{"id":838,"date":"2014-05-02T16:06:17","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T16:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roadtolivingwhole.com\/?p=838"},"modified":"2015-12-23T17:30:27","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T17:30:27","slug":"allergen-friendly-and-green-cleaning-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roadtolivingwhole.com\/allergen-friendly-and-green-cleaning-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Allergen Friendly and Green Cleaning Products"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s that time! For most of us, winter is over and spring is in full swing. This brings Spring Cleaning to mind. Before you go cleaning with clorox and simple green, we need to talk about toxic chemicals in cleaning products, and what allergen friendly and green cleaning products are available to us.<\/p>\n

Growing up, I “knew” the house was clean because my sinuses and lungs were burning. I know I’m not the only one who use to think like this.<\/p>\n

If you are using products that bother your body this way, you are not only damaging your sinuses and lungs, but you are flooding your body with toxins. \u00a0On top of all the nasty chemicals, we have to think about the gluten they often contain. If you’re eating gluten free yet still not feeling 100%, your cleaning products (along with beauty products but that’s another blog post) could be part of the problem.<\/p>\n

If you’ve been following me awhile, you know that my daughter has to be gluten zero. We don’t have any gluten in the house, ever. Before I learned that gluten was in…everything, her eczema and gas weren’t going away. I make all the food for the baby sitter, she has her own high chair tray and everything. So I had to ask, where else could gluten be lurking? So I looked at the ingredients in my dish soap and right there, staring me in the face, was gluten. The next day I replaced all her (expensive) bottles and most of my store bought cleaning products.<\/p>\n

Gluten has many names in health, beauty and cleaning products including:<\/p>\n