The Sprout Project raises awareness in Washington about long-term low-level toxic exposure, the devastating consequences to our health, and simple strategies for removing toxins. A growing body of scientific research in the areas of heavy metals, forever chemicals, and chronic illness fuels the project’s educational outreach and advocacy.
Yes, I watched FernGully as a child and I know pollution is a problem. Heck! I was a lead in our third grade musical, Assignment: Earth - What Kids Can Do To Save The Planet. There was a much younger version of myself that would walk up to people smoking and tell them they should quit.
But I had no idea that every time I overloaded my body's normal detoxification system, those toxins were getting stored in my body and causing problems.
They were getting stored in my bones, my heart, my fat, and -most devastatingly- my brain.
Where were these toxins coming from?
Most people would look at me and think that I make healthy choices. I don't drink alcohol or soda. I don't smoke or do drugs. I cook from scratch a lot. I grow some of my own food. I get outside, do yard work, and go on hikes. Almost two decades ago I rode my bicycle across the country. I built a tiny house on wheels. I grew two children inside my body. So I have a pretty good idea of what I am capable of. But now I am part of the sandwich generation. I've cared for parents who have lost the ability to care for themselves. My kids struggled with meltdowns, anxiety, allergies, and speech delays. It felt like we were fighting an invisible force determined to make parenting miserable. On top of that my own physical, emotional, and mental ability to parent was gradually drifting away.
Life felt like a sine wave slowly drifting below the x axis.
Do I know that heavy metals and toxins were causing all our problems? Nope. But without making any other major changes to our lifestyle, we started the process of removing toxins from our bodies with the help of zeolite clinoptilolite and chlorella.
I feel like a new person. My children are calmer, happier, shinier versions of the beautiful kids they already were. Parenting is 1000% easier. Everything is easier.
So I started digging into the scientific research about all this stuff. Turns out toxins are in our air, water, food, and dirt. They can be in our fillings, our tattoos, and our vaccines.
I've actually been putting toxins in my body all along.
Some of it was avoidable.
Some of it may have been worth the risk.
Certainly all of it could have been mitigated.
Turns out there is science that explains why things had gotten so bad and why detoxing with zeolite clinoptilolite and chlorella helped. I am completely torn between being furious that no one told me about this sooner and ecstatic that I have my life back. So I guess this is me trying to tell you about this sooner.
Do I know that your chronic problems are caused by toxins? Nope. But they could be.
And even if you have a healthy skepticism of silver bullet supplements, there are a ton of things you can do to support your body in removing toxins... like eating broccoli sprouts.
Rebecca Brown
