Asking my clients to change out their personal care products to safer versions has always been on every nutritional therapy protocol I write because what you put on your skin can impact your health. I also request they look at their home and landscaping products as well. What we put on our bodies, gets into our bodies and when we bathe, we wash it into our water supply. What we spray in our yards does too. Everything we do has an impact, is it proactive or counteractive for us and the environment?

I personally use a handful of products from brands that I love and trust and can also verify with the Environmental Working Group, a organization I have been supporting for years. In fact, one of the first articles I wrote was about this topic: Hormone disruptors in your personal care products?

Unfortunately, it’s always obvious by the label and labels can be deceiving. Natural, organic, and “not tested on animals” only goes so far. It doesn’t mean that it doesn’t contain harmful chemicals or even harmful natural ingredients. “Not Tested on Animals” is indeed a good thing, but, wait, is the product tested for human safety AT ALL?

This topic has been important to me since I read, Is This Your Child by Doris Rapp, M.D. back in 1992 when I was expecting my first son and I learned about environmental allergies and the emerging field of environmental medical specialists.

Holly Morello is a functional nutritional therapy practitioner, wife, and mom of 3 grown sons. Her passion is helping kids with ADHD, anxiety and other challenges such as behavior issues, depression, and digestive issues. She often works with entire families or at least the parents, as parents of challenging children often have their own struggles due to the stress. On the other end of the spectrum, she also love helping menopausal women who are often confused and are feeling alone by the changes to their body because they typically don’t know anything about it until they are in it. And, she’s been there, as well as being an overtaxed parent! Holly’s goal is for others to be empowered by hope, hope that they can heal and life will get better. Her approach is to find and address the root cause of her client’s challenges and to use food as medicine plus targeted nutritional therapy to help them heal and live their best lives. Her advanced skillset includes clinical testing of gut health, hormones, food sensitivities, and nutritional blood chemistry. Holly has been an advocate of safer personal and body care products for many years and is proud to represent Counter (by the original founder of Beautycounter), a company who’s mission is to craft high performing safer personal care products for the entire family and who also work with legislators to get harmful ingredients out of ALL personal and home care products in the U.S.
Nourishing Excellence Nutritional Therapy, LLC