About the Founder
Jayce Love
Clearance Diver · TAG-E Counter-Terrorism Operator · Surf Lifesaver · Environmental Health Researcher
The Origin
In the water, you can’t fake it.
You either prepared your environment, or you didn’t. After a decade operating in environments where that distinction was life and death, Jayce started noticing something uncomfortable about civilian life: almost nobody pays attention to the environment they actually live inside.
The health conversation in Australia is almost entirely focused on what you eat, how you move, and how you sleep. Almost nobody is talking about the environment those things happen inside. Your water. Your air. Your electromagnetic environment. These are measurable inputs that affect how your body functions every single day — and for most Australians, they are completely unexamined.
Clean and Native was built to close that gap. Not to sell anxiety. Not to fearmonger. Just honest, evidence-based analysis of environmental inputs that are measurable, specific to Australia, and actionable.
Royal Australian Navy — Clearance Diver
Career
A Decade in Demanding Environments
The same methodical approach that keeps operators alive in high-stakes environments is what drives the research on this site.
Competitive Surf Lifesaving
Began competing in surf lifesaving at age 6 — training seven to ten sessions per week. The foundation of physical conditioning, discipline, and comfort in demanding water environments that would define everything that followed.
Royal Australian Navy — Clearance Diver
One of Australia’s most demanding military roles. Clearance Divers conduct explosive ordnance disposal, underwater combat operations, and ship husbandry in environments that demand absolute precision. The selection process washes out the overwhelming majority of candidates.
TAG-E Counter-Terrorism Operator
Selected for TAG-E — Australia’s domestic counter-terrorism unit within the Clearance Diver branch. Three years operating at the highest readiness level in the Australian Defence Force, where every piece of equipment, every environmental variable, and every recovery protocol had to be right. That standard does not leave you when the uniform comes off.
Founded Clean and Native
After leaving the military and pursuing interests in performance optimisation and environmental health, Jayce found that most online information was either fearmongering or vague. Clean and Native was built to fill that gap — honest, evidence-based, Australian-specific.
The Philosophy
Neither dismissal nor paranoia. Just honest analysis.
Environmental health content tends to go one of two ways: complete dismissal (“it’s all fear-mongering”) or full paranoia (“everything is toxic and you’re already dying”). Neither is useful. Neither helps anyone make a better decision.
The Clean and Native approach is to treat environmental inputs the same way an operator treats a threat environment: identify what’s actually present, evaluate the evidence honestly, quantify the risk, and give a clear hierarchy of responses ranked by impact and cost.
That means citing ARPANSA, NHMRC, Australian state water authority reports, and peer-reviewed research. It means distinguishing between established science, emerging evidence, and speculation. And it means being honest when the data is unclear.
Evidence-first
We cite peer-reviewed research and official data. We distinguish between established science, emerging evidence, and speculation — and say which is which.
Australian-specific
Most environmental health content is written for American or European audiences. We focus on Australian water sources, regulations, agencies, and products.
Practical over theoretical
Every article ends with a clear “What to Do” section. The goal is actions you can take, ranked by impact. Not information for its own sake.
Honest about uncertainty
Where the science is unclear, we say so. “Evidence suggests” is different from “studies prove.” We don’t overstate the case in either direction.
Outside the Research
The Same Rigour, Applied to Living
The military trains you to optimise for performance in any environment. That habit doesn’t stop when the uniform comes off.
Daily movement practice
Cold exposure & recovery
Wellness & breathwork
Blue Mountains NSW
Sydney, 2025
Full Transparency
How This Site Makes Money
Some links on this site are affiliate links. If you buy a product through one of them, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.
That is the only way this site is monetised. No sponsored posts. No paid brand partnerships. No banner advertising. No content that is influenced by who is paying for placement.
Jayce personally evaluates or tests every product he recommends. If something is not worth buying, he will not recommend it — regardless of whether there is an affiliate relationship. The affiliate disclosure and testing methodology are both detailed on the How We Test page.
The policy in one sentence: If Jayce would not buy it with his own money, it will not appear on this site as a recommendation.
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