Effects of Microplastics Even Worse Than Feared
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- čas přidán 15. 03. 2024
- The new microplastics study is terrifying. Not only did the authors find microplastics in blood vessel walls, the people that had microplastics in their blood vessels were 4.53 times more likely to have either a heart attack, stroke, or die over a 3 year period.
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How do we flush out microplastics? Will drinking more water help? Will certain vitamins or supplements help us flush them out?
What if it's BPA free bottle? Do we still get the micro plastics
How to detox microplastic from liver
@@spootnik00 Tudca and oral EDTA
Personally, I felt the editing gets in the way a bit.
Most, if not all aluminum and steel cans for food and beverage are plastic coated in the inside. It is everywhere.
Juice and milk cartons as well. Also all tinned goods and paper/cardboard alternatives.
Governments need to start banning various plastic
That's impossible
government pawns ensure they are ubiquitous in what we consume... safe and effective
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Thats not gonna happen
I don't think we have any proper replacement at the time.
That would be contradictory to their agenda
I can highly recommend Lifestraw (glass pitcher). Removes plastics and many other nasties (including PFAS). However a recent report also shows that *simply boiling water* reduces microplastics surprisingly well. Apparently binding to calcium deposits in the kettle - the harder the water the better results. Nonetheless consumers should start demanding more glassware or nothing will happen.
A few months ago I threw away all of my plastic cups, plates and bowls and replaced them with glass ones.
I realize that getting rid of all plastics is impossible, so I just try as best as I can without being overly neurotic about it.
Same here
Nah, you need to be neurotic about this tbh desu.
@@seektruth9982 they were born to moms who didn't use as much plastic as this generation. Thus, they were exposed to less plastic since the womb.
Concentrations increase exponentially with each generation
@@seektruth9982 acknowledging that plastics encompass a large number of man-made polymers, since about 1907. So, the mother of today's 90-year-old would likely have used metal, glass, enamel, ceramic and wooden utensils.
@@seektruth9982 I think you're trying to get at something else, which I'd be happy to hear you specify but that is basically what I am saying. Take BPA as an example. When the harmful effects of some plastics are discovered or there is finally proof of their impact, they are switched out for a chemical cousin. Like BPS and BPF which replaced BPA. Some plastics were around since 1869 but had more decorative purposes. The plasticizers started leaching into our bodies as the use of plastics became more popular.
You forgot one of the main sources: irrigation pipes used in agriculture. UV light degrades them and the microparticles are spread and enter plants and animals throught water.
Well, we’re fucked. You can avoid plastic in packaging in your own household and filter water, but you can’t filter plastic from your food..
Great that you did this nanoplastic video, Brad. I've been writing about them for years, but your audience is far bigger so hopefully this will sound the alarm and encourage people to adopt your strategies to reduce the micro/nano plastic burden in people.
I heard that the average person eats about a credit card's worth of plastic a week! Also the videos about how plastic negatively impacts Testosterone or increases Estrogen signaling is frightening. A thermal printed receipt has up to 1000 times more BPA than a water bottle (all the Bisphenol alternatives to BPA are just as bad) and it is absorbed significantly through skin contact!!! It's a big freaking mess!
Avoiding plastic wrapped food and water bottles seems near impossible for me. I wish I had some quantitative data on what type of plastic is the most damaging. I suspect microwaving food in plastic boxes is the worst so I'll definitely avoid that. But otherwise, I'm pretty clueless.
It is. Even cans are lined with plastics, there is no way to get away from it. Especially now when our water, soil, and food also contains microplastics. I'm GenX and can remember when the great plastic transition started. We use to get things in glass bottles and jars, and then everything started to come in plastic.
I have heard a long time ago that the hard plastics were the most dangerist when it comes to being exposed to heat. That of course doesn't mean that the other ones were safe either.
I'm at the same spot. as a student who use micro at the university I moved to glass box and reusable bottle from nirosta and I take one metal fork with me instead of the one-time plastic I used to take.
water pipes are made of plastic too. so how can we avoid plastics?
Tires are the worst.
We're doomed
I tend to agree, given the ubiquity of plastics in our lives on this planet. But, over time, we will adapt.
Haha, ok bud.
Unfortunately plastic is everywhere, even in the air we breathe. Studies have shown plastic deposits in lung tissues. Start buying swapping your plastic chopping board to either an Oak or Pine, not bamboo as it dulls the knife
I have suggested this to people in Parliament but it goes on deaf ears they talk about wanting to sort the plastic issue out but they don't really do anything about it. My proposal was that you reduce tax on weight with glass or ceramic containers, because this is the problem businesses have this the extra weight, if they got a tax rebate if they use glass or ceramics then they're more likely to go in that direction if it works up cheaper than using plastic. recyclable March friendly to the environment then trying to recycle plastics
Modern homes are built with plastic-based PEX plumbing.
It's so over for people😢
And paint, and carpet, the coating on wood floors, vinyl flooring, coating on wood cabinets, curtains, drapes, etc. It's everywhere.
The production and editing of your videos has become very polished.
it hurts my heart to see what humanity has done to the environment
Hi Brad, maybe look at our old longevity friend NAC. Not only can it help remove heavy metals but it could have a role in ameolerating microplastics effects..a quick Google search gave this... Investigation of pulmonary toxicity evaluation on mice exposed to polystyrene nanoplastics: The potential protective role of the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine
dont say that, I can't take nac, its so sad
Why not? @@Vgallo
@@djVania08 it gives me augmentation with my restless legs
6:06 Make sure that you use a filter with a pore size of 0.2 microns or less. Brita filters are not effective for microplastics. 5:56 The problem with salmon (farmed or wild) is that not only are microplastics a problem but the presence of chemical pollutants in the oceans which are deposited in the fat of salmon.
Thanks, I was just about to ask about water filter types that would do anything. With regards to fish, it seems to me that we should eat the smallest ones like sardines and my personal favorite, white anchovies
Another research from Denmark recently found plastic in most people blood. The funny thing is how despite war on plastic how beverage companies now use more plastic bottles than ever before!
This was a good evidence based and practical video. Cheers
The most recent thing I've seen is that the majority of microplastics come from tires. Every time you drive, dust comes off of the tires as they roll. That's why it's everywhere.
Not like there's any good way to realistically avoid them though. They are already well distributed in our food & water supply.
The dose usually makes the poison.
@@kreek22 Sure, but that's not really what it's about. It's about the amount that accumulates, where it travels, the effect it has on that part of the body.
I’m in the 3D printing world. I’m always advising people to use enclosures and air filtration devices (or vent outside). People think melting plastic is harmless 😮
I've never seen any fume or smell from 3D printing plastic 🤨
@GVGVIT you can't see asbestos fibres either....
That's nonsense...sorry. If you're printing standard PLA the melting point is incredibly low, and therefore pretty much zero fumes. Maybe if you have a 10+ printers in the same room, but there's no evidence of any risk at >0.2mm strands of PLA at >200C. Also, nothing to do with microplastics unless you're sanding.
@HORNGEN4 "Yes, 3D resin printing can emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and ultrafine particles, which can potentially be hazardous to human health if not properly managed. It's essential to operate resin printers in well-ventilated areas or use appropriate ventilation systems to minimize exposure to these emissions. Additionally, wearing personal protective equipment, such as gloves and masks, can provide an extra layer of protection."
And;
"Compared to resin printing, 3D printing with PLA (polylactic acid) filament generally produces fewer emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and ultrafine particles. However, some emissions are still present, especially during the printing process. While PLA is considered safer than resin in terms of emissions, it's still advisable to use PLA printers in well-ventilated areas and take appropriate precautions to minimize exposure."
@@DoubtingThomas333 it’s like saying “light “ cigarettes or vaping isn’t as bad as cigars
Thank you so much for raising awareness on these very important issues! People need to pay attention even to their clothing because we are exposed to plastic insertion to our bodies via abrassion to clothing that contains plastic in the fiber :(
I'm so terrified about micro plastics and how they effect my heart... schedules booster for next week
Thanks, very interesting!
Used to do that for a while in a nursing home now. 77 years
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Also get an undersink water filtration system that includes carbon block filters. Apec has a 3 stage system that is affordable and include a sediment filter and 2 carbon block filters. Cheers😊
What about the capsules supplements come in???
Dr. Standfield, thank you for another eye-opening video. I need to watch my water bottle consumption!
May you do a video on Urolithin A?
Also, a video on EGCG?
I tried searching your channel, but no videos came up for these.
TYIA!
Wow, this issue is out of control.
Micro plastic beads have been removed from cosmetics through regulatory rules for years now.
Consuming any beverage from a plastic bottle is like Russian roulette. You don’t know how the bottle has been stored. If it has been exposed to a heat source at any point the contamination risk from not just micro plastics but also various hormone disrupting chemicals increases significantly.
I always thought the micro plastic issue was serious but steeped in scare mongering. Terrifying that it’s actually that serious and scary
Probably best advised to avoid exposure to plastic food and drink vessels. Also probably shouldn't burn it in your firepits either, since that can generate unburned microplastic particles in the gases, smoke, and ashes, which could be inhaled.
THANK YOU for speaking up on this important issue! Please also look into Chlorella's effect on nanoplastic.
Is it also true that Plastics get into our body through FATS?
@Dr. Bra, unfortunately, public access to the paper is not available.
Could you share the size span of particles by polymer type found in the atherosclerotic plaque?
I'am interested in a deeper dive deeper into the topic.
Hi Dr brad, I bought silicone freezing bag from Amazon this week, they don't contain microplastics
I think even in the last 10-20 years as your graph shows the increase has been huge. There has been a background increase globally of rates of cancer etc which I believe may be explained by more than just obesity rates etc. The anti vaxxer crowd love to point out these issues, but vaccines pre date all these diseases increase. I think micro plastics will turn out to be the cause, we have done terrible things to our environment.
As a teacher, the number of students with all sorts of weird organ issues that just did not seem common only 15 years ago seems to ever increase. anecdotal ofcourse, but if I were to guess it will be micro plastics.
" Anti vaxxer crowd " It seems you don't understand how such a statement devalues the rest of your argumentation. Even worse coming from a teacher. Just quit
Thanks Dr. Brad. I recently bought stainless steel cups (pods) to use in my Keurig, rather than the plastic pods normally used. The use of stainless steel pods also saves money by putting ground coffee in them.
Isn’t the whole machine plastic?
Hello Doctor. I remember a while ago there was a supplement you said you were going to take when you had a new baby to cope with the lack of sleep I believe. What supplement was it and do you still like that plan?
It is a problem that at least initially nearly all food is wrapped in plastic. There may be some instances where you can find something packaged in some type of cardboard material that has a wax layer, but that is fairly rare.
It depends largely on what you eat. I eat mainly meat which is wrapped in paper and absolutely no prepared or ultra processed food.
Compelling study Brad with some good strategies for limiting exposure.
Any suggestion on a new protein shaker that is not made in plastic but still light?
Water-filtration using reverse-osmosis may be effective in removing micro plastics in tab-water. Pre-filter of 1-5micron removes the larger piece while the R.O.membrane removes particles down to 0.0001micron. Other filtration techniques don't have this fine particle-size.
There is a study from 2023 in which it appears that the membrane of the osmosis filter unit actually increases the nanoplastic content in the water :-/
Polyester, polysulfone, polyamide make up R.O. membranes. Your trapping big particles but probably picking up nano from the actual membranes.
boiling or making your own distilled water is the way to go. RO water systems are made with plastic.
This adds to my health anxiety because there isn’t much I can do about it.
I saw a test where they pulled off a fleece sweater stood next to a glass of water. The amount of plastics that got into the glass was staggering.
So Id say avoiding synthetic clothes are probably a big one.
Plastic is made of oil and oil comes from plants and trees. It's not all plastics that are bad, it depends how they chemically construct the plastics.
Please don’t go drinking oil deposits
Id like to see the amount of plastics in healthy people. If you are going to nake the correlation in sick people, then you need to first servey a study of healthy people.
THERE IS NO LEVEL OF 'HEALTHY' PLASTICS.
@@robertdeskoski9783 yes good point those all caps lock is compelling scientific evidence. Look here's another issue, they never determined where the plastic came from or measured diet or anything else. Maybe the people with worse outcomes ate a lot of junk food which in theory might also raise their plastic level. But then is it all the junk food that's the problem?
Or how about the opposite? It's been shown that people who eat more fish live longer, fish should be an excellent source of micro plastics.
Why aren't people who eat a log I fish keeling over?
So...there are still a lot of questions here.
The next 2000 years will be spent trying to undo the damage we did in the last 50.
Dr. I saw NAC + Gly in your supplement stack from age 45 onwards. I also watched your video on it.
What are the effects of taking NAC +Gly if you are younger than 45? I am 36.
TYIA!
Its funny, I go to extra effort to move leftover food from cans into plastic containers. I've grown up with the notion that leaving food in cans was dangerous.
because of microplastics, I just ordered a glass blender and threw my plastic blender yesterday. This video from Brad came in time !
What you gonna do about non stick cookware. I can see its black coating mixing in my food with time.
How to get rid of that?
Can't cook on cast iron pan without using to much oil
After using the pan on the fire, it does not cool down in water, this prevents thermal shock and corrosion, allowing it to cool over time.@@indiankid8601
Pretty scary but pfas and glyphosate seem scary too. Which plastics are worse/better
PE and PVC are the most common materials for water piping in homes and buildings.
I think trying to avoid all food contact with plastic is near impossible at the moment. Maybe if we knew which items are made of what plastics we could identify the ones most likely to end up inside us.. for example is the container for my nutribullet blender I make my super healthy morning smoothie actually leaching into my smoothie and poisoning me or it is ones of the safer ones?
Thoughts on takeaway coffee cups; especially bad (heat + coating), or no different to other risks like a plastic water bottle?
the only plastic container i use is the plastic for my water its number 2 plastic HDPE i think so that should be good right idk i know i feel different side effects from this plastic but whatever lol i gotta get a glass jug
What about silicone cooking utensils?
Electron micrographs were fascinating , makes it very real
Are there any studies that have investigated ways for these microplastics that have already been taken into the body to be broken down, either from natural processes in the body or other methods?
Yikes! Thanks Dr. Brad. Are you sure there's nothing we can really do to effectively detox from these? I love you.
Ditching plastic water bottles to start with ,what I find contradictory with government and environmentalist is we have plastics everywhere.
Good packaging,baby bottles , prescription and supplement bottles and much more .....
what type/brand of water filter should I use?
Glas bottles are cleaned with microplastic abrasives like in many shampoos. So they could in theory contain even more plastic at the end.
Could you please talk to us about lectins and the theory of Dr Gundry?
Fibres, probiotic foods and resistant starch should probably provide a healthier intestinal barrier that reduces the absorption of microplastics.
Vehicle tyre degradation into air and water - major causes of micro plastics. How do we limit this?
Waiting to see which supplement will counteract/chelate plastic toxicity.....wait for it, it's coming, as this is a worldwide issue.
Does your water filter leech as much plastic into the water as drinking out of a plastic bottle?
These suggestions are all good to try and minimize the potential exposure to MNP’s even if the cause and effect is definitely is hard to tease out.
One item which needs further investigation is if the higher presence of MNP’s in blood vessels may be related to damaged glycocalyx. It seems plausible that it *may* normally serve as a barrier to the MNP’s. In this way the MNP’s may largely be a marker of endothelial dysfunction and the local ECM’s. The MNP’s could be causing plenty of other issues once they are in the tissue, but this hypothesis could explain why not all of the participants in the study saw MNP’s in their tissues.
Something I would love to have teased out is if the course of events and confounding factors are the following: highly processed individually wrapped foods tend to be higher in MNP’s and other plasticizers due to packaging and contamination -> these foods also tend to allow for higher glucose excursions and over consumption which seems to have greater damage to glycocalyx integrity especially if not much time is given for repair between excursions -> over time this could also become entangled with type-2 diabetes further exacerbating endothelial disfunction which further aggravates atherosclerosis -> the MNP’s then become further integrated into the plaque as part of the atherosclerotic process.
Unfortunately the glycocalyx is notoriously hard to study since it is really only intact in-vivo, but hopefully better in-vivo imaging techniques and labeling allows us to see this in living humans.
I HAVE SOME HOMEWORK TO DO THIS WEEK.
It doesn't seem like they adjusted for any risk factors like assessing their diet. There could easily be confounding variables. For example, people eating highly processed food that comes in plastic packaging would have microplastics in their plaques. But the causal factor could be the food, not the plastics.
Isn't that too late?
There are countries that even use plastic bag as plastic bottle for beverages.
In South Korea, they are cooking instant noodles in it's plastic bag by pouring hot water in the plastic bag and waited for a few minutes then start eating the noodles from inside the plastic bag.
Please do a video about the new study claiming that intermittent fasting increases risk of heart disease etc.!
I wonder if toothbrushes are a confounding variable (how often, sonic, etc) since that wasn't mentioned and also I didn't think about it till I brushed my teeth later.
Any recommendations on water filtering systems or pitchers that do not have plastic?
Reverse osmosis is your best shot!
What do you think about filtration through common plastic jugs and immediately transferring to a glass or stainless steel bottle?
@@vss963 yes, interested in this question, being, most filtration systems are made of plastic.
You should mention potassium chloride (added to table salt) for its benefits.
Eliminating microplastics exposures is impossible; what are some strategies that we can use to help our bodies “flush” them out?
You can also use hemp for clothing. Check it out.
How to remove them from the body successfully?.
Does somehow fasting or dry fasting help with this?.
I don't think they can be removed from the body. In the microscopic photo he showed it looked extremely well lodged. You have to scrape it out by hand
What about polyethylene terephthalate bottles?
DInosaurs' revenge
Tiny-ass dinosaurs wrecking us. :(
How can you ever avoid plastic particles...even if you drink tap water that water has been exposed constantly to plastic pvc or pec piping...whether you drink urban water or well water. Unless you can get water from its ground source directly...you are drinking plastic.
I use a Berkey water filter
@@Fearzero thanks...is that one made of plastic
@@Fearzero i was considering one for a couple years now, worth it?
I never really thought about what my cookware is made of before. 😱 I'm ordering a ceramic pan and ditching the old teflon one.
You think the modern non stick ceramic will be any safer than teflon? Stick with cast iron and stainless steel.
You should use cast iron.
Arent water filter (container and the actual filter) made with plastic? Is it worth filtering the water?
Good question.
Microplastic comes from the ultraviolet breaking down of the plastic. If your container is new, not exposed to sunlight, then it doesn’t produce microplastic. Keep it in the shades and keep it in a cool place. Most filters don’t filter ultra fine particles under 5 microns, which nanoplastic is 1 micron, so the filter won’t help it, but it will remove other contaminants.
I personally - removed all plastic and coatings from my kitchen. Water filtered with reversed osmosis. Removed all fragrances from all beauty and washing liquids.
Hmmm, interesting, but not nearly sufficient to convict plastics of heart disease. Is it not possible that those with an epigenetic or dietary propensity for building plaque may build that plaque with whatever materials are available? Microplastics certainly are and have been for well over a hundred years.
i knew plastic was bad people that said i was a hypochondriac lol not great to see i was right because it would be better for everyones health if i was wrong :( i have feelings about things with health that turn out to be true but i dont make a youtube channel being a quack like others on here. also thanks brad for providing real information and not being a quack for easy income i really appreciate it man hopefully when i work i can support the channel
I wonder if there are supplements and herbs that can be taken to reduce this problem in your blood?
I think there are herbs that can help with this level of toxicity. I know there are some mushrooms that help eliminate some plastics.
First, reduce the plaque in your arteries. Take nattokinase.
I would suggest you look into blood and plasma donations to reduce microplastics in the body as well. There are recent studies suggesting this is possible.
Tires are the worst. Nowhere else is more plastic eroded faster and in higher quantities into the environment. Another reason for fewer cars and more public transportation.
Does drinking milk(calcium) help mitigate these risks? I hear about things binding to calcium
Avoiding plastic in every day life is - ABSOLUTLY IMPOSIBLE. I wonder if long periods of fasting will make any effects on the microplastick in the cells.
It's impossible to avoid really. People are going to stress themselves out over it, but if it's in water and carried in the air then forget about it. Avoid cooking in plastic like boil in the bag rice etc and avoid plastic bottled water. Nothing else you can do really.
Does reusing plastic containers reduce exposure to plastics?
I assume virgin Plastics would have more residues from the manufacturing.
I reuse a few plastic bottles to store my filtered water and add a drinking bottle.
Thank you for all the good information!!! 👍👍👍👍🧡
I have a glass water bottle and a stainless steel one. I'd advise to you too to try to steer away from plastic drinking bottles, even if they are BPA free.
I still need to replace my plastic (protein) shaker and my bicycle flask - the proper steel bottles for these are pretty expensive unfortunately.
@@9xqspx6 so stainless steel leach's have metals like chromium. And, some of the Chinese stainless contain other heavy metals... Even lead...
Those real light and transparent plastic bottles or do convenient. Each bottle lasts me for months and months. Don't think any micro plastics are left after do many fillings and washings.
Well SHID time to actually re-start using my reusable coffee cups (they're ceramic with food grade silicone lids), one state in Australia has already banned the single-use ones with plastic anyway and I'd rather not look like I'm just doing as I'm told by only using them after the eventual ban here.
Another thing you didn't mention is to donate blood. Good for others, your health generally, and can reduce PFAS and microplastics levels. If you are on finasteride you can't donate but for most it is a good option.
Controlling the input of micropastics is good but boosting the output is another option.
Dose reverse osmosis filter remove the micro plastic s
Is HINT water tested for microplastics?
What meat or dairy product doesn’t come in plastic?
Why is it binary "with MNPs" or "without MNPs"? Everyone is on a continuous spectrum in terms of how much MNPs is in their system.