How Microplastics Are Ruining Your Health - Dr Rhonda Patrick - #907
February 24, 2025
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How Microplastics Are Ruining Your Health - Dr Rhonda Patrick - #907
Summary
Dr Rhonda Patrick is a biomedical scientist, researcher and a fitness podcaster.
Every day, your body fends off harmful pathogens with ease. But what happens when environmental toxins like microplastics start to build up? What are they, and how can you protect yourself from their effects?
Expect to learn why microplastics are so prevalent in our everyday lives, how to detoxify yourself from microplastics, which everyday items expose us most to microplastics, where microplastics are stored in your body, the impact on your health being bombarded by microplastics, why your clothes might be one of the biggest offenders of toxic plastic exposure, the best exercises and routines that help you remove microplastics from your system, how to offset your exposure to toxins in your food and environments, and much more…
Timestamps:
(00:00) What You Need to Know About Microplastics
(05:27) What Levels of Microplastics Are We Exposed To?
(10:31) Where Do Plastics Go in the Body?
(14:39) Different Types of Plastics
(24:14) Sex Differences in Susceptibility
(28:10) Most Common Places We’re Exposed to Microplastics
(38:30) Are We Absorbing Microplastics From Our Clothes?
(42:24) Is it Possible to Have Plastic-Free Food?
(50:18) Best Tactics for Avoiding Microplastics
(59:22) Is it Possible to Test & Remove Microplastics?
(01:10:04) Advice to People Impacted By the LA Fires
(01:15:54) Impact of the GRAS System on American Food
(01:25:02) The Danger of Trans Fats
(01:28:54) Nitrites & Nitrates
(01:31:21) Should We Be Concerned About Added Sugar?
(01:37:07) The Main Issues With Ultra-Processed Food
(01:43:52) Do Sugar & Ultra-Processed Foods Cause Cancer?
(01:47:21) How Sugar & Ultra-Processed Foods Impact Brain & Energy
(01:53:57) How to Rebuild a Leaky Gut
(01:56:57) Mitigating the Risks of Ultra-Processed Foods
(02:08:03) What’s Next for Rhonda
(02:11:40) Where to Find Rhonda
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