Really Very Crunchy: A Beginner's Guide to Removing Toxins from Your Life without Adding Them to Your Personality

by Emily Morrow

The Easiest Crunchy Things You Can Do on the Cheap Get outside in the sunshine for fifteen minutes in the morning. Add a pinch of salt and a squeeze of lemon to your water. Take a walk after meals. Bring your own grocery bags to the store. Learn to belly breathe. Go to bed earlier. Choose joy.

Fabrics You Should Avoid Polyester—Made of plastic and treated with tons of toxic chemicals, including forever chemicals, that rub off on your skin Acrylic—Made of plastic, known to shed microplastics easily Rayon—Treated with toxic chemicals and, like all synthetic materials, very bad for the environment to produce Acetate—Requires extensive chemical processing Nylon—Petroleum-based fiber that receives a laundry list of chemical treatments

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In short, the crunchiest things you can do are think for yourself, do the best you can, and show love to your fellow human beings.