Episode 419: Fragrance: The New Second Hand Smoke?

Naturally Nourished

Ali Miller RD

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Health & Fitness:nutrition

4.8 • 655 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Did you know that fragrance added to many household and personal care products can be harmful to your health? Want to know about sneaky sources of fragrance and our favorite safer alternatives? Curious how you can protect yourself and your family members when exposed to synthetic fragrances? Tune in to hear us discuss the dangers of synthetic fragrance and how you can avoid it in your household. In this episode, we discuss the many problematic ingredients that can make up “fragrance”. These ingredients are unregulated and can lead to health concerns from cancer to neurological conditions to respiratory issues and beyond. Learn what do look for on ingredient labels, which products are the worst offenders, and our favorite safe alternatives. Also in this episode: Episode 116 Endocrine Disruptors and Estrogen Overload What is fragrance? What are the problematic ingredients in synthetic fragrances? How often are we exposed? Worst offenders when it comes to fragrance Human Health Impact of FragranceDo Synthetic Fragrances in Personal Care and Household Products Impact Indoor Air Quality and Pose Health Risks? Environmental Working Group Skin DeepHealthy Living App Alternatives we loveToups and Co use code ALIMILLERRD Branch Basics use code ALIMILLERRD Slow North Candles Primally Pure Avalon Hair Care Cult and King Hair Care Super Clean Everyday Oil Better perfume brandsHenry Rose Perfume Dime Beauty Esas How to mitigate fragrance exposureDetox Packs Cellular Antiox Air Doctor use code ALIMILLERRD Sponsors for this episode: This episode is sponsored by FOND Bone Broth, your sous chef in a jar. FOND’s bone broths and tallows are produced in small batches with premium ingredients from verified regenerative ranches. Their ingredients are synergistically paired for maximum absorption, nutritional benefit, and flavor. Use code NATURALLY to save at fondbonebroth.com

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Naturally Nourished Podcast that delivers cutting-edge food is medicine solutions for optimal health.
0:12.8	Ali Miller is a nutrition expert sought up by the media in America's top medical institutes
0:18.3	for her revolutionary functional medicine interventions.
0:22.6	From disease treatment to prevention, every episode will empower you with ways to put yourself
0:28.3	back in control of your health. Please know, the topics discussed are for educational purposes
0:35.1	only. Now welcome, Integrative Dietitians, Allie Miller, and her co-host, Becky You.
0:42.7	Welcome to episode 419 of the Naturally Nourished Podcast. You are joining us for fragrance,
0:48.9	the new secondhand smoke. We have alluded to the dangers of fragrance in past episodes, but today we're going
0:56.2	to be dedicating an entire episode to unpacking why fragrance is an issue, what to look
1:02.3	out for on ingredient labels, and in commonly used products, health concerns, how you can
1:08.9	make swaps in your household, and how to mitigate the effects
1:13.8	of fragrance and so much more. Yes, I think that fragrance is such a sneaky. I don't want to say a
1:19.2	silent toxin because we can, of course, smell it. But I think that fragrances, we have associated
1:25.9	a lot of like greenwashing of essential oils
1:29.4	that are now being replaced with perfumes or chemical complexes instead of natural occurring
1:36.9	botanicals.
1:38.0	And I think we're going to dig into that in today's episode as well, even as a, I don't know,
1:47.0	natural foods consumer or someone that's pretty forward thinking and on top of all of the areas to eliminate, replace, and swap out,
1:53.9	fragrances is one that I have found to be very sneaky and also very offensive when talking about like riding in an Uber or in an Airbnb.
2:04.9	So we're going to talk about real life navigation, how we even make adjustments at times of
2:10.3	travel, what we do in our households, and so much more.
2:13.6	Right. And I think once you start to notice it, it's like, oh, it's everywhere. Remember
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