Curious whether raw or steamed vegetables are better for your health? In this short Ultimate Home Detox™ Unpacked episode of the Practical Nontoxic Living™ podcast, Sophia Ruan Gushée reminds us what research reveals about how cooking methods impact the nutrient content of your vegetables.

This “raindrop” of Practical Nontoxic Living wisdom is part of a new Thursday series designed to help you make small, meaningful changes that support your Ultimate Home Detox™—starting with your plate.

About Ruan Living

Grounded in the philosophy of Practical Nontoxic Living™, Ruan Living offers flexible ways for you to craft your Ultimate Home Detox™ to help you elevate your health and well-being—one thoughtful choice at a time. Specifically, we're zoned in on environmental influences—easy ones you can control—that can optimize your, and your intergenerational, healthspan and epigenetics through Practical Nontoxic Living™.

Rooted in mindfulness over perfection, we guide you with empowering insights to detox your home and body of toxic chemicals, heavy metals, radiation, and stress. Ruan Living offers books, online programs, customized support, and free resources to help you create a home and lifestyle that nurtures healing and thriving. Learn more at www.ruanliving.com.

About Sophia Ruan Gushée

Sophia Ruan Gushée is the founder of Ruan Living and author of the critically acclaimed bestselling book A to Z of D-Toxing: The Ultimate Guide to Reducing Our Toxic Exposures. Throughout her suite of Ruan Living Offerings, the diversity of Home detox paths that she has created are designed to welcome you to craft your Ultimate Home Detox™—rooted in the philosophy of Practical Nontoxic Living™, which protects your joy and convenience while guiding you to avoid toxicity. Learn more about Sophia here: Sophia Ruan Gushée.

Welcome to Ultimate Home Detox™ Unpacked—a new Thursday series on the Practical Nontoxic Living podcast by Ruan Living.

In these short, weekly episodes, Sophia Ruan Gushée shares gentle, behind-the-scenes insights—like raindrops of Practical Nontoxic Living wisdom—meant to spark your curiosity and support small, meaningful changes in your home and lifestyle.

Whether you're starting fresh or deep into your detox journey, these episodes are here to make nontoxic living feel more approachable, inspiring, and personal.

Ruan Living offers many paths to help you create your Ultimate Home Detox™—including books, online programs, expert support, and free resources.

Subscribe, rate, and share if you'd like more of these light, healing drops. They may be small, but over time, they can transform your life.

About Ruan Living

Grounded in the philosophy of Practical Nontoxic Living™, Ruan Living offers The Ultimate Home Detox™ to help you elevate your health and well-being—one thoughtful choice at a time. Specifically, we're zoned in on environmental influences—easy ones you can control—that can optimize your, and your intergenerational, epigenetics through Practical Nontoxic Living™.

Rooted in mindfulness over perfection, we guide you with empowering insights to detox your home and body of toxic chemicals, heavy metals, radiation, and stress. Learn more here: Ruan Living.

About Sophia Ruan Gushée

Sophia Ruan Gushée is the founder of Ruan Living and author of the critically acclaimed bestselling book A to Z of D-Toxing: The Ultimate Guide to Reducing Our Toxic Exposures. Through her podcast and digital programs like The Ultimate Home Detox™, Sophia empowers others to create healthier homes and lifestyles—one informed choice at a time. Learn more about Sophia here: Sophia Ruan Gushée.

In this special twist, DailyMail's U.S. Deputy Health Editor Alexa Lardieri flips the script and interviews Sophia Ruan Gushée for her upcoming feature on the 40-Day Home Detox. Alexa turns her journalist’s eye on Sophia’s 18-year journey in detoxing her home and life—what’s surprised her most, how her approach has evolved, and the three easiest (and most impactful) baby steps anyone can take today.

Sophia also opens up with heartfelt advice for parents—whether you’re raising toddlers or teens—and shares what she wishes regulatory agencies would do to better protect public health.

Whether you're just starting your detox journey or deep into nontoxic living, this episode is packed with insights that will leave you feeling more empowered and less overwhelmed.

Hit play to get the behind-the-scenes scoop—before the article hits the headlines.

Resources mentioned in this episode

• Register for Ruan Living's newsletter: Ruan Living Newsletter
• Ruan Living's 40-Day Home Detox
• The DailyMail.com article that brought together Sophia and Alexa Lardieri: "Daily Mail health journalists test themselves for cancer-causing chemicals - with terrifying results"
• Love Test Detox Stickers

About Ruan Living

Ruan Living offers The Ultimate Home Detox to help you elevate your health and well-being—one thoughtful choice at a time.

Rooted in the philosophy of mindfulness over perfection, we guide you with empowering insights to detox your home and body of toxic chemicals, heavy metals, radiation, and stress. Learn more here: Ruan Living.

About Sophia Ruan Gushée

Sophia Ruan Gushée is the founder of Ruan Living and author of the critically acclaimed bestselling book A to Z of D-Toxing: The Ultimate Guide to Reducing Our Toxic Exposures. Through her podcast and digital programs like The Ultimate Home Detox, Sophia empowers others to create healthier homes and lifestyles—one informed choice at a time. Learn more about Sophia here: Sophia Ruan Gushée.

In Part 3 of our series with DailyMail.com’s Deputy Health Editor Alexa Lardieri, Alexa reveals her favorite part of the 40-Day Home Detox: The expert-led masterclasses, which empower participants with practical wisdom on nutrition, hormone health, interior design, mindset, and emotional well-being.

After your home detox stage, your final stage of the 40-Day Home Detox program guides you to design your new home and lifestyle with masterclasses. Sophia and her masterclass experts lead this "Design" phase to help you answer, Now what? How do I live? What do I buy? What can I invite into my home, routines, and lifestyle?

In this episode, you'll hear from two 40-Day Home Detox masterclass experts featured in this transformative experience:

• Elissa Goodman – Holistic nutritionist on the hydration epidemic that notices among her clients.
• Deborah DiMare – Wellness interior designer on creating healing spaces and founder of DiMare Design.

You'll also hear from Alexa on why these masterclasses were her favorite—and a personal note from Sophia on why she created them. These conversations help bridge the gap between detoxing and thriving.

💫 Stay tuned: future episodes will share clips from each expert's masterclass.

Resources mentioned in this episode

• Register for Ruan Living's newsletter: Ruan Living Newsletter
• Ruan Living's 40-Day Home Detox
• The DailyMail.com article that brought together Sophia and Alexa Lardieri: "Daily Mail health journalists test themselves for cancer-causing chemicals - with terrifying results"
• Love Test Detox Stickers

About Ruan Living

Ruan Living offers The Ultimate Home Detox to help you elevate your health and well-being—one thoughtful choice at a time.

Rooted in the philosophy of mindfulness over perfection, we guide you with empowering insights to detox your home and body of toxic chemicals, heavy metals, radiation, and stress. Learn more here: Ruan Living.

About Sophia Ruan Gushée

Sophia Ruan Gushée is the founder of Ruan Living and author of the critically acclaimed bestselling book A to Z of D-Toxing: The Ultimate Guide to Reducing Our Toxic Exposures. Through her podcast and digital programs like The Ultimate Home Detox, Sophia empowers others to create healthier homes and lifestyles—one informed choice at a time. Learn more about Sophia here: Sophia Ruan Gushée.

DailyMail US Deputy Health Editor Alexa Lardieri continues her 40-Day Home Detox journey, sharing a peek into her experience. She reveals how, even though she had been avoiding fragrance because it triggers her migraines, 40-Day Home Detox taught her the many other household products that contain fragrance. She also discusses how the LOLA POP Detox Method made the home detox process "bite-sized" and manageable, and how she uses the Love Test Detox Stickers to transform their home, habits, and lifestyle. Also helpful for those who live with others, listen to how Alexa engaged her "hesitant" husband and how they became a "dynamic duo" in detoxing their home and shopping.

Resources mentioned in this episode

• Register for Ruan Living's newsletter: Ruan Living Newsletter
• Ruan Living's 40-Day Home Detox
• The DailyMail.com article that brought together Sophia and Alexa Lardieri: "Daily Mail health journalists test themselves for cancer-causing chemicals - with terrifying results"
• Love Test Detox Stickers

About Ruan Living

Ruan Living offers The Ultimate Home Detox to help you elevate your health and well-being—one thoughtful choice at a time.

Rooted in the philosophy of mindfulness over perfection, we guide you with empowering insights to detox your home and body of toxic chemicals, heavy metals, radiation, and stress. Learn more here: Ruan Living.

About Sophia Ruan Gushée

Sophia Ruan Gushée is the founder of Ruan Living and author of the critically acclaimed bestselling book A to Z of D-Toxing: The Ultimate Guide to Reducing Our Toxic Exposures. Through her podcast and digital programs like The Ultimate Home Detox, Sophia empowers others to create healthier homes and lifestyles—one informed choice at a time. Learn more about Sophia here: Sophia Ruan Gushée.

Even health journalists get surprised—Alexa Lardieri reveals what she learned while detoxing her own home.

Alexa Lardieri, Deputy Health Editor at DailyMail.com, has written countless articles about the dangers of toxic chemicals in our everyday products. But after completing the Ruan Living 40-Day Home Detox, she discovered just how much she didn’t know.

In Part 1 of this four-part series, Alexa shares her biggest surprises—like the truth about “unscented” products and how our pets may be more at risk than we think.

Resources mentioned in this episode

• Register for Ruan Living's newsletter: Ruan Living Newsletter
• Ruan Living's 40-Day Home Detox
• The DailyMail.com article that brought together Sophia and Alexa Lardieri: "Daily Mail health journalists test themselves for cancer-causing chemicals - with terrifying results"
• Listen to Sophia talk to Million Marker founder, Jenna Hua, on Practical Nontoxic Living podcast episode 66: Which Toxins Are In My Body?
• Choosing the Best Glass Containers for Non-Toxic Living: A Comprehensive Guide
• What are the safest pans to cook with & the best non toxic cookware?
• "Unscented" products can contain chemicals to mask odors (US EPA 2016)
• Chelin Jamie Hu, Marcus A Garcia, Alexander Nihart, Rui Liu, Lei Yin, Natalie Adolphi, Daniel F Gallego, Huining Kang, Matthew J Campen, Xiaozhong Yu, Microplastic presence in dog and human testis and its potential association with sperm count and weights of testis and epididymis, Toxicological Sciences, Volume 200, Issue 2, August 2024, Pages 235–240

About Ruan Living

Ruan Living offers The Ultimate Home Detox to help you elevate your health and well-being—one thoughtful choice at a time.

Rooted in the philosophy of mindfulness over perfection, we guide you with empowering insights to detox your home and body of toxic chemicals, heavy metals, radiation, and stress. Learn more here: Ruan Living.

About Sophia Ruan Gushée

Sophia Ruan Gushée is the founder of Ruan Living and author of the critically acclaimed bestselling book A to Z of D-Toxing: The Ultimate Guide to Reducing Our Toxic Exposures. Through her podcast and digital programs like The Ultimate Home Detox, Sophia empowers others to create healthier homes and lifestyles—one informed choice at a time. Learn more about Sophia here: Sophia Ruan Gushée.

Recycled Plastic: The 'Eco-Friendly' Choice That’s Harming Your Health.

You’ve been told that choosing recycled plastic is better for the environment—but is it safe for your health? 🚨 Studies show that recycled plastics can contain even more toxic chemicals than virgin plastic, including BPA, phthalates, and hormone disruptors that compromise your endocrine system, fertility, reproductive health and pregnancy outcomes, and overall well-being.

In this episode, we uncover:
✅ The shocking truth about toxins in recycled plastics
✅ How “eco-friendly” plastic may be worse for your health
✅ Where these hidden toxins show up in your everyday life
✅ Smart swaps for safer, truly sustainable materials

If you’re passionate about detoxing your home and body and making informed choices about the products you use, this episode is a must-listen. 🎧

👉 Hit play now and share with a friend who needs to hear this!

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Read podcast script: Recycled Plastic: The “Eco-Friendly” Choice That’s Harming Your Health

🔎 Resources Mentioned:

Select links to scientific studies on toxins in recycled plastic:

• "Safety of recycled plastics and textiles: Review on the detection, identification and safety assessment of contaminants" (Chemosphere, 2023)
• "Forever Toxic: The science on health threats from plastic recycling" (Greenpeace, 2023)

• A to Z of D-Toxing: The Ultimate Guide to Reducing Our Toxic Exposures for a deep dive into toxicity from your household items and daily routines.

• 40-Day Home Detox to eliminate six basic Household Repeat Offenders, including plastics.

💡 Take the Next Step:
🚫 Ready to ditch hidden toxins?

📩 Let’s Connect!

• Instagram: @ruanliving

• Website & Blog: ruanliving.com

• Join My Newsletter: Get exclusive tips for detoxing your home & body: Ruan Living newsletter — look out for it from hello@ruanliving.com.

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Feeling overwhelmed by toxins in your home? You’re not alone. But what if avoiding toxic chemicals, heavy metals, and EMFs was easier than you think?

In this episode, I introduce Household Repeat Offenders, a powerful concept from my critically acclaimed book, A to Z of D-Toxing: The Ultimate Guide to Reducing Our Toxic Exposures. These are the everyday items in your home that expose you to toxins over and over again—and by focusing on just a few key offenders, you can simplify nontoxic living without stress.

Tune in to learn:
✔ The six biggest Household Repeat Offenders lurking in your home, which are also targeted in Ruan Living's 40-Day Home Detox program
✔ Simple, high-impact swaps to detox your space effortlessly
✔ How my 40-Day Home Detox program guides you step-by-step

If you want to reduce your toxic load without feeling overwhelmed, this episode is for you. Hit play now! 🎧

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