Plastic is slowly killing you.
Not only is it destroying the environment...
But it's also poisoning your body and disrupting your hormones.
Here are 6 ways to protect yourself from plastic (without moving to a cabin in the middle of nowhere):
Not only is it destroying the environment...
But it's also poisoning your body and disrupting your hormones.
Here are 6 ways to protect yourself from plastic (without moving to a cabin in the middle of nowhere):
Plastic is everywhere.
Food containers, shipping materials, and clothing are just a few examples.
But some plastics are worse than others.
Here's the rundown (and how to avoid them):
Food containers, shipping materials, and clothing are just a few examples.
But some plastics are worse than others.
Here's the rundown (and how to avoid them):
1. Liquids
Avoid liquids stored in plastic.
Liquids dissolve plastic more quickly than solids.
Your swig of bottled water comes with a side of plastic and chemicals.
Aluminum cans and paper cartons are also lined with plastic.
Stick to glass, ceramic, and stainless steel.
Avoid liquids stored in plastic.
Liquids dissolve plastic more quickly than solids.
Your swig of bottled water comes with a side of plastic and chemicals.
Aluminum cans and paper cartons are also lined with plastic.
Stick to glass, ceramic, and stainless steel.
2. Clothing
Polyester and similar plastic fabrics should be avoided.
Clothes rub against your body all day. Friction causes wear and minuscule plastic particles enter your skin and infiltrate your body.
Not good.
Stick to natural materials like wool, cotton, and linen.
Polyester and similar plastic fabrics should be avoided.
Clothes rub against your body all day. Friction causes wear and minuscule plastic particles enter your skin and infiltrate your body.
Not good.
Stick to natural materials like wool, cotton, and linen.
3. Fats - Food/Cosmetics
For one compound to "dissolve" another, they must be chemically similar...like plastic and fat.
Plastic dissolves readily in fats for this reason.
Oil/butter/cosmetics should come in glass.
For one compound to "dissolve" another, they must be chemically similar...like plastic and fat.
Plastic dissolves readily in fats for this reason.
Oil/butter/cosmetics should come in glass.
4. Heat
Heat speeds up chemical reactions and ramps up toxicity of ALL plastics.
Microwaved tupperware, car interiors baking in the sun (you know the smell), and sweaty polyester workout clothes are top offenders.
Use glass for food, keep car doors open, wear natural fibers.
Heat speeds up chemical reactions and ramps up toxicity of ALL plastics.
Microwaved tupperware, car interiors baking in the sun (you know the smell), and sweaty polyester workout clothes are top offenders.
Use glass for food, keep car doors open, wear natural fibers.
5. Off-gassing
Speaking of hot cars...
If it smells like plastic, you're ingesting it.
"Off-gassing" is plastic dissolving into the air.
Keep new plastic items outside until the smell dissipates, use wood/tile floors instead of carpet, and invest in home air filters.
Speaking of hot cars...
If it smells like plastic, you're ingesting it.
"Off-gassing" is plastic dissolving into the air.
Keep new plastic items outside until the smell dissipates, use wood/tile floors instead of carpet, and invest in home air filters.
6. Type of plastic
Certain plastics are far less reactive and thus safer, including:
- Silicone
- HDPE (cutting board material)
- Nylon
Vinyl is a good example of a terrible plastic - highly reactive. The baked car smell again.
Certain plastics are far less reactive and thus safer, including:
- Silicone
- HDPE (cutting board material)
- Nylon
Vinyl is a good example of a terrible plastic - highly reactive. The baked car smell again.
Some plastics may be less dangerous than others, but to be on the safe side, use:
- glass
- wood
- metal
- leather
- ceramic
- cardboard/paper
- cotton/linen/wool
Avoid plastics and other materials known to harm your body.
- glass
- wood
- metal
- leather
- ceramic
- cardboard/paper
- cotton/linen/wool
Avoid plastics and other materials known to harm your body.
I've been down every health rabbit hole.
In fact, I got so fed up with trying to find food with good ingredients...
I quit my job to start a food company.
In fact, I got so fed up with trying to find food with good ingredients...
I quit my job to start a food company.
We make @Masa_Chips in small batches and fry them in pure beef tallow.
All health, no harm.
(and no seed oils)
Try them here: masachips.co
All health, no harm.
(and no seed oils)
Try them here: masachips.co
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