Allison Evans

Exactly.

And so y'all, I've done this for three kids.

People will say, oh my gosh, it's just one extra step.

But I'm telling you, I'm in this industry and it's like, when you know better, you do better.

There is no way that you can take a cleaning product and apply it to a substrate, like a cloth, which is what a wet wipe is, and not add a preservative.

that is at a certain amount which is a pretty high amount to be honest um because if you don't you'll get mold right and so there's a reason that you don't get mold so if you were to spray range basics on a wet on a dry wipe and leave it there within two to three days there's going to be mold okay so you have to add benzalconium chloride you have to add methyl isothiolosadone they're all these pesticide preservatives

And like I said, even in a very small amount is going to epigenetics shows that they could actually turn on and off genetic expression.

And think about the amount of times you're using a wipe.

If it was just a once in a while thing, I'd be like, okay, whatever.

But this is on a very tender, absorbable area of your child going pretty much straight into the bloodstream, super thin skin multiple times a day.

So I use Honest Company Organic.

dry wipes, and I literally just spray it with water or a little bit of all-purpose, and my kids have never had a diaper rash or anything like that.

I know.

Well, and the non-toxic ones.

Um, I love that you're asking this.

No one really asked this and I'm not a chemist.

I did not formulate our product, but who did actually formulate our product were the thousands of clients that Marilee has worked with for 35 years.

They were the ones that were really our testing, uh, group.

And so we worked with many, many people over.

We did.

let's see, over a hundred iterations, about 18 months it took to come out with our concentrate.

And essentially it is a natural surfactant.

So we have cocoa glucoside and deco glucoside.

All of our ingredients are rated either one or a two on the EWG.

But those are just general surfactants.

We have sodium phytate, which is almost like a binder that binds minerals and chemicals.

And then sodium citrate, which is a natural salt that acts as a water softener.

And then we have chamomile, which is our preservative.

So yeah, people say, what's one thing you can't live without?

You can take everything else away, but don't you take my concentrate.

My dog's climbing.

Fleece.

I'm not going to say anything about claims.

Fleas hate Branch Basics.

We hate Branch Basics.

So when we used to have a dog, we would take the dog to Petco with the big foamer.

This was back in the OG days.

We had like a huge, like 24, 32 ounce, 24 ounce foamer.

And

We would drop off the foamer bottle already ready to go, and I would pick my dog up.

We were living at our in-laws, and so we were required to clean our dog a certain amount of times.

I finally had to turn to Petco.

And they were like, what is in this stuff?

The fleas were just literally just flying off of your lab.

Because they hate soap.

I mean, when you think about it, it's an exoskeleton reaction.

It's not a neurological reaction.

So soap is what a lot of non-toxic gardeners use to keep pests away because it actually breaks up the exoskeleton.

No claims being made here.

It's great for their skin, you know, that gets so itchy.

And if you really look at what we're putting in those quote unquote natural dog shampoos, the fragrances and, you know, I know I feel bad when my dog smells like a papaya because I'm like, this really shouldn't be the case.

Oh, yes.

We can definitely talk about enemas.

So still have, I was telling Mari before the podcast, you know, they're being pregnant is such a blessing and we keep getting pregnant.

And so it's been about eight years and I nurse my babies usually until the next pregnancy.

Um, but it has definitely, um, stifled my ability to release toxins and, you know, so everything I do is obviously very gentle.

I'm not using the infrared sauna.

Um,

But I still have candida and I still have mold.

So when I hear about your story, I'm thinking, oh, wow, you're really cleared out.

Your heavy metals and such.

I have my heavy metals are very, very, very low.

But that candida can be super persistent.

That was a tough one.

Yeah.

Absolutely.

Even things like SIBO.

I mean, sometimes you have to bring out the bigger guns for sure.

But just, you know, it's kind of like what I said a little bit earlier.

We just have to know that when we do, it's usually not isolated to fixing that one issue.

And so if we can support our body through…

the castor oil packs and the coffee enemas and the grounding and the removal of toxic pesticides and the not being addicted to our phones, which are just making everything so much harder.

You know, practitioners these days, it's like the protocols that used to work.

Marilee says, gosh, I can't tell you in the past 35 years, it has gotten so much harder for the same supplement and the same protocol and the same treatment plan to work.

And she's like, it's a hundred percent because of the electromagnetic fields.

So that's a whole nother subject.

But, um,

I think for me and just my lifestyle, people look at me and what I eat and what I do, which it's been 15 years now and it's second nature.

And people will say, gosh, how do you eat that way?

Or how do you avoid refined sugars?

Or how are you taking the time for this?

And for me, it's not a restriction.

These are boundaries of my freedom.

I've never felt better.

And so people can say, well, I need more balance or you need more balance.

And

For me, I'm like, well, guess what's not balanced?

Chronic pain and muscle relaxers and painkillers and living at a pharmacy and...

you know, being told I would never get pregnant.

Like that's not balanced or having a child with chronic illness, you know?

So I get, I get a little bit fired up on that topic because yes, I think that when we are feeling our best and we're not fighting a health issue, sure.

Like go have that hamburger and fries and this and that.

And listen, people, I have struggled with emotional eating.

I understand that there's definitely a

a time and place for restrictive eating, but I'm more just talking about the bigger picture of choosing healthy products.

And if the eating thing is a big thing, maybe put that aside and think about the things that you're cleaning with, that you're washing your hair with.

Think about finding a person to dye your hair that doesn't use ammonia and formaldehyde.

You can start anywhere.

Start at the place that causes the least amount of stress.

Take the pesticides, mildewicides, fungicides out of your home.

That can't be that stressful.

They are the biggest underminer of our health.

Open our windows.

Take our shoes off.

It's not just about bringing dog poop in the house.

It's about lowering the pesticide exposure in our home.

So filter your water.

Get a Filtrete filter from Home Depot and put it on a box fan and filter your home air for 20 bucks.

You know, meet yourself where you are.

Um,

But there are things nowadays that I just do.

I love, yeah, back to the coffee enemas.

I love them.

I will say I've been doing it for 15 years.

I did one this morning.

I am five months pregnant.

If you're listening, do not start them when you're pregnant.

But our body produces glutathione.

And so when you do a coffee enema and you are, especially with the coffee and the caffeine, it goes up the hemorrhoidal vein and it basically instigates your

natural glutathione production by almost 100%.

And so it can upregulate your metabolism.

It's amazing for skin.

It's amazing for brain health, gut health.

I could just go on and on about I've gotten so many of my friends addicted.

People are leaving voice texts.

Okay, now what do I do now?

That's going to be me.

That's going to be me after the show.

Me and Fia are going to do it together.

Sending y'all buckets.

Well, you have to put the coffee in a bucket and then you hang it on a hook.

And then you have like a small tube.

It's nothing scary.

Because it has to travel down.

Yep.

You got to work with gravity.

Get on all fours.

Okay.

And play your favorite song.

Read whatever you're going to do.

And I'm telling you, even just like once a week, once every other week.

It's one of those things that detox…

you know, habits that actually you can see the biggest difference in a short amount of time.

I'm one of those that really likes like that quick, you know, like, yeah, like you have a dusty table and you just see where you're wiping, you know, like I like the satisfaction of vacuuming.

And that's how I feel about coffee enemas.

You know, the castor oil packs are amazing.

And the sesame oil pulling in your mouth and the oil cleansing, you can do all these amazing grounding, but I see the most bang for my buck with my, uh,

with my coffee enemas.

And you saw an improvement in your skin.

That was honestly one of the biggest things.

Wow.

Yeah, that was one of the biggest things.

Because if you really think about it, I mean, upping glutathione, your master antioxidant, you're upregulating so much of your body.

You're helping your liver.

And I will say, I think the skin and like that brightening eye and the energy was the biggest, plus obviously gut motility were the biggest pluses of the coffee enema.

I love what you said about

Tacos are part of my boundaries, actually.

Boundaries of my freedom.

You can do it.

You can do a clean taco.

You can do a clean—mad clean taco.

Wait, how do you do— Welcome to Texas, girl.

How do you do your tacos?

I like to do the 100% organic corn, and we'll, you know, steam the corn tortilla.

I've just started reintroducing cheese after two years, and I'm really enjoying this cheese journey.

But I do raw, organic.

You know, I don't do much.

But that and then some, you know, great force of nature or primal pastures or, you know, whatever meat.

I mean, we get very ancestral with our meat at my home.

Liver.

Lots of liver.

Maybe not my tacos.

Although Force of Nature does a liver ancestral blend that is really wonderful.

You can hide it in those tacos.

Your kids, yeah, they never know.

Yeah.

Got to add some cilantro and guac.

That's a good tip.

No opposite.

So we actually, I grew up in Houston.

We moved to Salado, which was north, which is north of Austin, lived there during COVID.

And our house actually got taken.

The house we're building got taken by a tornado two years ago.

And so we moved back to Houston and that's where we are with our three girls and almost boy.

We live in a neighborhood that doesn't have a mosquito truck, and that's very intentional.

And my kids are barefoot a lot.

We have a guy that comes to our house once a week for heavyweight training, and he's like, do your kids even own shoes?

I'm like, they do, but they don't wear them.

They take them off immediately when they see grass.

So they've been well-trained, and there's just, you know, I've thrown my kids in the infrared sauna, and it has done wonders for their health.

Oh, yeah.

You told me.

Okay.

What did that do for them?

So my firstborn was born, you know, healthy and strong and on time and at home.

And then all of a sudden at six months old, we have this huge eczema issue.

And I'm like, oh, no, no, we do it all right.

My kids don't have eczema.

What is this?

It was a very humbling experience.

And thank God I didn't go straight to the cortisone creams and the typical route because I ended up doing genetic testing.

And the poor girl, I mean, double MTHFR from her parents and really weak detoxification system.

And she is the one that actually had me read Ben Lynch's book on dirty genes.

which really convinced me about the power of epigenetics and how we are not victims of our genetics.

My daughter has no eczema.

We went through, we did herbals, we did binders.

We stuck her in the sauna for 10 minutes, slapped some Curious George on, three years old.

And she is, her skin is perfectly clear.

And we just didn't, we took a different route.

And I'm so thankful because instead of taking the batteries out of the fire alarm, we really got to the fire.

And it took time.

It took like two years for her.

It was really bad eczema.

But now there's not even a sign of it.

And it's been really cool to see how epigenetics

which is basically the power of our choice and our lifestyle.

It's called the science of hope.

It has totally trumped the genetic deck that she was given because I had the CEO actually, or CMO of this genetic testing company reach out to my health practitioner who then forwarded me the email and said, this child is gonna need a lot of support throughout her whole life.

This is a really, really weak detoxification.

I mean, I was just weeping as I'm reading this email and my child is so strong.

She's rarely sick.

Yeah.

So it just shows it does help.

Choices pull the trigger.

Oh, my gosh.

And kids, they heal so quickly.

I remember being so jealous because we moved into a home with mold when my second child was one.

And Lyme disease that I had had my entire life and didn't know about was activated.

And I gave her Lyme through my breast milk, which of course I felt horrible about.

She was just constantly crying and just vaginal redness.

And she was just a mess.

So we ended up taking her in, positive for Lyme, pretty high markers.

We put her on some herbals.

Again, put her in the sauna, 10 minutes, curious George, maybe some Peppa Pig.

And within six months, tested negative for Lyme.

And you know, I'm still over here like...

testing very positive.

Like, gosh, it's just amazing.

You know, and even we were still living in some mold and the kids just are so resilient.

Wow.

Yes, absolutely.

It just takes us a little bit longer.

We have more baggage.

Yeah.

Well, my, I always tell people this, please don't buy Branch Basics thinking that this is your ticket and okay, I'm going to be healthy because this journey is not about actually buying anything.

It's about removal.

So when I send Branch Basics out, which I do a lot, I meet someone and I'm like, give me your address.

But I say, please get rid of X, Y, and Z from underneath your countertop.

And please get rid of your Glade plugins.

And please, I hate to name brands, but please get rid of your pesticide guy that's coming, you know?

Yeah.

And then bring in the non-toxic, you know?

So our starter kit's great.

That's where to start.

And, you know, just know that it's really about removal.

We have a Toss the Toxins online course that is essentially taking Marilee's almost 40 years of client consulting experience.

and putting it into a course where merely Kelly and I are basically sitting on a couch

And we break down in 12 different modules where to start.

So pesticides, cleaning products, laundry room, we go through everything from, you know, filtering your water at a budget-friendly rate all the way to emotions because emotions are toxic.

So if something here that I'm saying is making you feel overwhelmed, don't start there, you know, because it's toxic.

So yeah, just power of removal.

And then buying Branch Basics, I will say it does work and it does make the process easy.