Whatever you decide, don’t let it be because you don’t think you have a choice.” -Hannah Harrington
In a world soaked in synthetic solutions, going natural isn’t just a lifestyle, it’s a stand. It’s a rebellion against the cheap, the toxic, and the disposable. It’s the market at its finest, where we vote with our dollars, and our dollars speak volumes.
Let’s be blunt: the modern world is addicted to convenience. But that convenience often comes with hidden costs. To our health, to the environment, and to the integrity of our marketplace choices. The market has been flooded with lab-made food, chemical-laced products, artificial fabrics, and petroleum-coated packaging: all promising ease but delivering long-term consequences.
Food: What You Eat Is What You Become
Ultra-processed foods dominate the average grocery store shelf. They’re designed to last, not nourish. Preservatives, dyes, artificial sweeteners, and emulsifiers have become standard. These chemicals wreak havoc on our gut, our immune systems, and our hormonal balance.
On the flip side? Real food: organic produce, grass-fed meats, raw dairy, fermented goods, they fuel us, heal us, strengthen us. It’s food that feeds not only our bodies but also the small farmers, the homesteaders, the true producers.
Learn to read labels. If it sounds like it came from a lab, it probably did. Eat food that rots. Then you’ll stop rotting inside.
Toothpaste, Soap, Skincare: The Skin Drinks Too
Your skin is your largest organ, and it’s drinking in whatever you put on it. Everything underneath it even moreso. Fluoride toothpaste, aluminum-filled deodorants, chemical sunscreens -these are Trojan horses. The chemicals you smear on your body often find their way into your bloodstream.
Natural alternatives like mineral rich toothpaste, tallow-based soaps, magnesium deodorants, and zinc-based sunscreens not only work, they respect your biology. You were designed by nature. Your care products should be, too.
Practice what you preach: Start small. Replace your toothpaste with one that’s fluoride-free and made from minerals. Then tackle deodorant. Then soap. You’ll never go back.
Clothes, Sheets, Dishware: Silent Contaminants
We’ve been sold synthetic clothing made from plastics: nylon, polyester, rayon -which off-gas, trap bacteria, and leach microplastics into our skin and the water we wash them in. The same goes for petroleum-based bedsheets, and worst of all: Teflon and plastic dishware that heats up into a chemical soup.
Switch to organic cotton, wool, bamboo, hemp, and linen. Sleep on clean, breathable, biodegradable fibers. Eat off ceramic, stainless steel, cast iron, and wood. Drink from glass. These materials have stood the test of time, and they don’t poison you while you use them.
Start where you sleep: Your bed is your 8-hour healing zone. Replace your sheets first. Then work outward.
This is Not a Trend. It’s a Return to Sanity.
This isn’t about being trendy. It’s about being free. When you switch to natural, you choose sovereignty over dependency. You opt out of toxic systems and opt in to quality, durability, sustainability, and truth.
You support small businesses. You revive artisan industries. You boost your health. You build resilience.
Natural is not more expensive. Cheap is just more costly later.
The Free Market Way Forward
So how do we do this? One purchase at a time.
1. Audit your cabinets and closets. Find the synthetics.
2. Pick one category to switch. Toothpaste? Sheets? Food? Start there.
3. Research and support ethical producers. From Etsy sellers to Amish soap makers.
4. Stay consistent. Replace as you run out.
You don’t need to go broke. You just need to go bold.
Every natural product you choose is a middle finger to the corporations that feed us poison and sell us sickness. The Free Market doesn’t reward the cheapest, it rewards the best. Choose the best. Be the best. Live free.