Segedie - Green Enough: Eat Better, Live Cleaner, Be Happier (All Without Driving Your Family Crazy!)

Green Enough is a fun, direct, user-friendly guide to a healthier lifestyle. You will want to give this book to those you love, because Leah is that best friend telling you exactly what you need to hear.

Robyn OBrien, founder of AllergyKids Foundation and author of The Unhealthy Truth

This is the perfect starting point for people who want to detox their lives from harmful chemicals. Often, the fear of not doing it right, not doing enough, or not knowing enough about toxic chemicals paralyzes people who are interested in taking better care of themselves. Fear no more. Leah Segedie has you covered: You can be green enough!

Amy Ziff, founder and executive director of MADE SAFE

Leah Segedie is a force to be reckoned with. Ive know Leah for years and even though she began her journey fighting for cleaner food and household products well before I began to understand the importance of it all, I always marveled at her energy, dedication, drive, and fierce never-say-die attitude. Leah is so sincerely passionate about uncovering mistruths and problems that most of us have no idea about. I credit her with being one of the forces of massive change in the non-GMO movement that has made a significant impact on the CPG industry at large. I have mad respect and gratitude for this woman who fights for our protection every day. We all owe her a debt of gratitude that cannot be measured. Keep fighting, Leah. Youve so got this.

Kelly Olexa, founder and CEO of FitFluential.com

Im smitten with Green Enough, and Leah Segedies brilliant, witty approach in dissecting the science behind why going green can help you to eat better, live better, and raise healthier kids.

Jennifer McGruther, creator of Nourished Kitchen and author of The Nourished Kitchen

Ive been waiting a long time for somebody to write this book! Leah Segedies Green Enough is an irreverent bible for powerful livingpacked of straight talk about science and practical tips for taking charge of our own health and the health of our personal environments. Best of all, the book feels like a cathartic confab with a good girlfriend, someone who knows what its like to be a busy mom grappling with an increasingly complex and crazy world, who has our backs and knows just what to say to keep us fired up to keep taking the next step forward into our own power. Bravo Leah, and thank you.

Stacy Malkan, co-founder of The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and author of Not Just A Pretty Face

Riveting, fact-based, and utterly hilarious. Green Enough is the perfect book for anyone curious about how to make their home safer, without drastically uprooting life as you know it.

Lindsay Dahl, activist and former deputy director of Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families

When you realize everything in your life that affects your familys health it can feel overwhelming! Get Green Enough to relax and start making better (but not perfect) choices daily that will help keep you all healthy.

Ashley Koff RD, CEO of The Better Nutrition Program

Eco-wellness pioneer Leah Segedie speaks candidly and boldly reveals so much valuable, thoughtful, and mind-boggling information that should make you stop and say WTF. After reading this book, youll want to take a closer look at your home, your pantry, and probably, yourself in the mirror. Leah shares her knowledge based on personal experience and from the heart. Plus, the best part is that her mantra is that its not about not being perfect but being aware, present, and proactive when it comes to your home environment. And if you appreciate a few f-bombs every now and then, this may be up your alley.

Barbara Jones, founder and CEO of Blissful Media Group

This book is intended as a reference volume only, not as a medical manual. The information given here is designed to help you make informed decisions about your health. It is not intended as a substitute for any treatment that may have been prescribed by your doctor. If you suspect that you have a medical problem, we urge you to seek competent medical help.

Mention of specific companies, organizations, or authorities in this book does not imply endorsement by the author or publisher, nor does mention of specific companies, organizations, or authorities imply that they endorse this book, its author, or the publisher.

Internet addresses and phone numbers given in this book were accurate at the time it went to press.

2018 by Leah Segedie

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any other information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher.

Illustrations by Andrew Broznya

Book design by Jordan Wannemacher

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file with the publisher.

ISBN 978-1-62336-760-2
ISBN 978-1-62336-761-9 (e-book)

We inspire health, healing, happiness, and love in the world.
Starting with you.

This book is dedicated to my father, who died of cancer.
I promise to always make you proud!

WHEN I WAS GROWING up, there was a plaque on my grandmas wall that said it all:

This home is clean enough to be healthy, and dirty enough to be happy.

Maybe youve seen this saying on a decorative plate or framed needlepoint. Its still everywhere, and it would be a total clich if it werent so true. Creating a home environment that is healthy and happy is not about perfection and driving your family batshit crazy. Its about finding a balance between the choices that keep yall healthy and the sanity-preserving allowances that keep everybody happy too.

In other words, do what you can and then just chill out.

But here is some reality you need to understand. If you thought that the food and products you purchase are independently safety-tested before they hit the shelves, you are wrong. Your family is not protected the way you thought, and it has to do with what crazy chemicals yall are exposed to, day in and day out. Chemicals that, in many cases, are banned or restricted overseas, but here in the good old U.S. of A. end up on our dinner plates and in products inside our homes. Yes, there are rules and regulations governing this shit, but some of that bureaucratic mumbo jumbo is more about shielding manufacturers from legal liability than it is about looking out for you and your familyso whos to say youre actually being protected? It also doesnt mean the powers that be have to tell you what they are not regulating for your safety.

In some cases, youve been flat-out lied to; in others, no one bothered to tell you about the fine print. And lets face it: Had someone pointed out that fine print, would you have really read it? Youve been a bit busy making awesomeness happen, and those sneaky chemical companies are banking on you being too busy to check that shit out.

So what chemicals are we talking about, and where are they? The answer to that is complicated as fuck, but Im going to break it down for you. That is what this book is all about.