Food & Supplements 101: The Complete Cleaner Eating Guide
What you put in your body every day matters more than almost any other exposure. Glyphosate is detectable in about 80% of Americans, tea bags release billions of microplastic particles per cup, and plastic packaging quietly leaches phthalates into the food it touches. This guide walks through the seven food swaps that fix the most exposure, ranked by impact.
Your food detox, in order
Start at step 1. The swaps are ranked by impact, so the changes that remove the most exposure come first and the lower impact ones come last.
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Reduce glyphosate by switching the foods you eat most
Glyphosate is the most heavily applied herbicide in human history and is detected in roughly 80% of Americans tested by the CDC. It is highest in conventional oats, wheat, legumes, and soy because of pre-harvest desiccation spraying. You do not need to go fully organic. Swap the three or four foods you eat daily and you eliminate most of your exposure.
Read the full glyphosate guide →Fix the few grocery packaging habits that actually matter
Most plastic packaging in your grocery cart is low risk. A few are not. Hot food in plastic, fatty food in plastic, canned tomatoes, and plastic bottled water do most of the damage because heat, fat, and acidity all pull plasticizers out of the lining. Skip those four categories and you have done more than swapping the other twenty.
Read the full grocery guide →Buy around the processing hidden behind raw, natural, and fresh
Raw almonds are steamed or fumigated, some decaf is washed with a paint stripper solvent, bright red tuna is gassed to mask aging, and bread can carry a flour additive banned across most of the world. The labels never say so. This food by food guide shows which everyday foods hide a processing step, exactly what to buy instead, and which popular fixes are oversold.
Read the full hidden processing guide →Switch from plastic tea bags to loose leaf
A single pyramid tea bag releases roughly 11.6 billion microplastic particles into one cup of hot water, per a McGill University study. Even paper bags are sealed with polypropylene. Loose leaf in a stainless steel infuser is the cleanest setup and usually cheaper per cup.
Read the full tea guide →Set up a safer feeding routine for babies and toddlers
Infants take in roughly ten times more microplastics per pound of body weight than adults, mostly from heated plastic bottles, pouches, and warming sleeves. The fix is mechanical, not brand based: glass bottles, stainless training cups, and a no-microwave-in-plastic rule. Worth doing well during the first three years.
Read the full baby food guide →Brew coffee without plastic touching it
Coffee pods, plastic drip baskets, and plastic-lined paper cups all leach when hot water hits them. A stainless steel or glass brewer plus unbleached paper filters or a metal mesh is the cleanest daily setup. Whole bean from a non-plastic bag closes the loop.
Read the full coffee guide →Audit your daily supplements for microplastic and filler issues
Capsules, gummies, and powders are everyday ingestion you might not be tracking. Several common forms (gummies, plastic-lined sachets, conventional gelatin caps) carry measurable microplastic or PEG contamination, and the form factor matters as much as the brand. The full guide breaks down which forms are clean and which to skip. Trying to conceive, pregnant, or nursing? Our cleanest prenatal vitamins guide covers the brands that publish batch testing for lead, cadmium, and phthalates.
Read the full supplements guide →Ready to clean up what's on your plate?
Browse vetted picks for clean pantry staples, loose leaf tea, plastic free coffee setups, and third party tested supplements. Or take the free whole home detox quiz for a personalized plan.
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