Dr. Tabatha BarberI teach women how to fast their way to a faith-filled, hormonally balanced, fabulous life!

Toxic Lifestyle: Hormonal Chaos and How to Fix It #shorts

5 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, Dr. Tabatha Barber shares a personal narrative about how decades of using everyday personal‑care products—such as scented lotions, Victoria’s Secret lip gloss, chlorine‑treated tampons, and chemical hair straighteners—led her to believe she induced her own endometriosis. She explains that these items contain endocrine‑disrupting toxins that can interfere with hormone signaling, cause chronic inflammation, and even affect male fertility (e.g., sperm count) through toxic fabrics like flame‑retardant or polyester underwear. Barber emphasizes that both women and men should eliminate such toxins from their daily lives, referencing deeper discussions in her podcast and book about which fabrics and products are safe and how to detoxify one’s environment.

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Toxins also, again, both of us talk about this on our podcast, but toxins can greatly contribute. And so, you know, back in the day I was using Bath and Body Works and, you know, lotion and Victoria's Secret lip gloss and wearing chlorine-laced— wearing whatever, using chlorine-laced tampons. Right. Getting chemical hair straighteners. Like, I'm totally convinced I induced my own endometriosis by a lifestyle that I had unintentionally. I didn't know. Right. But I think many women now understand this. But again, I think with me, the damage had been done because I had decades of that, you know, inflammation, whatnot. Building up. And these toxins are endocrine disruptors, which will mess with our hormones. And so just getting toxins out of our life is huge. And I don't have to spend too much time on this, but this applies to men and women. So if your partner is wearing flame-retardant underwear, you know, or, you know, polyester, whatnot, like I talk a lot about this on the book, what fabrics are safe, which, and which ones are not safe. And that can affect sperm count too and affect hormone signaling. So for men and women, you got to get the toxins out. So that was one of the early variables that I found.