E107. From 88% to 0%: DailyMail Editor’s Proven Detox Results After Ruan Living's 40-Day Home Detox

Practical Nontoxic Living™ with Sophia Ruan Gushée

After discovering her toxic chemical levels were 88% higher than the average American, DailyMail Deputy Health Editor Alexa Lardieri took a bold step: she joined Ruan Living’s pioneering and transformative 40-Day Home Detox program to reduce her everyday exposures to endocrine-disrupting chemicals like BPA, BPS, phthalates, and benzene.

In this follow-up to episodes 86–89, Alexa returns to share her before-and-after Million Marker urine test results—and the data is powerful. Her bisphenol levels dropped from 88% to zero, and other chemicals linked to hormone disruption and cancer also fell significantly.

You’ll learn:

• The invisible yet measurable impact of toxic exposures in daily life
• How Alexa’s small product swaps led to big biological shifts
• What Alexa swapped to dramatically lower her bisphenol and benzene levels
• The role of urine testing for toxins in tracking real detox progress
• What factors might have temporarily elevated her phthalate levels again
• How travel, beauty products, and furniture can reintroduce exposures
• Smart strategies for choosing non-toxic furniture and textiles

Whether you're seeking hormone balance, fertility support, or cancer recovery, this episode reveals how detoxing your home can radically lower your toxic burden—in just 40 days.

🔗 Learn more about the 40-Day Home Detox Program: Ruan Living's 40-Day Home Detox 📘 Read A to Z of D-Toxing for everyday solutions: A to Z of D-Toxing: The Ultimate Guide To Reducing Our Toxic Exposures 📲 Follow @ruanliving for more practical nontoxic living tips 📰 Follow Alexa at DailyMail.com and @AlexaLardieri

RESOURCES RELATED TO THIS EPISODE

• Episode 86. "What a Health Editor Discovered During Her 40-Day Home Detox (Part 1)"
• Episode 87. "How a Health Editor Turned 40-Day Home Detox Into a Team Effort With Her Husband (Part 2)"
• Episode 88. "Beyond the Detox: Expert Guidance for What Comes Next (Part 3)"
• Episode 89. "What 18 Years of Simplifying Nontoxic Living Has Taught Me: Interview with DailyMail’s Health Editor (Part 4)"
• Episode 67. Ruan Living's 40-Day Home Detox
• Episode 66. "Which toxins are in my body" with Million Marker founder, Jenna Hua
• Episode 105. "Toxic Textiles: Simple Steps to Detox the Fabrics in Your Home"

ABOUT DAILYMAIL

DailyMail.com is one of the world’s most visited English-language news websites, delivering accessible and engaging coverage of health, science, lifestyle, and current events. With over 240 million monthly global readers and more than 75 million in the U.S., DailyMail’s stories are widely shared across social platforms—making it a powerful source for shaping public awareness.

ABOUT RUAN LIVING

Grounded in the philosophy of Practical Nontoxic Living™, Ruan Living offers flexible ways for you to craft your Ultimate Home Detox™ to help you elevate your health and well-being—one thoughtful choice at a time. Specifically, we're zoned in on environmental influences—easy ones you can control—that can optimize your, and your intergenerational, healthspan and epigenetics through Practical Nontoxic Living™.

Rooted in mindfulness over perfection, we guide you with empowering insights to detox your home and body of toxic chemicals, heavy metals, radiation, and stress. Ruan Living offers books, online programs, customized support, and free resources to help you create a home and lifestyle that nurtures healing and thriving. Learn more at www.ruanliving.com.

ABOUT SOPHIA RUAN GUSHEE

Sophia Ruan Gushée is the founder of Ruan Living and author of the critically acclaimed bestselling book A to Z of D-Toxing: The Ultimate Guide to Reducing Our Toxic Exposures. Throughout her suite of Ruan Living Offerings, the diversity of Home detox paths that she has created are designed to welcome you to craft your Ultimate Home Detox™—rooted in the philosophy of Practical Nontoxic Living™, which protects your joy and convenience while guiding you to avoid toxicity. Learn more about Sophia here: Sophia Ruan Gushée.