Detox Your Home: 7 Smart Tips For A Clean And Healthy Home

Written By Jacky Xu / Reviewed By Ray Spotts

Your home reflects your health and lifestyle. Given that the average person spends most of their time indoors, we should take more care about the quality of our home. When living in a toxic environment, it is easy to get sick. Luckily, you can prevent it by detoxifying your home.

If home detoxification is something you are interested in doing, you should keep reading. That's because we will share seven smart tips on how you can have a clean and healthy home.

Banish Harsh Household Cleaners

The harsh chemicals in household cleaners can cause more harm than good. These chemicals are known to be toxic and have been reported to cause respiratory problems. This includes allergies, eye irritation, skin rash, and even cancer.

Harsh household cleaners can also cause long-term damage to the environment. They are a significant contributor to plastic waste in the ocean and toxic for marine life when exposed to them through water or food chains.

The best way to get rid of harsh household cleaners is by switching over to natural cleaning products that don't contain any harmful chemicals.

They are available online, and more brands are now making their way into local groceries. Nonetheless, you can make natural bathroom cleaners at home.

Spruce Up with Lush Plants

Adding plants to your home will lift your mood and improve the quality of air in the house. You can easily find suitable plants for your living space and budget.

Here are some tips to help you choose a plant:

• Choose an indoor plant that is ideal for your living space and lighting condition.
• Consider how much maintenance it requires before deciding whether or not you want to adopt it.
• Check out whether the plant is toxic or not child and pet-friendly.
• Consider how much sunlight it needs before buying one.

By taking care of your indoor plants, you can beautify your home while improving indoor air quality.

Leave Your Shoes Outside

It's ideal to take shoes off before entering a house because shoes can bring in dirt and germs from outside. Removing your footwear at the door has been practiced for centuries. In ancient times, people would wear socks or sandals inside their homes while they wore boots or shoes outdoors.

This tradition is still practiced today in many countries worldwide because it's seen as a way to keep dirt and germs out of one's home.

Doing this will make your house cleaner because you won't track dirt into the house. It also helps keep the carpet clean and prevents it from getting damaged by water or oil stains. Your feet will be more immaculate when you take off your shoes because they won't be inside the house picking up dirt.

Try Out Essential Oils

If you're into natural health, you're going to be familiar with what essential oils are, but if you don't know them, these oils offer multiple benefits.

Essential oils are natural and plant-based oils that have a variety of benefits. You can use them for aromatherapy, massage, and other purposes.

They are concentrated liquids distilled from plants. There are various ways to use them, but many people also use them as a natural remedy for health problems.

Common essential oils include lavender oil, peppermint oil, tea tree oil, and eucalyptus oil. These essential oils all have different benefits, such as relieving stress or helping with headaches. Make sure to double-check whether you're allergic to these oils or not or if some of them can be toxic to your pets.

Say Goodbye to Dryer Sheets

Dryer sheets are a product that many people use in their homes without realizing its implications on the environment.

Dryer sheets are made of plastic, which is not biodegradable. They also contain chemicals that can be harmful to your health. If you still want to use them, make sure they are used in moderation, and you only buy the plant-based ones.

Read Ingredient Labels

Reading the ingredients on food labels and any product can help you determine whether an item is good for you or chemical-laden.

Most people don't read the ingredient labels because they think they know enough about what they're consuming. However, the label will tell you the ingredients used in the product, including the chemicals.

Keep in mind that some synthetic ingredients are labeled in different ways. Hence, you must be wary about what's in the product you're consuming.

Eliminate as Many Plastics as You Can

It is essential to know how to eliminate plastics in the house as much as possible. It will reduce our environmental footprint and make it less likely to use plastic in the future.

There are many ways to avoid using plastics in your home. One way is to make sure you buy products with less packaging. Better yet, buy products that do not come with any packaging at all. Another way is to reuse items you already have around the house instead of purchasing new ones with plastic packaging.

The tips listed above can help eliminate as much toxin in your home as possible. From food to cleaning materials, being vigilant and opting for organic items can help you detoxify your home.

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Written By:

Jacky Xu is the Chief Operating Officer at Maid Sailors House Cleaning Services Austin. Maid Sailors takes pride in providing unparalleled cleaning services at affordable prices and will help transform your house into a home.

Reviewed By:

Founder Ray Spotts has a passion for all things natural and has made a life study of nature as it relates to health and well-being. Ray became a forerunner bringing products to market that are extraordinarily effective and free from potentially harmful chemicals and additives. For this reason Ray formed Trusted Health Products, a company you can trust for clean, effective, and healthy products. Ray is an organic gardener, likes fishing, hiking, and teaching and mentoring people to start new businesses. You can get his book for free, “How To Succeed In Business Based On God’s Word,” at www.rayspotts.com.

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