who felt that after his top university education landed him in the business of maintaining people’s disease conditions (while acknowledging it was of course often life saving), wasn’t happy with ‘sickness management’ and went on to specialising in compounding medicines and supplements working with doctors. He then began researching oxidative stress and extending health span, rather than just life span, which was the start of @aurowellness.
He recently published his first comprehensive book, The Glutathione Revolution: Fight Disease, Slow Aging & Increase Energy.
Want to learn more about this week’s guest?
Website
Instagram
Thank you to this month’s show partners for joining us to help you make your low tox swaps!
@ausclimate is our major partner giving you 10% off their range for the whole of 2025, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers I’ve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating, air-circulating and cooling range. code LOWTOXLIFE (also works over and above their sales - pro tip!) https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate
@biofirstofficial is back + offering a big saving to celebrate their new Blemish Ban range (including Blemish Bundles) - 20% off! It’s a beautifully formulated, backed-by-research power range, to support hormonal skin changes in women (but - PSA: So good your teen might steal it as I’ve discovered!) code LOWTOXLIFE.
Be sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs if something resonated! I love to see your thoughts, genuinely!
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On this week’s show… Something like “being tough on immigration” can so easily become political capital, and, of course no one wants unfettered streams of people, unchecked, moving through one’s country’s borders. But what happens, when a hard-line policy ignores nuance, ignores affected industries and is also hard on human rights while implementing policy? Enter this week’s show guest, Brian Reisinger, author of Land Rich Cash Poor, from a multi-generation farm, a journalist, author and ex White House agricultural policy adviser, who works on building bipartisan support for improving the lives of farmers and the stability of the food system - from access to consumer pricing.
We need to think more profoundly and go wider in our search to understand a subject, garnering more perspectives on issues before we ‘know them’. Big tech profits from polarisation and sensationalisation. I feel lucky to bring these considered, intelligent deep dives to the show with experts who can explore all aspects of an issue - not just what they want to promote or politicise. So we talk about:
How the farm seems to have been the way of the past, not the future and how that feels for small and medium farms (across the world)
How the evaporation of the middle class promise affects city and rural people TOGETHER - not as adversaries.
How immigration policy affects small/medium farms and policy often fails farms.
and much more
Want to learn more about this week’s guest?
X: @BrianJReisinger | Facebook | Website | Booktopia
Thank you to this month’s show partners for joining us to help you make your low tox swaps!
@ausclimate is our major partner giving you 10% off their range for the whole of 2025, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers I’ve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating, air-circulating and cooling range. code LOWTOXLIFE (also works over and above their sales - pro tip!) https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate
@biofirstofficial is back with an INTERNATIONAL offer to celebrate their new Blemish Ban range - 20% off! It’s a beautifully formulated, backed-by-research power range, to support hormonal skin changes in women through different life stages (but - PSA: So good your teen might steal it as I’ve discovered!) code LOWTOXLIFE (and it works on the products and the bundles they’re in too!
Be sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs if something resonated! I love to see your thoughts, genuinely!
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We don’t naturally think when we have recurrent sinusitis or cognitive decline: “Well I guess I should book with the dentist!” Right? Well, today’s guest Dr. Michelle Jorgensen who is a dentist, naturopath, author and speaker,. says, you might want to make that dentist appointment!
As she’s seen as both a dentist and a naturopath, oftentimes what’s happening in the body can originate from dental work that’s been done in the mouth - common procedures millions of us have had.
I was blown away by some of the examples she shared in this show.
Once Michelle’s eyes were opened, she decided to study beyond dentistry and dive deep into the history of health cultivation from around the world to design a blueprint to get her own health back on track and help her patients and now people around the world do the same.
In this show you’ll grow confidence in:
How our mouth is a dashboard for the body and how to ask for investigations to see if what ails you is connected to past dental procedures you might have had. How we now have the technology to find hidden mouth infections that can lead to rapid health improvements - the Chronic fatigue example blew me away! How ‘we’re all energy’ isn’t woo woo - energy is just another word for electricity and we are all electrical beings.Tuning into what your body needs and when - an individual seasonal approach. How a simple assessment can give us a blueprint for how to move forward.I hope you love this show as much as I did & you can preorder Michelle’s book here
Thank you to this month’s show partners for joining us to help you make your low tox swaps!
@ausclimate is our major partner giving you 10% off their range for the whole of 2025, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers I’ve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating, air-circulating and cooling range. code LOWTOXLIFE (also works over and above their sales - pro tip!) https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate
@biofirstofficial is back + offering a big saving to celebrate their new Blemish Ban range (including Blemish Bundles) - 20% off! It’s a beautifully formulated, backed-by-research power range, to support hormonal skin changes in women (but - PSA: So good your teen might steal it as I’ve discovered!) code LOWTOXLIFE.
Be sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs if something resonated! I love to see your thoughts, genuinely!
Want to support the podcast?
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Is it possible for a person who stubs their toe to feel more pain than someone who breaks their foot!? YES. Wow.
This week on the LOW TOX LIFE podcast, we take a deep dive into PAIN with our guest Ananda Mahony, who is a highly experienced practitioner who holds a Bachelor of Science in Naturopathy, a Graduate Diploma in nutrition and a Master of Medicine (majoring in Pain) and cover:
What pain IS. What brings it on and makes it as mild or severe an experience as it is for someone.How our nervous system impacts our pain experienceGender research and the differences in the pain experienceHow dietary inflammation compounds the pain experience How pain management/treatment is changing The building of your own personal pain ‘map’ as a key to moving forwardHow a scan result can impact the pain experience - this one will blow your mind! Connection and purpose as pain relief? What the science saysBig show. Helpful show. Hope you love it + pass it on to those who need it, Alexx, your host x
Ananda Mahony is a highly experienced Naturopath based in Brisbane, with over 20 years of expertise in holistic health care. Her passion for natural healing and evidence-based practice has shaped her approach to supporting individuals with skin issues, chronic pain, and complex health conditions. Ananda holds a Bachelor of Health Science in Naturopathy, a Graduate Diploma in Nutrition, and a Master of Science in Medicine (Pain Management). Connect with Ananda’s work | Instagram | https://linktr.ee/anandamahony
Thank you to the March 2025 show partners for joining us to help you make your low tox swaps!
@ausclimate is our major partner giving you 10% off their range for the whole of 2025, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers I’ve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating, air-circulating and cooling range. code LOWTOXLIFE (also works over and above their sales - pro tip!) https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate
@biofirstofficial is back + offering a big saving to celebrate their new Blemish Ban range (including Blemish Bundles) - 20% off! It’s a beautifully formulated, backed-by-research power range, to support hormonal skin changes in women (but - PSA: So good your teen might steal it as I’ve discovered!) code LOWTOXLIFE.
Be sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs if something resonates! I love to see your thoughts, genuinely!
Want to support the podcast?
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Anyone else feel like they need a light, personal ‘goal kicking’ type of podcast to feel better about our immediate spaces around us and how they impact our wellbeing?
Well, I do, and a lot of friends who are rattled about the world feel like they do too, and so I present this week’s show: Feng Shui for your work and home spaces and for your life! We go into:
The clutter-free home: More sustainable for the planet - more happiness for you! The power of a welcoming entrance and what NOT to do! Orientation - pitfalls of thinking it has to be ‘Feng Shui perfect or you’ll be cursed!”Knowing there is always something you can do to optimise your Feng ShuiThe power of the “No Fail” set-up for life successWhat you take in from the external affects your internal - design for what you want!Jane Langof is an award-winning Feng Shui Master, blending traditional principles with modern design to create spaces that feel good and look great. Based in Sydney, Jane has spent over 16 years helping people transform their homes, workplaces, and community environments into places that support balance, well-being, and abundance.
I hope you love this week’s show - let me know on Insta @lowtoxlife something you might work on optimising in your space or life this week!
Alexx x
Thank you to this month’s show partners for joining us to help you make your low tox swaps!
@ausclimate is our major partner giving you 10% off their range for the whole of 2025, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers I’ve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating, air-circulating and cooling range. code LOWTOXLIFE (also works over and above their sales - pro tip!) https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate
If you want to ditch plastic-related + low tox goals around toothcare, @ohgigi is here to help with their toothpowders: locally made, small batch goodness. They’re giving away a free tongue cleaner with any ohGiGi order $50 or more, with code LOWTOXLIFE. Add your products worth over $50 to the cart, and the tongue cleaner + type LOWTOXLIFE code and your tongue cleaner will be $0!
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The Gut-Brain Paradox is Dr Steven Gundry’s latest book, now available for pre-order.
People know Dr Gundry as ‘the guy who told us plants were evil foods’ but have they read his books, I wonder? The key to enjoying the wide variety of foods we must enjoy to have a healthy, diverse microbiome that promotes overall health, is to have a robust and diverse terrain - it’s a positive feedback loop we must create, and when we don’t? A whole host of issues can occur that eventually lead to a whole host of diseases and diagnoses.
We cover a LOT of ground on the show this week:
Why the doctor he dedicated his book to, was beaten to death in an asylumHow our terrain matters and why it took so long to understand it better. How you can trace different addictions to different microbiome populations/overgrowthHow “plants don’t kill you” much as many social media accounts might try to tell you - BUT… you have to have what it takes to enjoy and process them.The difference between protein sources The label that Dr Gundry’s been given and is puzzled by “the father of carnivore diets”. The miracles Dr Gundry sees every day in medical practice, as he helps heal people’s terrain - heal the terrain, heal many, many different illnesses, in so many cases.And, believe it or not, we cover even more than that list!
Enjoy the show,
Your Host, Alexx Stuart, Founder, LOW TOX LIFE
Steven Gundry, MD, is the director of the International Heart and Lung Institute in Palm Springs, California, and the founder and director of the Center for Restorative Medicine in Palm Springs and Santa Barbara. You can grab the Gut-Brain Paradox on Pre-order, HERE.
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How can 20 years of fraudulent science pass? It’s complicated. It’s not just vested interests but humans, desire, ego, hope and poor checks and balances.
“Doctored”, the new book by investigative science journalist Charles Piller, is an arresting deep dive into how Alzheimer’s disease treatment has been set back by corrupt researchers, negligent regulators, and the profit motives of companies for the past nearly 20 years.
I genuinely believe it’s one of the most important conversations I’ve hosted on the show, in a time where many have become blanket skeptics of science - while we explore this hectically fraudulent research: I asked Charles: Is there hope for us to ever believe again in the scientific method? He walks us through his investigative process after the initial tip off, how he gathered information that was robust enough to draw a conclusion, and then how, despite uncovering this research and nearly 20 years of fraudulent claims, he maintains hope and a lot of trust in the scientific method.
I hope you find the show as powerful as I did and it doesn’t feel too heartbreaking but rather more like we are finally now closer to knowing how we can make progress by carving a new chapter in Alzheimer's research for cause and cure. Alexx
Charles Piller is an investigative journalist for Science magazine and his work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Sacramento Bee, and more. Piller has been honored with many national journalism awards, and is the author of Gene Wars, The Fail-Safe Society, and Doctored. He has reported on public health, biological warfare, infectious disease outbreaks, and other topics from the United States, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Central America.Check out Charle’s latest book Doctored here.
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When I started low tox life, for years I’d get excited when, say, Campbell’s soup or Hershey’s would announce they were banning GMOs from their products… or when M&M’s announced they’d stop using petroleum based colours. “We’re winning” - but were we?
In recent years I’m way less excited when mega corporations change their recipes to be better - even though it is still a good thing - it’s not a slightly better ingredient list on an ultra processed ‘gluten free’ cheesy puff that’s going to make us healthier and our planet more resilient. Nope. What excites me is food systems change - less sexy, less algorithm eye-catching and way more complex/multi-faceted It also requires YOU and ME to do the majority of the work for that change. It’s more regenerative, healthy farming methods, family farming, small-holder support, localised food, access to cultural/ecologically sound foods that is going to radically change both planet and people’s health.
And so… it’s why I find wonderful farmers and authors like @stephanieandersonwriting who tell farmer stories and explore systems change, to bring powerful conversations to the show for us to think about what really matters most. My conversation companion for this week’s show is Stephanie Anderson, acclaimed author and social justice journalist. With a background in creative nonfiction, a deep understanding of regenerative agriculture, and years of exploring the intersections of equity and sustainability, Stephanie brings a fresh and thought-provoking perspective to the critical issues shaping our future with her first book “One size fits NONE” and new book, From the Ground Up: The Women Revolutionizing Regenerative Agriculture (The New Press, 2024). It’s a powerful exploration of the women who are leading a transformative movement in agriculture, reshaping systems and inspiring hope in the face of environmental and societal challenges. Well worth a read! I hope you love this week’s show.
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Food is a brilliant unifier across political divides, if we’re brave enough to let it be. We all eat. And in this community, regardless of ‘diet type’ we all want food to be:
AccessibleNutritiousGood qualityGood for the planet in the farming methods used Fair for the farmers - especially small holder farmers! Culturally appropriate and respectfulI don’t know if anyone else is sick of all the nit picking on socials about food and ‘which whole food does it better’ for our health and the planet - when most people are wondering if they can stretch the budget for those blueberries or that mince this week, but I am.
Tammi Jonas has led the charge for many years, in making things better across all of these aspects of a fair food system and we talk this week about how much we can all do to mobilise - taking that active ‘next step’, to ensure a fairer food system is forged for all. She is an agroecologist in principle and in practice, farming heritage-breed pigs, cattle, and garlic with her bricoleur husband Stuart at Jonai Farms and Meatsmiths on the unceded lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung, where they share rent-free land with the young First and Second Nations market gardeners of Tumpinyeri Growers. Tammi is the focal point for farmers with the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA), advocating for everyone’s right to participate in decisions about food and agriculture systems. In 2024, she completed a PhD on the rise of agroecology in Australia, and collectivising to deal with the problem of the state, as well as publishing a cookbook to help everyone Eat Like the Jonai.
Thank you to this month’s show partners for joining us to help you make your low tox swaps!
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@cleannectarine is giving you 20% off the beauty and personal care ranges with all orders over $99. Code LOWTOXLIFE (excluding water filters). Try awesome low tox brands such as 100% Pure, Kora, Weleda, Moo Goo, Mukti and more as you make your low tox beauty swaps for 2025.
Be sure to join me on Instagram @lowtoxlife and tag me with your shares and AHAs if something resonates! I love to see your thoughts, genuinely! You can also connect with Tammi here on Instagram and the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance here.
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Erikas Schwarz, MD is the kind of doctor that once you’ve spoken with her, you want her to be yours - how ‘bout it, Erika? Gosh I loved meeting this woman, who fearlessly and thoughtfully guides her patients, calls out the medical establishment as cult-like and how we need to look bigger picture and get better reads on research before taking action with patients given it’s people’s lives and mental health at stake.
Dr. Erika is a pioneer in the use of bio-identical hormones for preventing illness and recognizing their direct link to overall wellness and their interconnection with diet, sleep and stress management. She has authored eight best-selling books as well as numerous articles. Her focus on treating patients as a whole person began more than 30 years ago with her understanding that bio-identical hormone replacement is the safest, most effective path to increased health span and to achieve the highest quality of life.
While this show is absolutely not about making statements that ‘everybody should take hormones’ nor is that even the main focus of our conversation, it is about:
Cultivating great patient/doctor relationships and empowering yourself more in your health journey.
I hope you love discovering Dr Erika as much as I did and can’t wait to hear what jumped out most for you,
Alexx x
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Fashion - Despite what we’ve known for over a decade now, our fashion predicament is getting worse - petroleum-based colours and fabrics, faster and ‘cheaper’ fashion than ever before and awful conditions for most garment workers internationally - and? Landfill from throwing it all away is getting dire.
It’s kind of hard to feel a sense of hope but Jeff Garner, fashion designer and founder of Prophetik (with Taylor Swift and Kinds of Leon among his clients!) is determined to give us that today - with this conversation and with his upcoming documentary, “Let them be Naked”.
If you want to understand:
Environmental Toxins in today’s fashion worldWhy we need to rethink ‘cost’ when it comes to the clothes we buyThe magical opportunity to connect with nature on a deep level through our clothing choicesWhy I wanted to take my T-Shirt off, despite it being made of organic linen, by the end of the show?Well, you’ll just have to take a listen!
Hope you love it as much as I enjoyed this conversation and yes, I feel a deeply renewed sense of agency and hope - Jeff is a treasure of a human. Enjoy meeting him and go check out Let them be Naked, the Film, here.
Alexx x
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There is so much outrage online and in communities these days - what can we do about it? How can we bridge divides, tackle polarisation and even deal with different ideas on a good life in families (like simply changing cleaning products or ditching processed food and everyone in your family thinking you’re nuts, crunchy and woo woo!)
Enter Dr Kurt Gray; a Professor in Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he directs the Deepest Beliefs Lab and the Center for the Science of Moral Understanding. He received his BSc from the University of Waterloo, and his PhD is Social Psychology from Harvard University. His research investigates how best to bridge political divides, and the causes and consequences of people’s deepest beliefs, including morality and religion.
We have a brilliant conversation about beliefs, outrage, the role the online world is playing, and how to get better at being less Outraged and starting to find where we overlap and can agree with one another - storytelling is the key to the path forward.
I hope you will feel this speak to you as deeply it did, me, as a subject. I find it very hard to choose a camp because I know in my heart I don’t fit in any of the so well defined camps we see in this polarised world. Anyone fancy joining me asw we venture forward working from our overlaps instead of forcing each other to pick sides and then dehumanise the ‘other’? The invite is open.
See you online to talk about it
Alexx x
Connect further with Kurt’s work here:
https://www.kurtjgray.com/
@kurtjgray on X and Insta
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Well here it is - the last show of 2024!
Thank you for being with me these past 50 shows, as we’ve expanded into more Low Tox Mind and Life topics, both family and personal, with a view to supporting the whole picture of a healthy life, not just all the things that go wrong and how to fix them - which of course shall always be a part of it, but where our attention goes our energy flows and there is so much goodness and life to be lived - even when it can all feel like it’s falling apart at times.
I hope you enjoy this wonderful conversation with master coach Josselyne Herman-Saccio (SAY Joss-Lynn Herman SAHHCHEEO) who shows us the Art Of Being Unmessable with, no matter what life throws at you. She has spent over 30 years as an entrepreneur, author, coach, course leader and curriculum designer of transformative programs - was even in a pop girl band for a minute there with a No1 hit… What a story! Her mission is to empower people to live the life of their dreams now, versus someday and develop themselves to be “unmessable with” in the process.
I got so much out of it and felt it would be the perfect juju to end the year on - I hope you’ll agree!
Enjoy the show and can’t wait to hear what you think,
Alexx
Connect with Josselyne on the following platforms;
Instagram— @beunmessablewith
Website— https://www.beunmessablewith.com/
Enjoy free resources at https://beunmessablewith.com/freebies/
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