The last few decades have seen a continuing rise in really serious and often fatal health problems. The list is long: cancer, heart disease, diabetes, infertility, autoimmune diseases, and autism, just to name a few. While vulnerability to disease often has an underlying genetic predisposition, there have to be environmental triggers to set these diseases in motion. In this episode, Therese Markow and Dr. Aly Cohen discuss just these topics and what we can look for on a daily basis, as well as the small changes that we can, individually, do to make our lives a little healthier.

Key Takeaways:

• It's estimated there are about 95,000 chemicals available on the US market for everything we use from cleaning products, makeup, and everything we use.

• The US has only banned 5 chemicals since 1976. European countries have banned around 1200, on average.

• There are resources out there to help you to vet the products you are using in your life, such as The Environmental Working Group and Skin Deep Database.

"The goal is less is more - use fewer products, the products that you use, if you want to use them, just vet them." — Dr. Aly Cohen

Connect with Dr. Aly Cohen:

Website: https://thesmarthuman.com/

TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSCeP0hyuTI

Show: https://thesmarthuman.com/podcast/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSmartHuman

Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61574591840716

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb6NhglVIu6ruM19QNhpJDw

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aly-cohen-md-facr-0b570749/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesmarthuman/

Book: https://thesmarthuman.com/dr-aly-cohen-and-dr-fred-vom-saals-new-book-available-now/

Connect with Therese:

Website: www.criticallyspeaking.net

Bluesky: @CriticallySpeaking.bsky.social

Instagram: @criticallyspeakingpodcast

Email: theresemarkow@criticallyspeaking.net

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