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Anthia Koullouros

Australian naturopath, herbalist and author of "I Am Food"; host of the This Is How We Heal podcast and founder of Apotheca By Anthia clinic, teas and courses in Sydney.

May 11, 2026

18:37
Mm.
18:37
So when I say cumulative effect, it's the eye makeup remover, it's the hair color, it's the deodorant, it's the lipstick, it's the, uh, soap, it's the foot cream.
18:49
It's the cumulative ef- It's the toxins that are cumul- cumulative effect, accumulating within the body that are known endocrine disruptors, so they disrupt hormone, and which affects hormone regulation.
19:03
Um, there are known carcinogenic, so cancer-causing, again, from cumulative products, cumulative toxic chemicals within cumulative products.
19:15
So that's just two of them, but there are products that also cause skin irritation because they disrupt the pH.
19:21
They disrupt the skin barrier.
19:24
Um, so they don't allow the skin to breathe.

9 MINS LATER

28:35
Mm.
4:57
Um, you-- so with the twenty-one day seasonal cleanse program, could you explain a little your approach? But also, I'm curious, like, why seasonal, and what's the importance of that?
5:08
Yeah.
5:09
So for me, a cleanse and a detox doesn't mean, um, a highly restrictive fast or water cleansing or anything like that.
5:16
It's a simple pairing back of any processed foods and ingredients and addictive substances, whether it's caffeine, sugar, alcohol, that can get in the way because we end up using them as crutches.
5:29
And, and then we replenish instead with nourishing food and nourishing self-care practices.
5:37
It made sense to do that with a changing season, so I created these four rituals or touch points over a year because there's different food on offer, and also there's different conditions that we experience with the change of season.
5:54
So when we're thinking autumn, winter, it's all about preparing for immunity, gut-- supporting gut immunity.But the changing temperature and the changing food on offer, there's a lot more citrus fruit, a lot more greens that are made available, so we're supporting immunity.

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11:50
Yeah

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