If you are painting, or putting in new floors, or carpet, redoing your kitchen cabinets, or building a new house….

STOP!

Before you do any of these things, consider what materials you are using. Just as you are learning the importance of being careful with the ingredients you are putting inside your body, it is equally important to think about what materials you are surrounding your body with environmentally. for those of you who think it does not make a difference, I can assure you, it makes a huge difference.

In just the recent months I have had three patients flare because of the environmental surroundings-badly.

There is a lot to know about all of this, but, there are so many natural companies popping up these days. Safecoat is one for paint. It is exclusively what we use when we are painting our home inside or out.

And there are natural wood floor stains and finishes-polyurethane for example is super toxic even in the prefinished floors. And, the glues they use are also toxic. Minimizing all of these things will help you not react to your new environment.

Roofing-well, I dont know if there is a more healthy solution for roofing, but, if you are doing it-go stay with a relative until all the toxic smells have blown away-yikes, into the environment, but, most importantly away from you!

These toxic smells-not that dissimilar to the toxic smells in a nail salon BTW, can make you flare horribly-as in you feel like you have a UTI.

So, research before you make plans and spend money! It is so important.

Dr.M & B