Low Tox Life
Low Tox Life 2016
Hello! Welcome to the Low Tox Life podcast - the place to bring your low tox life to life across all low tox pillars: Food. Body. Home. Mind. Planet. We cover it all to support you and your goals with some of the best minds in the world joining me each week. I'm Alexx Stuart, your host, and in 2009 I coined the term 'low tox' and started lowtoxlife.com. From there I've created 10 courses and had 2 books published (Low Tox Life and Low Tox Life FOOD; I've written countless research articles and recipes to inspire a low tox life. I am thrilled to bring this podcast to you as an extension of the online community, filled with multi-passionate people from around the world. The concept of living a Low Tox Life is one that rejects perfection, black and white notions of there only being one way to 'do it right'. Instead, we take a relaxed and curious approach to better choices to incorporate into our lives as and if they fit. Low Tox therefore instead of 'no tox' as people come together from all walks of life; from cities to regional and remote areas to work from our overlaps and all be part of the many solutions toward healthy people and planet. Forget wasting time feeling bad about what you're not doing or you didn't know yesterday. Let's feel awesome about what we can learn and do from today! Thanks for being here. I just know you'll be inspired as I am by each show. Enjoy, subscribe, pop the kettle on and most importantly: Welcome!For more, head to www.lowtoxlife.com and for easy back-catalogue exploring of the podcast, by topic type that you're most looking for, head to https://www.lowtoxlife.com/low-tox-life-podcast-index/And if you share a show, be sure to tag me at @lowtoxlife on Instagram so I can share it too! Alexx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 12, 2021 • 50min
265. Mark Herrema on Replacing Plastic with AirCarbon
This week continuing our eco disruptor interviews, I interview Mark Herrema. Did you ever believe we might be able to stop using plastic and replace it with something that won't harm people and planet? Well, it may just be possible with AirCarbon and I'm very excited to see where this goes. Mark Herrema is the co-founder and CEO of Newlight Technologies. In 2003, Mark co-founded Newlight with a vision of using greenhouse gas as a resource to make high-performance sustainable materials. After a decade of research, Mark and his team developed a technology that uses a natural process found in the ocean to make a material called AirCarbon. AirCarbon is a meltable energy storage molecule made in almost all known living things that are strong, meltable, and ocean-degradable.AirCarbon is now being used to replace plastic in single-use food ware, fashion products, and a variety of other applications. Newlight has been honoured to receive recognition as “Biomaterial of the Year” by the Nova Institute, “Innovation of the Year” by Popular Science, and “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum. In 2016, Newlight was awarded the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.Mark graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University and has since garnered over 15 years of expertise in process engineering, polymer functionalization, and strategic business development. I hope you enjoy this discovery as much as I have, hearing Mark's story and the development of something truly disruptive in the plastics space.Enjoy the show and head to the show notes for more details over at lowtoxlife.com/podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 5, 2021 • 48min
264. Alyssa Couture on fashion for your health
This week we're talking Fashion with Alyssa Couture - It's been a while since we discussed fashion on the show and today with Alyssa, we talk about fashion for health - like did you know that polyester, never mind the horror of microplastics, has an acidic ph and feels unnatural on the skin as well as increasing the chance of rashes, body odour and pore clogging? So today's conversation is one that goes very deep into fashion for people and the planet and I loved it. Alyssa's upcoming fashion book HEALTHY FASHION: THE DEEPER TRUTHS establishes an alternative approach to apparel. Her work Healthy Fashion creates + broadcasts enlightening content on fashion deemed medicinal and I think it's a must read - it's way easier to avoid buying excess or synthetic clothes when we really understand the multiple why-nots, right? Visit www.hfcampaign.com for more info. Enjoy the show and head to the show notes for more details over at lowtoxlife.com/podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 28, 2021 • 1h 2min
263. Professor James Trevelyan - Disrupting air conditioning for a healthier planet!
Professor James Trevelyan is an engineer with many accolades for inventions and innovations over the past 4 decades. From sheep sheering robots to landmine clearance technology to many things in between and now? Disrupting the air conditioning industry with something that cools people without cooking the planet - which is what, unfortunately, conventional air conditioning does. It's exciting to have him on the show to discuss his innovation and share with the world how we can revolutionise our sleep in warm climates by cooling ourselves rather than every room in the house. I hope you enjoy the interview and if you want to cut straight to the Coolzy innovation, skip to 20mins in, but if you, like, me, enjoy hearing about how someone comes to be doing what they do today, I found it fascinating to discuss some of his key innovations over the years. Head to the shownotes for more information and the sponsor offer over at lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 21, 2021 • 1h 6min
262. Helena Norberg-Hodge - Local is our future
Helena Norberg-Hodge is this week's show guest, continuing our planet series on asking the biggest questions we can and finding the simplest, local solutions we can. So if you're interested in local-economy thinking and seeing how we can move forward, this is the show for you. Helena is a pioneer of the new economy movement and recipient of the Alternative Nobel prize, the Arthur Morgan Award and the Goi Peace Prize for contributing to “the revitalization of cultural and biological diversity, and the strengthening of local communities and economies worldwide.” She is author of the inspirational classic Ancient Futures, and Local is Our Future (2019). She is co-author of Bringing the Food Economy Home and From the Ground Up, and producer of the award-winning documentary The Economics of Happiness. Helena is the founder and director of Local Futures and The International Alliance for Localisation, and a founding member of the International Commission on the Future of Food and Agriculture, the International Forum on Globalization and the Global Ecovillage Network. I adored this conversation with Helena - what an opportunity to learn from someone in the field of true environmentalism for so long. Enjoy the show and head to the show notes for details of her work and sponsor offers lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 14, 2021 • 1h 8min
261. Earth Detox with Julian Cribb
Journalist Julian Cribb, author or many books including his latest, Earth Detox, has spent a career asking the biggest of questions of where the human species and planet are headed, and then answering them. In this show, we discuss the harmful effects of the desire to constantly grow, population boom and crash (and how that won't be pretty!) pollution, environmental toxins, greenhouse gasses, agricultural inputs and regenerative agriculture solutions - all things that if we deeply understand we can then put our best effort into solutions as a collective. I hope you find the show enlightening and helpful, while the facts shared are certainly hard to get ones' head around. You can find the shownotes over at lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 7, 2021 • 1h 28min
260. Dr Perry Nickleston on Brain and Nerves Detox
It was wonderful having Dr Perry Nickleston back on the show to go deeper into the conversation on healing all things chronic - whether it's pain, disease, systemic inflammation… We dive into a deeper look at how detoxification channel impairment - especially from the brain - can be a hindrance to healing, and we look at some of the most effective ways to promote healing, oxygenation, cell hydration and more in today's show. If you have patients, clients, or you yourself are experiencing any chronic health challenge, this is the show - and the guy - for you. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did and do go back to show 223 to listen to our first chat, also. The two are great together so that's one big nature walk! Enjoy the show and head to the show notes for more details over at lowtoxlife.com/podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 31, 2021 • 1h 13min
259. Dr Shamini Jain on disease healing and prevention through the neuroscience lens.
“I've had the experience of diving deep into the science and practice of healing, so I'm really jazzed to share that, but sometimes our own experiences are just as important to keep in that conversation”. Ooh this is a juicy interview indeed and Shamini is an excellent human I'm so happy to introduce to you - if you've been interested in neuroscience, and what things such as creativity, meditation, energetic healing, and the biofield have to do with preventing, treating and healing disease as well as enhancing our general sense of contentment and wellbeing, then this week is the show for you. Dr Shamini Jain is a psychologist, scientist, and social entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of the Consciousness and Healing Initiative (CHI), a collaborative accelerator that connects scientists, health practitioners, educators, and artists to help lead humanity to heal ourselves. Her pioneering research in meditation, biofield healing and psychoneuroimmunology has been featured in TIME, U.S. News and World Report and CNN. Enjoy the show and head to the show notes for more details over at lowtoxlife.com/podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 24, 2021 • 1h 22min
258. Discovering the power of Sophrology with Dominique Antiglio
Have you ever heard of sophrology? These 3 shows this month have us focusing on inner work and today I speak with Dominique Antiglio. Dominique is the world's leading Sophrologist (a dynamic meditation specialist), author and founder of BeSophro, a global Sophrology platform.She specialises in stress management, anxiety reduction and burn-out prevention, and studied under the founder of Sophrology - the late Dr Alfonso Caycedo. We discover what Sophrology is - the endeavour of supporting people in finding as better state of harmony within themselves - consciousness, physical, mental - while we learn to live harmoniously in modern life. We even do a dynamic meditation exercise live on the show. Enjoy discovering this dynamic meditation modality and what it might be able to do for you and head to the show notes for more details over at lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 17, 2021 • 1h 11min
257. Rebecca Poole on The Significance of Sensitivity
It's time to talk about relationships - with ourselves, with others, as parents, as lovers. We're going everywhere today in what feels like a very useful toe-dip into the subject that is sure to have a part two. Rebecca Poole has decades of experience looking after humans and helping them feel well but after a masters in Chinese Medicine and practicing overseas in China, and several successful years of practice back home, she wanted to go deeper. “Why do people experience these illnesses chronically? Why sometimes when someone changes jobs or relationships does their health nosedive or dramatically improve?” Today, she is a healer bringing all her tools to her clients through private practice and group learning and so if you've ever wanted to start doing the important work of leaning into your relationship with yourself and others, I can confidently say this show is a must listen. Read more and discover this month's sponsor offer over at lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 10, 2021 • 52min
256. A children’s health hour of power with Dr Natasha Beck
Do you have or care for kids? This is a great show with Dr Natasha Beck MPH, Psy. D and founder of Dr Organic Mommy, who passionately advocates for a cleaner world for our children, from the environment to the food we teach them to enjoy, we can make a big difference to children's mental and physical wellbeing - and Natasha should know, she had ADHD as a kid on the standard American diet. We discuss sleep routines, boundaries, social interaction, environmental toxins, food and how to be accountable to your child so they step into their own accountability too. I hope you enjoy the show. Head over to the shownotes for details and this week's show sponsor, lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
