Low Tox Life

In this week's show I chat to Clare Press, who I've loved following online with her brilliant podcast “Wardrobe Crisis” and in her book by the same name. This week we chat about the fact that our biggest crisis in our wardrobe is overconsumption, as well as how to not feel that we need to give up on fashion altogether. We talk microfibre, organic vs conventional cotton,...

There are some Food series that touch your life profoundly - one such show for me was a series of Food Safari where Maeve toured through France with Guillaume Brahimi. Being half French there was obvious cultural appeal but there was something in the way that show was put together - one of the great story telling, discovery focused food series around. The new series EARTH, succeeds last year's&nbs...

Nutritionist Georgia's passion for superfoods is so infectious and it's not what you think when you hear that word. We talk Natto, Liver, Heart and Marrow - Why they are unbelievable powerhouses for our health and how to easily incorporate them into our weekly planning. Getting a super clear understanding on the vital need for K2 and its role in transporting minerals to where they're needed i...

I've loved Pukka teas ever since I came across them. Their packaging, their combinations of herbs, and later learning about their pass for the growth of organic agriculture and helping farms create viable businesses as their suppliers - needless to say it all sang to me. I knew I wanted to take a look into how it all began and discuss the power of the humble herbal tea, with co-founder Sebast...

So my last chat with Kirsty Wirth was a popular one indeed - show 42 on the many personalities of gut bacteria. We just had to do a follow up chat with so much more to talk about. We've answered some of your listener questions on gut health, as well as going into parasites and a look behind the scenes at what her recent US trip to Cerebrum Health in Texas did for Noah, her autistic son. It's a jam...

Every day people decide one day to explore what it might mean to ditch the nasty stuff and lower their toxic load across day to day life. I started 12 years ago and it was hard to find all the information and much of what was to be swapped didn't perform well and felt like a poor cousin to my high performance ‘convenient' cleaners and personal care products. Over time, environmenta...

I've brought Professor Marc Cohen back on the show to discuss the toxic load that we are burdened by today in the modern life context. Professor Cohen is a triple Phd and at the forefront of studying the harmful effects of many of the common chemicals we are exposed to today. We cover his “10 toxic truths”, discussing things such as the fact that chemicals are synergisti...

Could you be experiencing chronic inflammation? Do you feel like your symptoms add up to being any number of possible ‘things' but also unable to be pinned down as ONE thing? Or that you treat things like brain fog, sore joints, muscle weakness, funny heart beat or adrenals and still don't feel any better? Enter a real possibility of CIRS - Chronic Inflammation Response Syndrome. U...

My guest this week is Guy, who I met when we were both speaking at a conference interstate. Guy, who's been in fitness and health for many years, having founded 180 Nutrition, is not just about the high quality protein…  Turns out he has explored some seriously challenging ideas when it comes to optimising the body and mind, including ayahuasca (which comes with war...

Jude Blereau founded the whole & traditional food movement in Australia, which she discovered and fell in love with when living in the USA. If there's anyone who can make you feel at peace with your food choices and get excited to get into the kitchen, it's Jude. She tells the story of her fashion days and how food came to call her to change careers, and shares so much wonderful wisd...

There are so many stores behind why people pivot on their careers. Nicole's is one of the most poignant I've ever heard. From being a clinical naturopath she moved into researching all that she could on Building Biology - how our homes can help or hinder our health, becoming a pioneer for education in this space with globally recognised certified Advanced diploma certified cour...

One day I was researching rice bran oil for our Low tox community. I didn't have to look far when I found Cyndi's research on it and over the years since, Cyndi and I have met and exchanged like minded chats on food industry motive, back door deals done to skew our understanding of what makes a healthy food mix, and I knew there was no one better to invite onto the show to shar...

In this show, I wanted to reflect on our first 50 shows. This is going to be a great show for newer listeners to get an idea of which shows they might want to prioritise when back cataloguing, but it's also a chance for us all to reflect on the incredible knowledge that's been imparted with us over this first year, and perhaps revisit some of the shows that are just so packed with inform...

In this week's show after the 3 part series on GMOs, pesticides and organics, we are travelling to the moon - Well, almost. I thought it would be lovely to take a closer look at how the phases of the moon can impact us and Jordanna is the perfect beginner's guide for us. We look at productivity, action, retreat and reflection, setting intentions vs, sitting back and analysing a...

Fran Murrell was just going about her science degree in the mid 90s, a new mum horrified by pesticide use and its implications concerning our health in the long term. She decided to do a thesis on how these new GM crops back then, were going to be these amazing developments that would allow farmers to use minimal to no pesticides. What she found in her research was quite the opposite and in today'...

 A solo show today to follow on from last week's sobering exposé by Profession Michael Antoniou on pesticides, namely those containing glyphosate with his ground breaking lab study on low level exposure and the damaging effects. Rather than freak out today's show helps you do the opposite. Freaking out is SO not the vibe of living low tox, where KEY is positive, delicious change rather...

We hear about genetically modified foods now and then in the media but do we REALLY hear unbiased information, whether it be farmers that use them or manufacturers that tout their ability to ‘feed the world' or whether it be on blogs and natural health click bait sites warning that they are the root of all evil, bringing the world closer to impending doom? Alexx met Professor Antoniou at his...

There's a lot of buzz around intermittent fasting and the 5:2 diets over the past couple of year BUT: Are they for everyone? What do we need to consider before embarking upon either? How do they differ? And are there therapeutic benefits or dangers in either of them? These are the questions and more that Alexx asks Naomi to shed light on today so that if you were to consider giving them a go, you'...

Alexx launched this podcast nearly a year ago, with a passion for bringing you all aspects of the low tox life - toxin reduction information, inspirational eco businesses doing right by people and planet, health topics for the body and mind to help us live our best lives… The very first show was the infamous “Poopcast” all about poop, and if you thought there was only one show i...

This week Alexx your host, chats to the wonderful Meik Wiking - A man with an idea to research happiness who then founded the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark - the happiest country on earth. In this show they discuss 2 things. Firstly, The Happiness Paradox - what makes Denmark a recurring winner of the title “Happiest country in the world” and why the happiest coun...

Alexx absolutely adores meeting a fellow nerd - someone who passionately digs and digs into all the wonderful areas we can go on various aspects of health and wellbeing. Like Alexx, Kirsty Wirth came to start her journey of digging due to health challenges - her gut woes and her son's autism diagnosis. What that diagnosis did was propel her to become an expert on all things related to gut health,...

In this week's show, Alexx chats to Cole Clayton, who after career searching for much of his 20s, he tuned into his sadness for the state of health of so many kids today and became a health coach, specialising in kids. His passion for helping kids thrive matches Alexx's own but his approach is different and she found it wonderful to chat to him about his passion for Oral Myology and helping mouth-...

What do you do when you drive yourself to the ground - or in this case, to the hospital bed - amidst a successful acting career, working, partying non-stop and being super unkind to your body? You pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and teach all you've learnt about rebuilding a healthy life for yourself, to 1000s of women around the world through coaching, motivation, and mean girl mastering. Me...

This week Alexx chats to a household Australian name - Indira Naidoo. From being the youngest anchor on the ABC to creating the “shonky awards” for CHOICE magazine, targeting false advertisers and crazy claims, to chance meeting that meant becoming a best selling author inspiring 1000s of people to grow food no matter how much or little space you have at home, Indira has plenty of inte...

This is a cracker of a jam-packed show where Alexx discusses the relevance of the MTHFR mutation with naturopath Carolyn Ledowsky along with a few other key genes, and why, for people who've hit a real road blog in bettering their health, gene testing can be not only useful but essential - especially in the matters of chronic illness and preconception care. If you know someone who hasn't had a bab...