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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Nov 13, 2016 • 57min
Show #17: Anxiety under the microscope with Shalani McCray
In Show #17 on anxiety Alexx chats to holistic practitioner Shalani McCray who also happens to be an interfaith minister. She brings such soothing and practical wisdom around anxiety - its causes, what you can do to lessen it when experiencing it and what protocols to perhaps follow or areas to explore should you need help. In this chat she suggests we take superfoods off their universal pedestal, bring back what's thought of often as bad, we talk about food production then move onto theIn this chat she suggests we take superfoods off their universal pedestal, bring back what's thought of often as bad, we talk about food production then move onto the gut-brain connection, thought patterns, negative self-belief and so much more.In true Shalani and Alexx style it's a bumper conversation that spans every facet of the issue at hand, bound to provide a few ahas for anyone and everyone who listens to the show. “You can channel your energy into beating yourself up about something, or you can take your new information and say wow: think about what I could do with this new knowledge”. Don't forget to check out the partner offer from ETTITUDE organic bedding and show notes over at https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 6, 2016 • 1h 3min
Show #16: Hormone School for healthier hormones with Michele Chevelley-Hedge
In this show, Alexx chats to nutritionist Michele Chevelley-Hedge about hormones.We go through many of the major hormones - including stress, thyroid and sex hormones, look at what the symptoms of ‘out of whackness' are, as well as explore tips on how to keep our hormones in check. With the amount of hormone disruptions from food and environmental sources in modern times, there's never been a more important time to feel confident identifying when something's not quite right and hormone balancing might be just the ticket!You can access the show notes https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 30, 2016 • 27min
Show #15 Fungimental - Saving the world with mushrooms
In Show #15, Alexx has dug up a wonderful start up already amassing incredible impact by saving spent coffee grounds from major locations such as airport terminals, and the using them to grow mushrooms.Phillip White founded Fungimental with tagline “Gourmet Taste from coffee waste” and aims to break the cycle of wastefulness through sustainable processes that utilize every possible morsel of waste.Another central purpose of Fungimental is to reconnect people with the origins of the food they eat – showing everyone how easy it is to grow your own food! Yes - check out the show notes to see how you can buy a kit to pop spent coffee grounds from your local cafe into to get a kilo of gorgeous mushrooms in just a few weeks!Enjoy the show and be prepared to be inspired by Phillip's simple idea already proceeding incredible results.Check out the show notes:https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 23, 2016 • 54min
Show #14: Kelly Exeter talks a calm end to the year
In Show #14 Alexx and Kelly both discuss strategies for not letting these typically busy months get the better of us - the buying, the eating, the drinking, the overwhelm...It doesn't have to be that way.If you want to explore setting some strategies to protect yourself from ‘silly season' overwhelm, then this show will help you make it the ‘smart season' instead.Be sure to check out the show notes for further resources. https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 16, 2016 • 49min
Show #13: Dr Stephen Sinatra on holistic heart health
In Show #13, Alexx chats to renowned integrative cardiologist Dr Stephen Sinatra. He's a nutritional therapist and psychotherapist and a big believer that patients are a doctor's greatest teachers. They talk about rigidity in the medical profession. Rigidity is theThey talk about rigidity in the medical profession. Rigidity is the Achilles heel of the doctor - believing that whatever we learn in med school then stands still as truth for the rest of their practising years? Well, that just makes no sense!They also discuss vital nutrients needed for healthy heart function, whether or not butter is GREEN LIGHT, how to have conversations with your doctor around cholesterol and statins, when statins are useful and when they are not, where lifestyle and nutrient therapy would be enough to produce great heart health results, the redefining of the thinking that cholesterol is our enemy, and more that cholesterol is your friend.Dr Sinatra also talks about the power of crying and laughing and what patients really need to heal successfully. Show notes can be found atShow notes can be found at https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/ as can this week's partner offer for RoseHip Plus skin range at 25% off! Enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 4, 2016 • 46min
Show #12: How toilet paper is saving the world with Simon Griffiths
Show #12 and Alexx chats to the founder of social enterprise “Who Gives a Crap” about how he came to realise social entrepreneurship was going to be his business model style, his desire to help out in the clean water space in developing countries and the many things he's learnt along the way.This chat is awesome because so often we see these wonder brands online and everything looks perfect and fun and fabulous, but behind them are hard working, honest people with big dreams to change the world in some way and make a positive contribution.Spending time with such people reminds us so powerfully, that where our dollars are spent is how our world evolves.Today's show notes and partner offer can be found on the Low Tox Life website.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 2, 2016 • 58min
Show #11: Self-care with Brodie Welch
In Show # 11, Alexx chats to Brodie Welch, L.ac, Chinese Medical practitioner and self care strategist - because who doesn't need a little more self care, right?They chat about Qi, Jung, Yin, Yang, self-care, foods that stimulate a healthy liver, detoxification in general, energy stagnation and get technical on seasonal eating in relation to Yin and Yang.It's such a juicy chat and one that will definitely give you insight into how to bring a sense of balance - both physical and mental, into your life. By the end of this chat you'll be setting yourselves a self care assignment!Check out the show notes and share your self care assignment promise, over at https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 18, 2016 • 48min
Show #10: Buy Me Once with Tara Button
This week Alexx chats to Tara Button, ex ad exec turned conscious consumer advocate with her pioneering business “Buy Me Once”.Buy Me Once calls on people to focus on investing in items that will last a lifetime, as opposed to engaging in the current cycle of getting good, cheap deals and constantly buying lesser quality items.Alexx and Tara talk about some of the tricks employed by advertisers to get us hooked on things we don't need, the inception of Buy Me Once and her hopes for what it will bring to people.Launched currently in the USA and the UK and soon to be in Australia and Canada, Tara is a woman on a mission to spread the “buy less, buy better” love.Enjoy the show and don't miss your amazing partner offer from Weleda Australia (Australian residents only). Show notes can be found at https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 4, 2016 • 58min
Show #9: Saving our SKIN - Skin issues and fixes
Today, Alexx chats to naturopath Liezel Barnard about the major skin disorders - psoriasis, eczema, hives and dermatitis.They chat about their differences, causes, prevention (1 in 3 people get at least one of these!) and the support we can get both with our own lifestyle changes and what foods we eat, the sun we get and products we use, as well as what to do and when to see a doctor or naturopath when needed.Strong skin often comes from within, so they discuss gut health AND how to have a super healthy immune system, which is inextricably linked to gut health. As always, you can check out today's show notes at www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 21, 2016 • 44min
Show #8: Sleep: Be a sleep ninja with Alex Fergus
Today is Show #8 and Alexx chats to Alex Fergus about setting ourselves up for an awesome night's sleep.They talk sleep hacks, blue lights, bedroom conditions, tech-free experiments, establishing routines and - believe it or not - many more things that Alex has studied to produce great sleep for his super busy clients.With a great night's sleep we can achieve anything, so listen to the show, see what you can do to tweak what you're doing in the bedroom, and start experimenting. Better sleep = happier peeps so cheers to that and enjoy the show!For the show notes head to: http://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast and at the top of the show notes, don't forget to make the most of our ETTITUDE organic bamboo bed linen offer of 10% off until the end of August when you use the offer code: sleepbetter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
