Ep 16. How Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals impact hormone health & fertility with Naturopath Lesley O'Connor

Written By Jacinta Barbagallo

In this episode of the podcast, we chat to naturopath Lesley O'Connor all about endocrine disrupting chemicals and how they effect our hormones and fertility outcomes. Lesley talks at length about the most common endocrine disrupting chemicals, which products these chemicals are commonly found in and how to reduce your exposure. 

In this episode, Jacinta & Lesley cover: 

  • 4:00 - What are endocrine disrupters?

  • 5:08 - Where do we find endocrine disrupting chemicals? 

  • 7:02 - Top tips for choosing low-tox products. 

  • 9:00 - How do these chemicals impact fertility? 

  • 10:54 - Are BPA free plastics better for us? 

  • 12:52 - The accumulative effect of endocrine disruptors.

  • 16:20 - Hidden microplastics in the environment. 

  • 19:40 - How does our DNA effect the way that we detox endocrine disrupting chemicals?

  • 25:48 - Steps to reduce exposure. 

These are Lesley's top 3 every day product swaps to reduce exposure: 

  • Water bottle & plastic food containers: Swap from plastic to glass. 

  • Sunscreen & lotion: Swap to natural, phalate, dioxin, EGBE & DEGME free products.  

  • Washing detergents & fabric softener: Ditch the fabric softener and swap to a sensitive, fragrance-free washing liquid.

You can learn more about Lesley below: 

  • Website: https://lesleyoconnornaturopath.com.au/

  • Instagram: @lesleyoconnornaturopath

References from this episode: 

  • Environmental Working Group: https://www.ewg.org/

  • Clean Fifteen and Dirty Dozen: https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/

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Jacinta Barbagallo
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