E86. What Surprised a Health Editor During Her 40-Day Detox Adventure — Part 1
Practical Nontoxic Living™ with Sophia Ruan Gushée
Release Date: 04/17/2025
E116. Nontoxic Cleaning Made Simple: The #1 Swap to Detox Your Home Safely
Practical Nontoxic Living™ with Sophia Ruan Gushée
Want to detox your home but don’t know where to start? In this episode of Practical Nontoxic Living, Sophia Ruan Gushée shares the #1 cleaning swap from her Ultimate Home Detox™ Starter Pack—a powerful (and free!) resource designed to help you reduce harmful chemicals from your home. Learn how this simple DIY cleaning spray can replace toxic products, protect your lungs and hormones, and support a healthier home—especially if you're detoxing for fertility, cancer recovery, children, or general well-being. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: A shocking study linking cleaning...
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E115. Reduce EMF Exposure from 5G, Wi-Fi & Cell Phones—Tips from Dr. Devra Davis | Most Downloaded #7
Practical Nontoxic Living™ with Sophia Ruan Gushée
#7 Most Downloaded Episode Are your everyday devices quietly affecting your health? In this episode, Dr. Devra Davis—founder of the Environmental Health Trust—shares what science reveals about radiation from Wi-Fi, cell phones, 5G, and the Internet of Things. 💡 In This Episode: Health risks from EMFs, 3G, 4G, 5G Brain health, sperm damage, and vulnerable populations Baby monitors, infrared saunas, and safer tech habits 9 tips to reduce EMF exposure and support healing 📥 Download your free Starter Pack at or via the link: . RESOURCES: and (Amazon...
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E114. Your Ultimate Home Detox Starter Pack: 5 Simple Guides to Reduce Toxins from Cleaning Products, Cookware, EMFs, Kitchen & Forever Chemicals
Practical Nontoxic Living™ with Sophia Ruan Gushée
Looking for a simple way to start detoxing your home and lifestyle? In this episode of Practical Nontoxic Living, Sophia Ruan Gushée introduces the Ultimate Home Detox™ Starter Pack—a free bundle of 5 powerful guides to help you reduce toxins in your daily routines. Whether you’re worried about toxic cleaning products, cookware safety, EMF exposure, forever chemicals, or hidden hazards in your kitchen, this Starter Pack makes it easy to take the first step. Each guide includes Sophia’s #1 tip, so even if you're too busy to read them all, you’ll still learn the most important swap...
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E113. Avoid Microplastics at Home: 3 Easy Swaps to Reduce Hormone Disruptors | Most Downloaded #8
Practical Nontoxic Living™ with Sophia Ruan Gushée
Most Downloaded Countdown Series – Episode #8 Did you know that microplastics and nanoplastics can disrupt hormones and affect fertility? In this episode, Sophia Ruan Gushée shares three easy product swaps that can significantly reduce your exposure to plastic particles at home. In This Episode: How microplastics infiltrate your home Health risks of hormone-disrupting plastics Easy, budget-friendly alternatives you can use now RESOURCES: Ruan Living's flagship ABOUT RUAN LIVING Grounded in the philosophy of , Ruan Living offers flexible ways for you to craft your ...
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E112. Harvard Scientist Reveals Why She Rarely Wears Sunscreen—and What She Does Instead
Practical Nontoxic Living™ with Sophia Ruan Gushée
Can too much sunscreen be doing more harm than good? In this eye-opening episode of Practical Nontoxic Living™, Sophia shares a behind-the-scenes conversation with Dr. Carmen Messerlian, a Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health expert in environmental reproductive, perinatal, and pediatric epidemiology. After wrapping their official interview, Dr. Messerlian casually shared her personal approach to sun exposure—and it may surprise you. You’ll learn: Why this Harvard environmental health scientist rarely uses sunscreen How she uses the UV index to guide safe sun exposure Natural...
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E111. Improve Vision Naturally with Dr. Marc Grossman—Eye Exercises, Diet & Holistic Healing | Most Downloaded #9
Practical Nontoxic Living™ with Sophia Ruan Gushée
🎉 Top 10 Countdown Series – #9 Most Downloaded Practical Nontoxic Living episode In this powerful replay of one of our most beloved episodes, Dr. Marc Grossman, a leading holistic optometrist and international bestselling author, reveals how vision is more than just eyesight—it's a reflection of your entire well-being. Dr. Grossman shares how you can improve your eye health naturally through integrative practices rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine, emotional healing, nutrition, and vision therapy. In This Episode: Why it's never too late to improve your vision The connection...
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E110. Toxic Bean Bags? What to Know About Safer Fabrics and Fillings for Your Home
Practical Nontoxic Living™ with Sophia Ruan Gushée
When my daughter asked for a bean bag chair, I paused. Most are made with toxic textiles and synthetic foam—two major Household Repeat Offenders I explain in my book A to Z of D-Toxing and target in Ruan Living’s 40-Day Home Detox. In this episode, I walk you through how I applied my framework to find safer bean bag options—and how you can apply the same strategy to detox your furniture, bedding, and beyond. We’ll talk about healthier fabrics like hemp, smarter filling options like kapok and buckwheat, and how to have meaningful (and effective!) conversations with family when they...
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E109. How ‘A to Z of D-Toxing’ Sparked the Home Detox Movement | Most Downloaded #10
Practical Nontoxic Living™ with Sophia Ruan Gushée
🎉 Most Downloaded Episode #10 — Start Your Home Detox Journey Here In this foundational episode of Practical Nontoxic Living, author and environmental health expert Sophia Ruan Gushée shares the powerful story behind her critically acclaimed book, A to Z of D-Toxing: The Ultimate Guide to Reducing Our Toxic Exposures. If you’re new to nontoxic living—or want to better understand how household products, chemicals, and EMFs can impact your health—this episode is the perfect place to start. Learn why thousands have called A to Z of D-Toxing their detox encyclopedia for creating a...
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E108. How Filtered Tap Water Can Cut 90% of Your Microplastic Exposure
Practical Nontoxic Living™ with Sophia Ruan Gushée
A recent study revealed that switching from bottled water to filtered tap water can reduce your microplastic intake by up to 90%—from 90,000 particles per year to just 4,000. In this short Raindrop episode of Practical Nontoxic Living, Sophia Ruan Gushée shares a powerful reminder of how one small change can have a big impact on your health. 🎧 Want to go deeper? Learn more about water filtration in Practical Nontoxic Living podcast episode 48 " Learn more about plastics in human brains in Episode 79 "" Explore Sophia’s personal filter journey inside the Read the full blog...
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E107. From 88% to 0%: DailyMail Editor’s Proven Detox Results After Ruan Living's 40-Day Home Detox
Practical Nontoxic Living™ with Sophia Ruan Gushée
After discovering her toxic chemical levels were 88% higher than the average American, DailyMail Deputy Health Editor Alexa Lardieri took a bold step: she joined Ruan Living’s pioneering and transformative 40-Day Home Detox program to reduce her everyday exposures to endocrine-disrupting chemicals like BPA, BPS, phthalates, and benzene. In this follow-up to episodes 86–89, Alexa returns to share her before-and-after Million Marker urine test results—and the data is powerful. Her bisphenol levels dropped from 88% to zero, and other chemicals linked to hormone disruption and cancer also...
info_outlineEven 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.