When it comes to eco clothing and shoes, this means making use of eco friendly materials that are sustainable as well as healthy. However, it can be hard at first to understand just what this means, so here is a quick guide to some of the products to buy if you want to be eco friendly.

Materials to Look Out For

Hemp: This is a renewable source that’s become more and more popular in eco clothing and shoes. It grows very quickly without pesticides.

Bamboo: This is also very renewable as it grows quickly, and in shoes it can also help to reduce odor.

Natural Rubber: Finding shoes made from natural rubber means that they can be water resistant as well as eco friendly.

Cork: Some eco shoes will make use of cork, which is harvested from trees without killing it.

Organic Cotton: Eco clothing and shoes can be made from organic cotton, which means that pesticides have not been used in the way that they are with conventional cotton.

The good news is that there are now many more places for you to buy your eco clothing and shoes, especially when it comes to shopping online. We are also seeing more and more organic cotton clothing items in shops around towns and, but making and informed decision, you will be helping to do your part for the environment as well as your health.

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When it comes to eco friendly baby products, knowing if it’s an eco friendly product can be difficult. There are so many body care products labelled as good for our baby, but the truth is that babies’ skin is very think and sensitive. Even if a product is safe for adults, it may not be safe for your baby. Often, eco friendly and healthy go hand in hand when it comes to choosing a baby product.

1) Look Outside the Labels

The FDA does not require that personal care products be labelled with all the ingredients, and companies are not required to test the safety of the ingredients they use. You might see ingredients such as parabens, sodium laureth/lauryl sulfate, and pthalates – which are all implicated in problems such as skin irritation and disruption to hormones.

Labels don’t even show some of the worst offenders, including by-products, such as 1,4-Dioxane, a potential carcinogen and component of sodium laureth sulfate. So remember – when looking for an eco friednly product, do not automatically trust labels that say ‘natural’ or ‘mild’.

2) Avoid Perfume

Many products include fragrance which usually has bad implications for chemical ingredients. Avoid fragranced products for your baby.

3) Research

The good news is there are a number of databases online that can help you research and choose a safe eco friendly product for your baby.

4) Choose Organic

If you are concerned about chemicals then think about going organic – or even making baby products from scratch. In fact, simple combinations can work well – such as olive oil as a mild moisturizer for your baby’s skin.

Hello and happy new year! Green Health Expert has been taking a break over the holidays, but now we’re back with regular posts about going green and staying healthy. Firstly, I wanted to suggest that you factor ‘going green’ into your new year’s resolutions. The title of this post says to learn about going green, but it all depends on what you’re comfortable with. Making just one change will make a huge difference.

Don’t Overwhelm Yourself

When you first get started with going green it can be easy to get overwhelmed. After all, there is all sorts of advice flying at you about every single area of life – the food you eat, the clothes you wear, the way you travel, questions on whether you need to do everything that you do, and so on.

In an ideal world we’d all be carbon-neutral, generating our own renewable energy and eating food we’ve grown from scratch. But the fact is that we are used to a certain way of life, and it’s near impossible to change it all in one go.

This is why I recommend you choose a few things to change and stick to them. Try to change everything and you’ll ultimately fail.

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