We are surrounded by chemicals in our homes. Here's how to detox

Since the Industrial Revolution, we have synthesised more than 80,000 artificial chemicals and almost all of them have made their way into our air, water, soil and food. "And so into us," says Dr Jenny Goodman, who specialises in the effect poor nutrition and environmental pollution are having on our bodies and brains, and is the author of a new book, Staying Alive in Toxic Times.

In other words, we live in a toxic world.

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At home, we use beauty and cleaning products with toxic ingredients, says Goodman, most of which are fat-soluble and readily absorbed through our skin and into our bloodstream.

In many cases, these toxins push healthy nutrients out of our system. For example, aluminium, found in deodorants, pushes out silica, which is needed for our connective tissue. "Aluminium has been found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's post-mortem, and in breast tumours," Goodman tells me over a glass of tap water in the British Library, where she wrote most of her book.

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We are surrounded by chemicals in our homes. Here's how to detox

We are surrounded by chemicals in our homes. Here's how to detox

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