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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

• What was Aimee’s upbringing like? 
• Aimee is a registered mechanic and worked in the petroleum and mechanic businesses, which she believes was the main source of her toxic exposures.   
• Aimee is not anti-medicine, but has found most doctors are only treating the symptoms you’re presenting with and not looking at you holistically or connecting the dots between seemingly unrelated symptoms. 
• When and how did Aimee realize her environment was harming her? 
• There are over 80,000 chemicals available for use in products sold in drugstores and the US has only banned the use of 9 of those chemicals; manufacturing standards in the UK and other countries are much more strict. 
• Pharmaceutical companies are the ones funding the approval of drugs. 
• It’s not realistic to eliminate all toxins from your life, so Aimee says to focus on your home because you can’t remove a toxin from the entire environment. 
• A first step would be to address your water sources; if you can’t afford to get a whole-home filtration system, Aimee suggests a shower head filter as a starting point. 
• Aimee suggests using lemon—this can be used to rinse your fruits and vegetables because it helps remove dirt, and it supports your liver and kidney function—but if you have frequent UTIs, lemon can make that issue worse. 
• Aimee also loves apple cider vinegar. 
• The number one thing is to remove anything with added fragrance from your home—unscented isn’t good enough, it should say fragrance-free. 
• Aimee also recommends getting rid of products that include parabens, phthalates, and sodium laurel sulfate. 
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