Natural Cleaning (DIY)

By MEGAN SANTIAGO

Cleaning products can be expensive, making it hard to breathe when you are using them, and cause serious allergic reactions. 

DIY Natural Cleaning is a must! Essential oils, vitamins and clean air can simplify your cleaning regimen.

To simplify it for you, there are different terms in reference to cleaning. Such as sterilize, sanitize, and disinfect. Sanitizers reduce microorganisms. In addition, sanitize means to clean filth or pathogens that may be harmful.

What is a disinfectant?

What foods/ nutrients fight infection?

First off, there are numerous foods, vitamins, and nutrients that have immune-boosting effects. In addition, they can have properties such as being antimicrobial, antiviral and antibacterial.

Furthermore, patients who are deficient in vitamin D are more likely to have respiratory diseases or infections. This vitamin is also antimicrobial and antiviral.

Vitamin D

Likewise, coconut oil is antiviral and antibacterial. It is found in numerous beauty products, including my favorite cleaner! Castile soap, which uses coconut oil in addition to essential oils to give it’s cleaning power.

Coconut Oil

First of all Apple Cider Vinegar is found at in grocery stores down your vinegar aisle. WebMD says ACV is simply crushed apples that are fermented. Love it! Such simple ingredients, you can’t go wrong. Another reason I love it is because of it’s strong antibacterial activity.

Apple Cider Vinegar

““Essential oils have also been shown to inhibit the growth of drug-resistant microbial strains which are even difficult to be treated by conventional antibiotics. “

Essential Oils

First of all, I like to make my natural cleaning recipes as simple as possible. So, for the essential oil recipe I only chose 5 ingredients. – 1 cup Hot Water – 1 Cup Apple Cider Vinegar – 5 Drops Lemon Essential Oil – 5 Drops Tangerine Essential Oil  – 3 Drops Tea Tree Essential Oil

Essential Oil Recipes For Cleaning

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