Every day a sea of potentially hormone-disturbing toxins surrounds us, in pesticides and herbicides in our soil; in chemicals and additives in the food we eat; in contaminants in the water we drink; in pollutants from car exhausts and cigarette smoke; in chemicals in solvents, plastics and adhesives; as well as all the toxins we absorb through our skin in make up, hair dyes and household cleaning products along with possible radiation from visual display units, mobiles or VDUs. These everyday toxins have been linked to birth defects and hormonal disruption so great that some of them are now called EDCs or endocrine (hormone) disrupting chemicals.
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Eliminate toxins and boost your fertility
Saturday, November 1st, 2008In the News: Four cups of coffee a day can seriously damage a woman’s chances of having a baby
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008If a woman is struggling to conceive new research presented at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology’s annual conference in
Everyday products that may be affecting your fertility: How to detox safely
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008Infertility has been on the increase in the last 20 years and although infertility can be caused by many things, including a poor diet, environmental toxins, stress, nutritional deficiencies, hormone imbalances and general poor health, a growing number of experts, myself included, are beginning to suspect that everyday bodycare products may also play a role.