Are You Wiping Your Rear With Formaldehyde & Forever Chemicals? + Why It’s So Hard To Find The Ingredient List On TP | Lee Reitelman

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🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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318: Today's taboo topic involves wiping our butts. I'm just gonna say it to get it out of the way - but it's something we all do and for many, we do it at least once a day. And if you're female, we are wiping more than just our rear ends! That's why I invited Lee Reitelman to join me in today's episode. I recently switched over to a non-toxic toilet paper and fell in love with it so I had to personally invite the CEO and founder to talk about the negative effects conventional toilet paper has on the human body. You may be listening and asking, "what's wrong with toilet paper?" - but what many fail to realize is that several on the market contain formaldehyde, bleach, PEG 40, and forever chemicals. These ingredients in toilet paper are touching our most sensitive areas regularly on the daily, causing health issues we may not realize until years later. In this interview, we talk about bidets and some personal experiences we've had with them and why they may not be for everyone, the environmental aspect of tree based toilet paper, and how toilet paper is actually made and all the steps it takes to make a roll. After this episode you'll think twice about your TP! Topics Discussed: → Formaldehyde in toilet paper → How conventional toilet paper is made → What is considered “conventional” TP? → Ingredients in conventional toilet paper → Regulations around listing ingredients in TP → Bidets - They’re NOT for everyone! → Bamboo TP v Tree TP → The environmental aspect of conventional TP → Misconceptions around non-toxic TP As always, if you have any questions for the show please email us at [email protected]. And if you like this show, please share it, rate it, review it and subscribe to it on your favorite podcast app. Sponsored By: → Armra | Use code DIGEST for 30% off at https://tryarmra.com/digest → Bethany's Pantry | Go to https://bethanyspantry.com/ and use code PODCAST10 for $10 anything! Check Out Plant Paper: → Website → Instagram Check Out Bethany: → Bethany’s Instagram: @lilsipper → YouTube → Bethany’s Website → Discounts & My Favorite Products → My Digestive Support Protein Powder → Gut Reset Book → Get my Newsletters (Friday Finds) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Basically, there's no toilet paper in America, at least none that I'm aware of, and I'm 99%
0:05.5	confident that this is the case, that is made entirely from American pulp. There's always
0:11.5	importing, either from Canada or from South America. You're listening to The Digest This Podcast,
0:18.6	and I'm your host, Bethany Cameron.
0:22.8	Today's taboo topic involves wiping our butts. I'm just going to say it to get it out of the way,
0:29.9	but it's something we all do, and for many, we do it at least once a day. And if you're female,
0:36.8	we are wiping more than just our rear ends.
0:39.8	That's why I invited Lee, the co-founder and CEO of Plant Paper.
0:46.9	I recently switched over to a non-toxic toilet paper and fell in love with it.
0:51.8	So I had to personally invite him on the show to talk all about
0:56.2	the negative effects conventional toilet paper has on the human body. You may be listening and asking,
1:02.5	well, what's wrong with toilet paper, Bethany? But what many fail to realize is that several
1:08.4	on the market contained formaldehyde, bleach, PEG-40, and forever
1:13.2	chemicals. These ingredients in toilet paper are touching our most sensitive areas regularly on the daily,
1:20.6	causing health issues we may not realize until years later. In this interview, we talk about
1:26.8	the days and some personal experiences we've had
1:30.2	with them and why they may not be for everyone, the environmental aspect of tree-based toilet paper
1:36.6	and how toilet paper is actually made and all the steps it takes to make a role. After this episode, you'll think twice about your tush.
1:47.8	Let's talk about colostrum for a second.
1:50.2	It's everywhere.
1:51.2	I mean, everyone is talking about it, and let's face it.
1:54.3	Everyone is promoting it, and it can be quite confusing,
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