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0:00don't believe everything you see on a
0:01product that you're buying because we're
0:02being exposed to really toxic chemicals
0:05that we know cause harm okay so I've got
0:07everyday products that we're all using
0:09is this good no what about this
0:11absolutely not is this a good one yes
0:13this throw that out good bad there are
0:15so many issues with that this perfect
0:17what about this this is one of the worst
0:20products that you can use I've been
0:22using it every day get rid of them
0:24goodbye Dr Ivon burkart is a
0:26toxicologist whose groundbreaking
0:28research has unveiled the shock truth
0:30about the hidden risks of toxins found
0:32in everyday products and what we can do
0:34about it we don't know what we're
0:36exposing ourselves to because by law in
0:38Europe and in the US manufacturers do
0:40not have to disclose certain ingredients
0:42but we finally have proof that there are
0:44links to increased rates of cancer
0:45infertility obesity we know that a
0:48surface scratch on a non-stick piece of
0:49cookware can release 9,000 particles
0:52into your food and those microplastics
0:54have been found in lungs heart brain
0:56penis there's microplastics in my penis
0:59yes and scientists have found that
1:01eventually we will become more plastic
1:02than we are humans if we continue at
1:04this rate you seem really pissed off
1:05about this I'm really angry that people
1:07have to suffer I mean these chemicals
1:09are causing children they have cognitive
1:11delays they start having behavioral
1:12issues and I think it brings up a lot of
1:15emotions for me because I've been
1:16personally impacted but I
1:18think of how many millions of people
1:20around the world are struggling and
1:23don't know why so what are the most
1:25important things that we can do to have
1:27the biggest impact number one
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2:03much Dr yon
2:05burkart I've consumed a lot of your
2:07content I've seen your videos I've read
2:10a ton of your work just to start if you
2:14had to sort of encapsulate the warning
2:17that you're communicating to people into
2:18a sentence what would that warning
2:21be don't believe everything you see on a
2:24container a bottle or a product that
2:26you're buying why what's the consequence
2:30is that if you're believing in the
2:31marketing and what you see on the front
2:32of the label instead of actually reading
2:34the ingredients you could be exposing
2:36yourself to toxins that you probably
2:39don't want to be and what's what mission
2:41are you on yon well I'm on a mission to
2:45empower people
2:48to avoid environmental toxins so they
2:51can protect their families and really
2:54using science and evidence to make
2:56informed decisions that affect their
2:58health and what is the the macro picture
3:00here when you think about the world
3:02we're living in and how exposed we are
3:03to toxins do you think people are at all
3:06aware of the toxins that we're consuming
3:09every day I think now people are
3:11becoming more aware but there are new
3:13toxins that are emerging every day and
3:15it's simply a consequence of how the
3:18system is set up and it's mainly because
3:22chemicals and products are not required
3:24to be tested for safety before they're
3:26released onto the market at least in the
3:28US and many other regions of the
3:32world and so what happens is people are
3:36buying these products and we're being
3:38exposed to chemicals that we have no
3:40idea how they are actually impacting our
3:42health if they're harmful or not and
3:45we're basically guinea pigs in a massive
3:47human experiment that no one signed up
3:48for that we didn't consent to and what's
3:51the risk well the risk is that we go
3:54about our daily lives not knowing what
3:56we're consuming or being exposed to and
3:58then later on in life
4:00unfortunately fall ill and suffer from
4:03some chronic
4:04disease are there particular illnesses
4:06that are most closely associated with
4:09toxins in our environment and toxins
4:11that we're consuming every day yes so
4:13cancer is probably one of the most clear
4:16associations as well as
4:18infertility and more widely known are
4:22issues like not being able to conceive
4:26having a decrease in sperm count sperm
4:28quality and the fact that sperm count
4:31has declined by 50% in the last 50 years
4:34is pretty
4:36alarming and who are
4:38you I'm a toxicologist but I'm also a
4:41mom what's a toxicologist so I study the
4:44basic science of poisons how do
4:47chemicals interact with the cells in our
4:48bodies and how do they cause harm but
4:51not only that how do our cells defend
4:53themselves against these toxins why did
4:56you choose to do
4:58toxicology you know you could have done
5:00anything with your life you could have
5:02pursued anything I found it by
5:05accident was it really an accident
5:07though I don't know I think I was led
5:09there I think I've always been
5:10interested I think I think I was
5:12meant to share
5:17this and I think it brings up
5:20um a lot of emotions for me because I've
5:23been personally impacted but I
5:26think of how many millions of people
5:28around the world are are struggling and
5:30don't know why and so if I can bring
5:33awareness to
5:34that then I feel like my mission is
5:36complete but I studied toxicology
5:39because just in my body I knew that
5:43something was a Miss we need to study
5:46this environment around us we need to be
5:49more aware and more conscious of what
5:50we're doing and when I was in undergrad
5:53and I discovered toxicology I was living
5:56the absolute conventional lifestyle and
5:59sick all the time and wondering why and
6:01just thinking that it was normal and I
6:02Shrugged it off and it wasn't normal and
6:04I reversed
6:06it it's so personal for you isn't it it
6:09is
6:10absolutely
6:12why not only because I've been
6:14personally impacted
6:17but I want my children
6:19to to have the best version of
6:23me so I can look after them and so that
6:26I don't have to worry about them having
6:28some of the problem that I
6:34had and you scared about that I'm
6:37concerned and I take action on it every
6:39single day I think about it all the time
6:43but not in not in a a scared way just
6:46what else can I
6:48do what else can I research what else
6:50can I learn how else can I implement
6:52this and how else can I share this so
6:53that other people can implement it
6:56because there's so much going on in the
6:57scientific Community about these talks
6:59chemicals that the general public
7:01doesn't
7:03know and we all have a right to
7:06know we got any tissues
7:10Joe thank
7:13you didn't expect to
7:16cry yeah I mean I mean I can understand
7:18but it's it's Illuminating because it
7:20really shows why you're doing what
7:21you're doing and how much it means to
7:22you which I think is really important um
7:27and it makes it makes a lot lot of
7:28things make sense frankly but also you
7:30know I haven't had kids yet so I don't
7:31have that lens that I guess comes with
7:34being a parent and that concern of I
7:36think about myself and I'm fairly young
7:38so but but I can imagine in a world
7:40where I had kids I'd become Ultra
7:42cautious and ultra um thoughtful yeah
7:45especially coming from where I came from
7:47where I had those problems and just to
7:49think if I can prevent that in my
7:52children and and help people prevent
7:54that in their children then that's the
7:56best outcome for
7:57everyone I actually did never pay
8:00attention to toxins before I studied
8:03toxicology I was in the lab I was
8:05looking at really toxic chemicals
8:06chemicals that we know cause harm and
8:08cause cancer but as I went on with my
8:11life I started to face more and more
8:13increasing health issues increasing in
8:15severity until I was faced with
8:17fertility challenges and I was unable
8:20and unwilling to accept at the time
8:23that IVF or inital fertilization would
8:26be my only option if I wanted to have a
8:27family and I was unwilling to accept
8:29that because I said wait a second I know
8:32that there's an environmental component
8:33to this there's chemicals in our
8:35environment that are impacting my
8:36fertility that's what I studied in the
8:38lab I studied fertility and can cancer
8:42so it was quite shocking to me that I
8:44actually started to struggle with some
8:46of these conditions but no one could
8:49give me answers and what was missing
8:51from my view at the time was these lowd
8:54dose chronic exposures over a lifetime
8:57to toxins and chemicals
8:59in our products in our homes in our
9:02outside world that nobody really has
9:06connected to some of these disease
9:08States and so it wasn't until I embarked
9:11on a journey of self-discovery and
9:13research that I started to uncover the
9:16linkages between these lowdose
9:18environmental chemicals and products
9:19that we're using all the time and how
9:21they impacted my health and when I
9:23started to remove them and replace them
9:25with safer options my health returned my
9:28health recovered and I was actually able
9:30to conceive my own children without
9:33assistance how old were you when you
9:35were first told that IVF was the only
9:37route I was 32 okay and you'd had tests
9:41done and stuff and at that time to see
9:44if you were your foot sort of fertility
9:46levels and things like that right I was
9:48actually not having a cycle at that
9:50point for nine months you didn't have a
9:52period at all I didn't have a period so
9:53that is quite striking because as a
9:55person in their 30s people don't go
9:58through menopause and have you know a
10:00lack of a period until sometimes 50
10:02years old that's almost 20 years earlier
10:06than that that was really shocking to me
10:08something was clearly wrong my body was
10:10screaming for help and I had no other
10:13option but to take matters into my own
10:16hands as a toxicologist someone who's
10:19trained and done the
10:20research when you were told that you
10:24know IVF is the only route what did they
10:27say was the the problem
10:29because if someone's telling you that
10:30IVF is only rot presumably they're
10:32saying that you're maybe implying
10:34between the lines that you're broken in
10:35some way or that it's normal not to have
10:38a period at 32 like what were they what
10:42was the what does the system tell you is
10:43the problem with
10:45you that's the issue is that they didn't
10:48they had no answers they couldn't tell
10:49me what the issues were they said oh you
10:51look normal in tests but if you're
10:54unable to get pregnant on your own well
10:56the other option is ibf or adopt
11:00and as a toxicologist was there anything
11:02that you needed to relearn or reand
11:04based on your training that you've
11:06discovered wasn't true I had to relearn
11:09almost everything because as a scientist
11:12I was trained as a toxicologist day one
11:15to follow the path that and the belief
11:18that the dose makes a poison that the
11:20more you're exposed to a chemical the
11:22more severe the outcome and that's not
11:25always true because as we know now there
11:27are chemicals in the environment
11:29known as endocrine disruptors at very
11:32low levels have higher activity than
11:34they do at hide levels so it's
11:36completely backwards so I had to relearn
11:39everything that I had learned as a
11:41student in order to recover and in fact
11:44I was so resistant and so hesitant to go
11:47outside of what I
11:49knew that actually helped uh kept me
11:52stuck for much longer than I needed to
11:54be did you say with endocrine disruptors
11:56that sometimes lower doses are worse
11:58than high doses exactly how can that be
12:00possible they're called non-monotonic
12:02dose responses that's a technical term
12:03for it but it's basically because the
12:06hormones in our bodies are present and
12:07active at such extraordinarily tiny
12:10amounts that any amount of excess or
12:14chemicals coming from the environment
12:16could trigger those same Pathways could
12:18be devastating on a cellular
12:21level and when you think about the
12:23products that we use daytoday whether
12:25they're beauty products or you know
12:27might be a frying pan or a SP plastic
12:29spatula or anything how many of these
12:31sort of day-to-day consumer products
12:33have toxic chemicals in them or at least
12:36one toxic chemical almost
12:40everything and it might shock you to
12:41think that is almost everything but
12:43unfortunately it is it's because our
12:46world now is overcome with plastics
12:49single-use Plastics plastic containers
12:53food
12:54containers almost everything that we
12:56know of has some plastic element to it
12:59and that's really at the root of a lot
13:02of the problems that we have because the
13:03chemicals that are used to create the
13:05Plastics are leeching the Plastics
13:07themselves are breaking up leading to
13:10microplastic and nanoplastic release
13:12that we are just being constantly
13:14bombarded with on a daily basis and what
13:17about beauty products because I had this
13:19conversation with my partner recently so
13:20we're in the process now I'm 32 years
13:22old so it's that kind of season of life
13:24where you start thinking about having a
13:25family and kids and such and so we've
13:28both become become pretty conscious of
13:32the products that we're applying every
13:33day from shampoos to deodrant for the
13:35most part if you grab a product off of a
13:37store shelf nine times out of 10 there
13:40are chemicals of concern in them and
13:42we're talking about major retailers big
13:45box stores if you go to smaller let's
13:47say health food stores and chains like
13:49that then the percentage is much lower
13:52so the you have a better chance of
13:54getting a safer product at a health food
13:56store and just to before we get into it
13:58can you give me an overview of your
14:00personal education and the career
14:02Journey you've traveled that have
14:04resulted in the wisdom that you have now
14:06yes so I am a PhD toxicologist I started
14:10studying reproductive toxicity in the
14:12laboratory as an undergrad and we were
14:14looking at the effect of environmental
14:16chemicals that are pretty much
14:18everywhere in the environment they're
14:21the products of combustion so the
14:22combustion of gasoline in cars um in
14:25cigarettes in cooking so some of these
14:28chemicals we looked at the impact on of
14:30them on the reproductive system in males
14:32and females and what we saw was pretty
14:35striking such that when the animals are
14:39challenged with these chemicals and
14:41they're pregnant then The
14:44Offspring not only the daughters and the
14:47sons but also the grandchildren are
14:50impacted by the grandmother being
14:54exposed how does that work so when a
14:59woman is pregnant with a female daughter
15:02her developing ovaries which will then
15:04someday become contain the eggs that
15:06will then become the grandchildren are
15:08also in the same environment as the
15:11mother so what the what the mother is
15:15being exposed to the baby is also being
15:18exposed to and also her grandchildren
15:20are being exposed so if a mother is
15:24exposed to toxins her baby's babies are
15:27being exposed to those toxins that's
15:29exactly right so there's sort of a
15:30generational
15:32toxification
15:34of people yeah that's called
15:36multi-generational toxicity and it even
15:39goes a step further transgenerational
15:42that's when great grandchildren can be
15:44impacted because what's happening in
15:45utero is epigenetic changes so changes
15:48to our DNA that are then being passed
15:51down through our progyny so great
15:54grandchildren even if they live a
15:56perfectly clean lifestyle and haven't
15:58been osed to toxins could have already
16:01been genetically predisposed to
16:03developing some of these conditions are
16:05there particular toxins that you think
16:07are especially susceptible to this sort
16:10of
16:11transgenerational passing down through
16:14mutations in our DNA yeah it's the
16:16endocrine disruptors things like
16:18phalates bisphenol past chemicals a lot
16:21of the endocrine disruptors that some
16:25people are familiar with other people
16:26are not but that are found in our
16:28everyday products like non-stick
16:29cookware the makeup and cosmetics that
16:31we're using the plastic containers that
16:33we're buying food
16:35in what is an endocrine disruptor
16:38explain that to me like I'm N9 years old
16:41okay so in the human body we have eight
16:43endocrine glands so they're little
16:45centers in our bodies and they secrete
16:47hormones and these hormones regulate
16:49pretty much everything that you can
16:51think of so from sleep wake digestion to
16:55how well your brain works cognition to
16:58metabolism so how quickly you can burn
17:00calories uh how much fat you deposit how
17:04much fat you can lose and also your
17:06fertility if you're able to have
17:07children someday so endocrine disruptors
17:10are coming in and they're basically
17:12disrupting like just as the name
17:14indicates they're throwing the balance
17:16off they're messing up with the
17:18signaling they're causing everything to
17:19go Haywire in our bodies so we really
17:22need to be careful especially for
17:23children whose bodies are rapidly
17:26developing and then you're throwing in
17:27these endocrine disrup chemicals it's
17:30like adding gasoline to you know like a
17:32dumpster fire basically and as it
17:34relates to children are they especially
17:37susceptible to endocrine disruptors
17:39because they're in a developmental stage
17:41absolutely so with children it's
17:43extremely unfortunate that they are the
17:47most susceptible and most vulnerable to
17:49a lot of toxins because like you said
17:51they're growing they're not able to
17:54detoxify in fact a child's
17:56detoxification capacity doesn't ful F
17:59develop until the age of 10 years so
18:01detoxification capacity what's that yes
18:04so the ability of your body to detoxify
18:06chemicals we all have it everyone has it
18:09the liver and the kidney are the detox
18:10organs the main ones but we have this
18:13capability of being able to break these
18:16chemicals down and remove them so that
18:18they don't cause harm in our bodies but
18:20with children that ability isn't fully
18:23developed until the age of 10 years old
18:25so if you think about all these little
18:27children they're being exposed even
18:30before they're born after they're born
18:32and then they can't even get rid of
18:33these chemicals from their body until
18:35they're 10 years
18:36old and what are some of the illnesses
18:39or diseases that we see in children that
18:41are have been heavily exposed to these
18:43endocrine disruptors in our everyday
18:45environment the worst is cancer so we
18:47see an increased risk of childhood
18:49leukemia with certain exposures there's
18:52also neurodevelopmental delays so
18:54cognitive deficits in children that are
18:56exposed to these chemicals we also see
18:59increased rates of
19:00obesity obesity in children is
19:03skyrocketing now unprecedented levels
19:06that we have not seen before and it's
19:08likely due to these chemicals and this
19:10genetic predisposition and programming
19:13that kids are just being dealt the worst
19:16hand possible what about things like
19:19neurod Divergence is there links between
19:21things like ADHD and these endocrine
19:23disruptors and you know ADHD autism etc
19:27etc yeah there is a link actually so
19:30some of these chemicals have been known
19:32to worsen these
19:35behavioral conditions like ADHD and
19:38autism like you
19:39mentioned and have they have they done
19:41studies on this yes so there's
19:43associations where they'll measure the
19:45amount of these chemicals in children
19:47through their urine or through their
19:48blood and they'll confirm the severity
19:50of these conditions and be able to
19:52correlate it with the amount of the
19:54chemicals in their
19:55bodies and what about um the impact this
19:58has on things like puberty because I was
20:00reading some stats before that I think
20:02it's is it women are having girls are
20:05getting going through puberty earlier
20:06and earlier or is it later and later I
20:08can't remember it's one of the two it's
20:09earlier earlier and earlier so children
20:11who are being exposed to these chemicals
20:14are experiencing earlier puberty earlier
20:17breast development earlier um menstrual
20:20cycles and what that does is actually
20:22shift the entire window because if you
20:24think about it we're born with a c a set
20:26number of eggs in our ovaries once those
20:29eggs are gone that's when you start
20:31having menopause so what's happening
20:32when you start your period earlier you
20:35actually go through menopause earlier
20:37and that can come with this whole host
20:39of risk factors bone fractures and so on
20:42and so forth and this is because of
20:45those endocrine disruptors likely yes
20:47how how would they
20:49know they've done studies on this as
20:52well so you can see that they've done um
20:54observational studies where they'll ask
20:56uh families uh when did your child start
21:00using Beauty and personal care products
21:01which are loaded with these
21:03chemicals the children who used more
21:06products have more phades more endocrine
21:09disruptors in their blood and in their
21:11urine and then they have earlier puberty
21:14unfortunately and as it relates to
21:16fertility generally in
21:19adults are you aware of the shifts we've
21:22seen in infertility like what are the
21:24numbers how do you quantify the
21:26changes well over the last 100 years or
21:28so there's been a drastic decline in the
21:31number of live births so that's one of
21:33the numbers that I have looked at
21:34recently right so it isn't necessarily
21:36that more people um are experiencing
21:39infertility it could be a measure of
21:41people are having children later could
21:43be um people are just having less
21:45children but it is an overall measure of
21:48uh population level so it looks like
21:50there's just less children being born
21:52and that could be for a whole number of
21:53reasons right are people not able to
21:56have kids are they choosing not to have
21:58kids I would almost argue that it's the
22:02fact that people are not able to have
22:03kids when you correlate that with the
22:05fact that sperm counts have declined by
22:0750% worldwide that is absolutely
22:10astonishing we're not at the point yet
22:13where humans will go
22:15extinct but if we continue on this path
22:18and don't make changes which there are
22:21many ways that we can make
22:23changes then we might be looking
22:26at population decline
22:31isn't it the job of the FDA or some kind
22:33of government body to regulate the
22:37chemicals that are in our everyday items
22:40you would think right in Europe the
22:43European commission has a much better
22:45system of regulating chemicals so they
22:48require upfront Chemical Testing
22:50depending on the amount that is produced
22:53so chemical manufacturers need to
22:55provide data so they have to fund these
22:58studies
22:58these laboratory studies they have to
23:00fund them and provide this package of
23:03information to the European chemicals
23:05agency or eeka and once they do that
23:08then based on the amount that they're
23:10producing you have to give more
23:11information you have to have more
23:13testing such that if you're producing
23:16several metric tons of a chemical you've
23:19got to do a whole bunch of studies to
23:21really prove that it is safe not only
23:23for people but also animals and the
23:25environment that it's not going to be
23:28something that is persistent that builds
23:30up that can't be broken down that starts
23:32to accumulate because that's what we're
23:34seeing now with some of these chemicals
23:36and that's really the problem is that
23:37they don't break down they don't go away
23:39they don't disappear so then what
23:40happens it basically disrupts the entire
23:43ecosystem of the planet and we're we're
23:46not disconnected from that right we're
23:48connected to the ecosystem we rely on
23:50that so if if we're looking at it from
23:52the standpoint that testing of chemicals
23:55upfront that is absolutely something
23:57that we should should be doing but no
23:59one is really mandating that except in
24:01Europe why don't they mandate it in
24:03other parts of the world like the United
24:05States our system wasn't set up like
24:08that over here I think we've got a
24:10different
24:11relationship um with between the
24:13government and with industry I think
24:15there is a lack of regulations a lack of
24:19requirements for toxicity testing
24:22combined with the lack of corporate
24:24responsibility so a lot of these
24:26manufacturers don't want to have to foot
24:28the bill and pay millions of dollars to
24:30have testing only to show that this
24:32chemical that they are so excited in
24:34love with can't be used because it's
24:37toxic do you think it is malicious and
24:40intentional in terms of do you think
24:42there's a concerted effort to make sure
24:44that the government doesn't increase
24:45regulation on these industries so that
24:47they can continue to produce lowcost
24:50items that
24:51are have long shelf lives and um are
24:56cheaper I would hope not but it's
24:58looking like that and it's just this
25:01whole system is not set up to protect
25:05consumers and then the environment at
25:07least in the US so you you don't have
25:09your period yourself you're told that
25:12you your best option is to go do
25:14IVF you then go on a bit of a journey
25:17yourself to unlearn lots of things you
25:18learn in toxicology
25:20training what was the ending to that
25:22story in terms of what did you do then
25:24did you go find a different doctor did
25:26what did you change and what is the
25:29ending of that story well I fell down a
25:31rabbit hole of research and I had to
25:34pick myself up and say hey you know what
25:36I'm going to take matters into my own
25:37hands I'm going outside of the route
25:41that I thought I was supposed to go down
25:43the mainstream route so I kind of went I
25:46went sideways a little bit and I went
25:47with integrative and functional medicine
25:50and so I went looking for the root cause
25:52the root cause which is not necessarily
25:54what I was being guided toward with the
25:57conventional route so with integrative
26:00and functional medicine there was
26:01personalized testing and of course this
26:03was all upfront cost for me but this was
26:06something that was absolutely vital so I
26:09found a way to pay for these tests and
26:12they told me exactly what I'm deficient
26:14in what I need to do and they guided me
26:17so I first started with removing
26:20inflammatory foods and really dialing in
26:22on my diet and I saw relief from my
26:25symptoms in within two weeks very rapid
26:28once I started removing these triggers
26:30that were causing digestive problems
26:32then I started to see Improvement very
26:34fast but it was then going on six months
26:38and I kind of felt like I hit a plateau
26:40said there's something else that's still
26:42triggering me there's something else
26:43that's still bothering me and I don't
26:45feel 100% even though I've done all the
26:47work I've cleaned up my diet I cook all
26:49my meals at home I have sourced the best
26:51Quality Meats and vegetables I even
26:54started growing my own food and there
26:56was still something there something was
26:58not not right and so then I started
27:00targeting things in my home my makeup
27:03cabinet in particular was a huge source
27:07of trigger for me in terms of chemicals
27:10and toxicity once I started to clean out
27:12my makeup drawer I really saw a shift
27:15because of what I was doing on a
27:16day-to-day basis I was using several
27:19cosmetic products I was absolutely
27:21obsessed with perfumes and fragrances
27:24once I removed those one by one slowly
27:27disentangling myself from their just
27:30being obsessed with them I started to
27:32see real change and I noticed more
27:35energy return I was feeling more fit I
27:38had more mental Clarity more Focus I
27:41didn't have as many headaches and
27:43migraines anymore and I just started to
27:45feel like a more vital person like more
27:48vitality and did your period return it
27:51did it did return and it returned and I
27:53was pregnant within nine months of that
27:56first the first time when I started this
27:59whole journey within nine months I was
28:01pregnant I had my period back within I'd
28:04probably say three months and then six
28:06months after that once I got rid of all
28:07the beauty and personal care products I
28:10also looked into my Oral Care my oral
28:12health I had Mercury amalgam feelings
28:14and Mercury is extremely toxic to
28:17reproduction but also to the brain once
28:19I got rid of the Mercury out of my teeth
28:22that was when things just really took a
28:25nice a huge leap in my in my health jour
28:28journey and how were you able to measure
28:31the improvements I know you can say you
28:33know I felt better but could you measure
28:35the improvements biochemically in a lab
28:37somehow Yes actually that was part of
28:40this entire Journey so there was regular
28:41routine testing going on whenever we
28:43made changes I was working with these
28:46practitioners and I made changes and we
28:47would do tests and say look your numbers
28:49came back it looks great you removed the
28:51Mercury amalgam fillings from your teeth
28:53your mercury levels have dropped really
28:56yeah it was pretty shocking and I felt
28:59almost instantly better when they took
29:00those out of my mouth it was that
29:03striking of an effect knowing what you
29:07know surely it's built up a bit of um I
29:10don't know a bit of a if I knew all that
29:13you knew I think about toxins in our
29:16environment I would be a a really
29:18annoying person at like every dinner
29:20party and B there'd be a certain sense
29:23of I guess emergency and urgency to me
29:27because I'd be looking around all my
29:28friends and I'd be if I understood the
29:30consequences of them drinking from that
29:32plastic container or putting that
29:34product on their face I feel like I'd
29:36trying to be Shout Shout at the world to
29:38tell them to stop do you do you feel a
29:41sense of that you you directly witnessed
29:42the impact that making these changes and
29:45detoxifying your environment had on you
29:46do you feel a sense of like you
29:49know absolutely I mean I can't even tell
29:52you how much passion it has ignited in
29:55me to be able to share this information
29:58and spread it as far and wide as
30:00possible because it's literally
30:01affecting every single person on this
30:02planet and I do find it sometimes
30:05challenging not to call someone out and
30:08say hey be careful with that but you
30:11know I think it comes from being a
30:12living example and I found that that is
30:15much more effective at being a living
30:17example instead of telling people don't
30:19do this don't do that showing them
30:22what's possible look at what happened to
30:24me look at my journey look at the
30:26benefit that I feel and then once to
30:28start removing these things and making
30:30these simple swaps it's about simple
30:32small incremental shifts that anyone can
30:35do over the long term because it's
30:38really about uh it's a marathon not a
30:40race it's not about you've got to throw
30:42everything away and you've got to hide
30:44under a rock because I tried that and it
30:46didn't work and it caused more stress
30:48and stress is harmful MH so being a
30:51living example empowering people with
30:55information educating about the problem
30:58but coming with the
31:00solution you mentioned cancer is one of
31:03the downstream consequences of living in
31:05a toxic
31:06environment and we talked about how
31:09sperm quality has reduced over the last
31:11couple of decades when we look at the
31:13stats around cancer are there any stats
31:15in particular that you think are most
31:17clearly associated with us living in
31:19such such a to toxic environment one of
31:21them that always brings to mind is
31:22breast cancer because I I think I read
31:24or heard that breast cancer is on the
31:26rise or has been rising for the last
31:28couple of decades and when you look at
31:30the Western World versus something like
31:32you know a tribe in in Africa they don't
31:35see the same levels of breast cancer
31:37yeah that is definitely a concern
31:39because cancer historically was a
31:41disease of age aging it wasn't so common
31:44that you see cancer in your 30s 40s and
31:48even 50s now we're seeing a shift the
31:50window is moving earlier and earlier
31:53cancer incidence like you said breast
31:55cancer incidence is definitely on the r
31:58I myself never knew anyone that suffered
32:01from breast cancer or survived it until
32:04I hit my 30s then I knew five people
32:07that had it including two people that I
32:09worked with in the toxicology lab and
32:12what are your suspicions about the root
32:14causes of this Rising
32:15cancer I definitely think there is an
32:18huge environmental component to it
32:20because a lot of what was believed
32:22decades ago was that disease and cancer
32:25incidents had to do with your genes you
32:28were just genetically
32:30predisposed you were unlucky but in
32:34actuality what we're seeing now is that
32:36the environment plays such a massive
32:39role in whether or not you actually have
32:41cancer so just because you have the pre
32:44disposition to developing breast cancer
32:46such as the braco gene doesn't mean
32:48you'll get it it really depends on your
32:51lifestyle and how you lived but also how
32:55your ancestors lived right we talked
32:57about about the multigenerational effect
32:59of these chemicals depending on how your
33:02ancestors lived how your grandmother and
33:04how your mother lived could predispose
33:07you to this and have there been any
33:09studies that show the impact of these
33:11sort of everyday chemicals on cancer
33:14risk yes and that's something that is I
33:18don't want to say that it's exciting but
33:20I'm glad that we finally have proof I
33:22don't want to see these studies I I hate
33:25seeing this actually I'm really angry
33:27that people have to suffer with cancer
33:30because it's so
33:32preventable there was a study recently
33:35that looked at removing certain
33:37ingredients from Beauty and personal
33:39care products so women without any
33:41history of breast
33:42cancer were asked to remove these
33:45ingredients from their products for 28
33:47days so that's very short four weeks
33:51right they took cells from the breast
33:55tissue they were all normal they
33:57measured the amount of breast cancer
33:58gene
34:00expression after 28 days they took
34:02another sample so after 28 days of
34:04removing these ingredients they took
34:06another sample and they saw that the
34:08breast cancer gene expression
34:12dropped and the only thing that they
34:15were asked to change about their
34:16lifestyle was to remove these
34:18ingredients from their beauty and
34:19personal care products and which
34:21products were they told to remove and
34:23what ingredients were those it was skin
34:25care deodorant shampoo things that most
34:28people are using and the ingredients
34:30were
34:31phades which can often be found in
34:34fragrance so the seemingly innocuous
34:37little term on the ingredients list
34:40fragrance or
34:42parfume can contain a huge number of
34:45chemicals it's hidden behind this
34:48umbrella term because by law in Europe
34:51and in the US manufacturers do not have
34:53to disclose this it is considered trade
34:55secret and within that chemical mixture
34:58are known
35:01carcinogens endocrine disruptors like
35:04phalates and the most potent allergens
35:06known to
35:08man and with phalates the reason that
35:10they're in fragrances and that
35:12manufacturers love them so much is there
35:14what are known as film formers so it
35:17helps the fragrance to stick to surfaces
35:19like your skin your clothing and it
35:21helps to make it last longer and linger
35:24so if you've ever sprayed something on
35:27yourself and are still able to smell it
35:29hours later that's a Telltale sign that
35:32you've been exposed to thetes that you
35:34have thetes in that fragrance in that
35:35product and how many deant on the Shelf
35:39have phalates in them if it's got a
35:41fragrance in
35:42it almost all of them okay it's code
35:45it's code for endocrine disrupting
35:47valades essentially you can assume that
35:49and in fact it's safe to assume that
35:51they contain allads so I mean this is
35:54one of the deodrants that I often use um
35:57it's just a I mean for anyone that's
36:00just listening it's just like one of the
36:01doents You' find on a shelf in any store
36:03that comes in a little is this an
36:05aluminium can yeah it is an aluminium
36:07can does this have thetes in it how do I
36:11know so you turn turn The Container
36:14around and check the ingredients list do
36:15you see a word fragrance or SL parfume
36:19yeah fragrance brackets
36:21parfume that's what you're looking for
36:24okay so I shouldn't be spraying this all
36:25over my body right okay so sometimes
36:28you'll see on there it'll say th free
36:32okay right that's helpful but that still
36:34doesn't take away the fact that there
36:35are known carcinogens and allergens in
36:37there so if you've got any kind of
36:39respiratory problems any kind of skin
36:41problems and you just don't want to
36:43expose yourself to unnecessary
36:45carcinogens then it would be beneficial
36:47to avoid fragrance what about a little
36:49spray just
36:51a I mean it depends is that really going
36:54to benefit you is are you going to get
36:56any effect from that little spr want to
36:57smell so this is why I spray this
37:00because you know this top is quite tight
37:01so if if it's tight and it's hot in here
37:03I'll end up smelling so I just spray it
37:05and then I'm really do it's public
37:07service for other people really I'm fine
37:08to smell myself I can't even smell it
37:10but it's for you know Jack and the team
37:13well the question would be can you find
37:15a safer alternative and the answer is
37:18yes how do I find a safer alternative
37:20what am I looking for so you don't want
37:22fragrances and you definitely yes so
37:24avoid the word fragrance unless it says
37:26that the fragrance comes from essential
37:28oils okay but but if it comes from
37:30essential oils will it still make me
37:32smell nice yes okay yes because that's
37:36where aromatic compounds come from they
37:39come from plants but just to give you
37:41more context on this aerosol spray this
37:43is one of the worst products that you
37:45can use I've been using it every day
37:48yeah so I'll tell you why aerosols use
37:51propellants propellants are derived from
37:53petroleum and there was a recall on
37:56thousands of products within the last
37:58couple years that the propellants were a
38:01source of benzene contamination and
38:03Benzene is a known human carcinogen that
38:06you do not want to be inhaling because
38:09what you inhale goes to your brain it
38:11goes quickly all over your body through
38:12the bloodstream you don't want to be
38:14delivering a known human carcinogen into
38:17your bloodstream you're just it's not
38:20helping you at
38:22all because Benzene is known to cause
38:25leukemia in
38:26people so it's a no-brainer if you want
38:29to avoid that to avoid aerosols but not
38:33only that if you think about how you're
38:34actually applying the product you're
38:36spraying it like this right in a stream
38:37and it heads toward your face then
38:40that's also an inhalation risk because
38:42there's particles in there there's
38:44solids in there you don't want to be
38:46inhaling unnecessary things so the best
38:48option for deodorant is to look for
38:50something that has essential oils and is
38:52a roll on or a stick solid is there
38:56anything on the label that I can trust
38:58when it comes to doents is is there like
39:00a certain term that I'm looking for you
39:01said phate 3 phate 3 is there anything
39:04else that yes so dalite free and paraben
39:06free are definitely helpful okay because
39:10then we know at least two of the known
39:13endocrine disruptors that we have
39:15evidence on are not found in that
39:17product but that doesn't exonerate
39:19everything else we still need to be
39:22diligent about the ingredients because
39:24they are sources of contamination of
39:27byproducts of carcinogens and hidden
39:30toxins essentially it is pretty crazy
39:33that I could get a lighter and go and it
39:36would be flammable and then I spray that
39:38on my body like like it's like I'm
39:40lathering myself in petrol or something
39:42it is pretty crazy that's essentially
39:44what that is petrol yeah because it's
39:47coming from petroleum all the
39:49propellants and some of the other base
39:51ingredients I'm sure I haven't looked at
39:52it but I'm almost certain because that
39:55is the source of the majority of
39:56ingredients go into these products this
39:58is my last day ever using aerosol
40:02deodrant let's pull up a
40:04bin
40:08okay
40:10goodbye okay that's gone okay is this a
40:12better alternative what I've got here is
40:15I've got this roll on deodrant which I
40:17think is one of the refillable ones um
40:20is this a better
40:21alternative at least from this level of
40:24what I know of the fact that it's a
40:26solid yes but I have to see the
40:27ingredients list we have to look at the
40:29ingredients list to really know what's
40:31actually in the deodorant okay so at
40:34least from a sustainability standpoint
40:36that's definitely great to see that it's
40:38not in a plastic container that is
40:40refillable but we really need to check
40:42the ingredients okay so I've got the
40:44ingredients list here I've just pulled
40:45it up on my
40:46iPad it says tapioca
40:49starch baking soda sunflower seed
40:54wax Coco seed butter
40:59Toral exate no idea what that is sterile
41:04alcohol perfume so do you recognize the
41:07ingredients are they easily recognizable
41:09or do they sound highly synthetic very
41:12chemical like it says par
41:15perfume is there any indication on
41:17what's in the perfume all antiag are
41:20scented with a blend of fragrances to
41:21give you the scense you love hm is there
41:25any indication that it's salad free and
41:27parin
41:30free no that's what should give us pause
41:34is when we don't know what's in that
41:36fragrance term that's really the
41:40issue okay I mean there's just so many
41:42bloody
41:43words phate free
41:47deodorant I've got a better way that I
41:49can help you search okay if you just
41:51type in the word organic and then
41:53whatever product you're looking for
41:54organic deodorant that is going to
41:56whittle down the choices significantly
41:59for you well and you're saying that if
42:01it's organic it that means that it won't
42:03contain the phalates and the parabens
42:06not necessarily this is where it gets a
42:07little bit nuanced but at least it
42:09whittel down the results that you'll get
42:11in sege and then you can check the
42:13ingredients one by one and look for the
42:15one that has essential oils instead of
42:18the word fragrance because it's really
42:20the lack of transparency that should
42:22make us pause we have no idea what's in
42:25there we don't know what we're exposing
42:27ourselves too and if you're someone who
42:29is concerned about the chemicals in the
42:33products you're using the toxins you're
42:34being exposed to if you are someone who
42:36is thinking about getting pregnant are
42:39pregnant
42:41breastfeeding or just health conscious
42:43and you don't want these toxins in your
42:45products then this is the work that
42:48needs to be done interesting so just
42:51because it's a roll on doesn't
42:53necessarily mean it's safe right okay
42:56like you just demonstr
42:57and just because it's sustainable also
42:59doesn't mean it's safe so there's a
43:01there's a lot of marketing that goes on
43:03with products and and manufacturers know
43:06that consumers are becoming Savvy
43:07they're becoming aware and they're
43:09demanding safer products so they will
43:11hit all of the buttons and hope that
43:13somebody isn't diligent and doesn't see
43:15through that is fragrance so important
43:17because fragrance is an indicator that
43:19it contains these Fates and parabens is
43:21that why I should be thinking fragrance
43:23is one indicator for whether the
43:27cosmetic product is toxic or not yeah
43:29definitely that would be probably the
43:31easiest and most obvious way that you
43:33can weed products out is just look for
43:35the word fragrance or parfum and if
43:37there's no indication that it comes from
43:39plants that it's from essential oils
43:41then that's not something that you want
43:44to use I read a stat that said 91% of
43:47antier Sprints 95% of shaving products
43:5083% of moisturizers and 63% of
43:53sunscreens contain fragrance and 96% of
43:57shampoos 98% of conditioners 97% of hair
44:00styling products um contain fragrance as
44:03well why are they putting fragrance and
44:05everything would would the products not
44:07sell if there weren't fragrance in there
44:09yeah I think it's there's many reasons
44:10that they put fragrances in so first of
44:12all we are sensory beings and people
44:15respond to fragrances fragrances changes
44:17your mood it uplifts your mood it helps
44:19you feel more confident fragrances
44:21affect us on a very Primal level and the
44:24earlier and earlier that you can get
44:26hooked on frag es the better for these
44:28manufacturers right so that's why
44:30they're putting fragrances in even
44:32children's products and scented
44:33everything if you notice I've got kids
44:35we go out and look for slime I said
44:37let's look for unscented slime it's
44:40nearly impossible to find it you'd have
44:42to make your own slime at home so that's
44:44what we've started doing and the kids
44:45love it because they get to you know be
44:48like little chemists or whatever but you
44:50cannot find
44:52even even they have markers pens crayons
44:56they've got sent ented stickers I mean
44:58scented everything scent is everywhere
45:00now the fragrance industry has
45:02absolutely
45:04exploded in the last 10 or 15 years and
45:07fragrances are the most pervasive Source
45:11One of the most pervasive sources of
45:12toxins in our homes in our daily lives
45:15it's almost like the new secondhand
45:17smoke that's how prevalent it is because
45:20the chemicals once you spray them right
45:22the reason you smell them is because
45:24they have volatilized means that they
45:25have become gases and they reach your
45:27nose you smell them what that also means
45:30is that they are in the air Studies have
45:32shown that these fragrance chemicals
45:34phalates carcinogens allergens they bind
45:37to the dust in your home so it's not
45:40like I smell this fragrance I sprayed it
45:42three hours ago and I'm totally fine
45:44well it's still in the air it's always
45:46going to be in the air unless you
45:48physically remove the
45:50dust so if you're not regularly dusting
45:54mopping sweeping and vacuuming you're
45:56becoming re exposed and this is
45:58absolutely the worst for a child a baby
46:02who is crawling on the floor their faces
46:04and noses and Airways are close to the
46:05ground so they're inhaling the dust that
46:07have settled on the floor I don't know
46:09many people that are sweeping and
46:11dusting every single day but if you if
46:14you have a child then really I really
46:17want you to listen to this because the
46:19child is putting stuff in their mouth so
46:20they're ingesting these dust particles
46:23they're ingesting the chemicals that are
46:24attached to the dust particles they're
46:26inhaling them and they can't detox them
46:29they can't detoxify them from their
46:30bodies and so then what happens they
46:32grow up they start having allergies they
46:35start having cognitive delays they start
46:37having behavioral issues they start
46:40storing more fat they can't lose weight
46:42they have low energy depression and a
46:45host of conditions that we think are are
46:49common but doesn't mean they're normal
46:52and they're avoidable that's that's the
46:54part that is so
46:57important is that these conditions are
47:00avoidable I was just reading about
47:02allergies as you speaking and it's I've
47:04got some stats here food allergies um
47:06the prevalence of food allergies in
47:08children have increased by 50% since the
47:111990s in the United
47:13States in terms of seasonal allergies in
47:162021 approximately 81 million Americans
47:18were diagnosed with allergic ritis also
47:22known as hay fever or seasonal allergies
47:24by 2018 nearly
47:2742 million Americans or 133% of the
47:31population had been diagnosed with
47:32asthma in their
47:34lifetime and I mean why is this
47:37happening I mean there's like BBC
47:39articles here that show there's been
47:41huge increases in allergic reactions as
47:43well um the EpiPen businesses on the
47:46rise why are allergies getting worse in
47:48your opinion yeah I think it's this
47:51pervasiveness of the overuse of
47:55fragrances scented products products and
47:58the lack of awareness about the harm
48:01that they cause there's there's studies
48:03showing that there people who as soon as
48:05you light a candle then people start
48:08having migraines they can't think
48:10straight anymore they become dizzy but
48:13not only that like you said increased
48:15asthma incidents once you get asthma it
48:17doesn't go away you have reactive
48:19Airways so then you're triggered again
48:21whenever you encounter these chemicals
48:24what about people who say the Oles have
48:27exploded over the last couple of years
48:29because we're not letting our kids
48:31consume more dirt I hear this a lot
48:34people say it's because we're becoming
48:35too sanitized and our kids need to go
48:37play in the mud that could be it as well
48:40but I would almost I would like to see
48:43the data in the rise in fragrances and
48:46fragrance use overlaid on top of the
48:49incidents of allergies in children and
48:52all of these health conditions I want to
48:54see that data I haven't seen it yet and
48:56I'm hoping that somebody does these
48:57these studies because I think they would
49:00be correlated have you done any research
49:03on you know I always I love thinking
49:04about other populations and
49:06civilizations and that aren't exposed to
49:08the environmental factors we're exposed
49:10to and seeing how they're getting on in
49:11terms of their health outcomes when
49:13they're not exposed to microplastics and
49:16fragrances you know like some of the
49:17tribes in Africa that are still pretty
49:19close to being um un contaminate like
49:24contaminated by human interference in
49:25the western world have you ever looked
49:27at any of those civilizations or
49:30societies yeah the rate and incidence of
49:33cancer is almost non-existent at least
49:35it was almost non-existent but now some
49:36of these chemicals have spread so far
49:38and wide and one example being past
49:42they're known as forever chemicals
49:43because they don't degrade they can
49:44travel so far they basically covered the
49:46globe they are found in polar bear fat
49:49so that just tells you how far up the
49:51food chain these chemicals have traveled
49:53because they don't break down so as soon
49:55as an animal eats it and then gets eaten
49:57by another animal so on and so forth
49:59then it reaches the apex predators right
50:01and it's in stored in their fat and in
50:04polar bears it's been seen that you can
50:06find some of these chemicals so we know
50:08how far and wide that these chemicals
50:10have gone that even these tribes that
50:13are in remote locations aren't
50:17necessarily exempt from being exposed
50:20they're also getting exposed it's just
50:21in the air it's in the water it's in the
50:24soil and what chemicals are this PE fat
50:27pasas P what what does that pfas so per
50:32and polyfloral alkalol substances it's a
50:35huge chemical class of about 15,000
50:38different chemicals and that includes
50:40things like
50:41PFA pfos and PTFE which are more
50:45commonly known as Teflon non-stick
50:47chemicals like this non-stick pan that I
50:50have here exactly so there that P is p P
50:57yes PTFE is the chemical name for teflon
51:01so Teflon is used to create the
51:03non-stick coating and it is believed
51:06that because it is so chemically stable
51:08that it wouldn't come off the pan into
51:09your food but that's not true there's
51:12evidence showing that there is transfer
51:15from the cookware in normal cooking
51:17conditions into food not only that when
51:21you heat that pan high enough it will
51:23vaporize and get into the air and if you
51:25inhale it you run the risk of
51:28experiencing what's known as Teflon
51:30flu and it basically has flu like
51:32symptoms when you inhale that stuff and
51:34so that would be considered an acute
51:37exposure so a onetime higher dose
51:40exposure but what we really need
51:42information on are the chronic low doses
51:45that we're getting just by cooking our
51:47daily eggs on
51:49there have that been any studies done on
51:51the the impact of people cooking on
51:54these versus people that don't cook with
51:56these nonstick with the Teflon pans well
51:59I can tell you that they've measured the
52:00amount of chemicals that are coming off
52:02of the pans and so if you've ever had a
52:05non-stick piece of
52:06cookware it scratches very easily yeah
52:09and some of these scratches are
52:11microscopic and invisible to the to the
52:13naked eye Studies have found that a
52:16surface scratch can release
52:199,000 particles from that nonstick
52:22coating into your food and if it's a
52:25crack
52:26it that number jumps up to
52:282.3
52:30billion particles that are transferred
52:32into your food and what's that going to
52:34do to my health what are these P fats
52:37doing to my health well P fats are
52:38linked with several types of cancers so
52:42kidney and testicular cancer thyroid
52:45disorders which thyroid problems are so
52:49common these days but they're not
52:51normal then we have increased risk of
52:54miscarriage pre-term labor pre-term
52:57birth preeclampsia which is high blood
52:59pressure during pregnancy that's could
53:02be deadly you also have increased
53:05obesity that's linked with past
53:07chemicals and past also contribute to an
53:10increase in
53:11endometriosis and PCOS oh
53:15really so PE people who have
53:17endometriosis and PCOS they have found
53:20to have higher levels of pasas in their
53:22bodies and pasas are found in everybody
53:25no one's exempt everyone has pasas in
53:27our bodies but whether or not they're
53:29able to exert toxicity depends on your
53:33inner environment depends on how many
53:35other chemicals your body is working to
53:37fight off I just pulled up some studies
53:40here one of the studies from 2023 which
53:42you might be aware of showed that higher
53:44levels of pasas in the blood of women in
53:46Singapore were associated with a 30 to
53:4740% lower chance of pregnancy and life
53:50birth within one
53:53year um and another study sampled 3 81
53:56blood samples from people trying to lose
53:58weight and no matter the diet that these
54:00participants tried they gained weight if
54:03they had elevated past exposure what the
54:07hell they gained weight even if they
54:10tried different diets yeah so these
54:12chemicals are known endocrine disruptors
54:15are also known as obesogens so they're
54:17increasing the prevalence of obesity so
54:20you store more fat and you can't lose
54:25it obesogens I thought food was the only
54:29obesogen well the chemicals that you're
54:32being exposed to through your cookwar
54:34through food
54:36packaging they're also sources of these
54:39endocrine disruptors and what about
54:41um cancer is pasas linked to cancer have
54:44they done any studies on that with with
54:46animals or yeah in humans it's kidney
54:49and testicular
54:51cancer okay what about prostate I know
54:54that's a big concern for a lot of men
54:56and particular I haven't seen direct
54:58evidence on that but I wouldn't be
54:59surprised if that was also linked
55:01because that's also a hormonal
55:03tissue a study from 2021 in mice at the
55:07University of
55:08Illinois found that a high fat diet
55:12combined with pasas exposure could cause
55:14changes in prostate cells that promote
55:17tumor
55:18growth is there is there an alternative
55:20to P is there something that I could use
55:22instead of this nonstick pan yeah just
55:25get rid of the nonstick chemicals all
55:26together and that would be something as
55:28simple as cast iron stainless steel
55:31glass cookware ceramic cookware just a
55:34bit more annoying isn't it yeah I mean
55:37non-stick cookware is amazing I mean you
55:40you can make food slide off clean up is
55:42a breeze but at what cost you're you
55:44might be saving time when you're cooking
55:47but how much of that time is being taken
55:49off the back end of your lifespan is the
55:52question Susan throw this away I would
55:56but see that's the other thing is if you
55:58are then hearing this and you're like I
56:01got to get rid of my cookware well guess
56:02what you throw that out and it ends up
56:04in a landfill and the P fast chemicals
56:07are now in the environment where they
56:08won't go away so I'm throwing so it
56:11really depends right if you are in the
56:14position to where you can get rid of it
56:16then it might benefit you but the key is
56:19to really stop buying it but you already
56:22have it so it's really up to you in
56:24terms of cookwar that's that's better
56:26for me avoid the non-stick go for
56:29stainless steel cast iron what about the
56:32utensils then so things like I've got a
56:35plastic spatula here in my hand is this
56:38good no because that's melting it's
56:41breaking off into little tiny bits and
56:44fragments of microplastics and
56:46nanoplastics in your food so bad spatula
56:51yes okay the the silicone the silicone
56:55rubber the plastic if you just think
56:58about the fact that it's being heated up
57:00if you've ever looked at one the
57:02Integrity you'll see it's starting to
57:04fray if you see any bits coming off then
57:06you know it's definitely breaking up and
57:08getting into your food yeah there's
57:10loads of little pieces missing from the
57:11end of the plastic and I guess they
57:14that's gone into the food most likely
57:16right slowly dissolving over time right
57:18because with nonstick cookware you can't
57:20use metal utensils right you'll scratch
57:22the surface but guess what even with
57:24that you can scratch the surface so the
57:26wooden one here in my left hand that's
57:29better yes at least from a safety and
57:32microplastic and nonstick chemical
57:34perspective
57:36yes are you concerned at all no not at
57:39all okay so wood is fine wood is totally
57:41fine okay what people normally will say
57:43is I can't properly clean the wood but I
57:45haven't had that issue you just clean it
57:47with soap and water and it is fine okay
57:52so we'll keep the wooden
57:54spatula um um what else in terms of
57:57cooking products so I've got this pan
57:59here you're saying this is a good one
58:00stainless steel yes great keep that
58:04one keep that one um okay what
58:08about what about this nice plastic
58:11container super convenient put my lunch
58:13in it go to work maybe pop it in the
58:15microwave heat it up get my takeaway in
58:17it plastic container good absolutely not
58:21do not microwave plastic containers even
58:23after just a few seconds you'll get
58:25release of billions of microplastic
58:27particles into your food just from a
58:29tiny Square centimeter you'll get
58:32billions of microplastic particles and
58:34with microplastics they're hard it's a
58:37solid Mass it does not break down in the
58:40body what if it says BPA free that's
58:44great but it's still plastic it's still
58:46microplastic it's still nanoplastic
58:48releasing and it probably has salades in
58:51it depending on the type of
58:52plastic
58:54right okay so you don't want to be
58:56microwaving these and and if I get
58:58microplastics um into my food what's the
59:00what's the net impact what's the harm of
59:02that well microplastics don't break down
59:05they don't go away again they're
59:06accumulating in human tissues so they've
59:09actually been found in a whole number
59:11I'm pretty sure they're all over the
59:12body at this point we just have to see
59:15the the evidence to know right and so
59:16they're in human L um lungs blood in the
59:20gut tissue they're in heart they're in
59:22brain they are in the placenta they're
59:25also in penis and they have been
59:28detected in there's microplastics in my
59:30penis yes there could be Studies have
59:33shown that and even in newborn babies so
59:36when babies are born they have their
59:38first bowel movement which is known as
59:41meconium and in the moonium
59:43microplastics have been found so that
59:45means babies are being exposed to
59:48microplastics In Utero they're being
59:50born with Plastics in their body and
59:52what's the risk of that well the risk is
59:54that they don't go away number one and
59:56on a cellular level they're causing
59:58inflammation and oxidative stress and
1:00:00oxidative stress is free radical damage
1:00:02and what that means is if you ingest
1:00:05these microplastic particles which
1:00:08everyone is and they're in your tissues
1:00:11and your body cannot get rid of them
1:00:13then they're basically like the
1:00:15equivalent of a million little fires all
1:00:18over your body and unless you have
1:00:21enough detox capability like
1:00:24antioxidants to get rid of them they're
1:00:27there to stay what do you mean by detox
1:00:30capabilities as in my my liver and yeah
1:00:33exactly every cell in your body has some
1:00:36antioxidants in it if you if they if you
1:00:38didn't you would be dead because in
1:00:40order to live on this planet and breathe
1:00:43oxygen we need
1:00:45antioxidants to neutralize the free
1:00:47radicals that happen through cellular
1:00:50respiration right so whenever we breathe
1:00:52oxygen there are free radicals that are
1:00:54created and our cells have naturally in
1:00:57them antioxidants like glutathione and
1:01:00they help to neutralize these free
1:01:02radicals but glutathion is also vital
1:01:05for detoxifying environmental chemicals
1:01:08so if you think about it how does the
1:01:10body decide what's more important do I
1:01:12neutralize these free radicals because I
1:01:14need to breathe and live or do I have to
1:01:16deal with these chemicals over here I
1:01:18don't know so you're literally being
1:01:20torn your body is torn at this point
1:01:23what to deal with first and usually it's
1:01:26the oxygen I need to breathe so let me
1:01:28neutralize the free radicals from
1:01:30breathing oxygen then I'll deal with
1:01:33these chemicals later if I have enough
1:01:35left in the tank and most people don't
1:01:38modern lifestyles are resulting in
1:01:41depletion of glutathione our glutathione
1:01:44is being robbed by these microplastics
1:01:47by these parabens phalates and other
1:01:50chemicals that you find in consumer
1:01:52products you have to sum up in a
1:01:54sentence what microplastic are doing to
1:01:56us what would that sentence be slowly
1:01:58killing us over
1:02:00time we're becoming plastic we're
1:02:03actually known as the plasticine
1:02:06Epic humankind is more plastic
1:02:09eventually we will become more plastic
1:02:11than we are humans if we cons continue
1:02:13at this rate there have
1:02:16been over 300 million metric tons of
1:02:20plastics
1:02:21produced I mean that's a really big
1:02:23number but I can't really W my head
1:02:25around it and they don't go away they
1:02:27don't go away that's the problem they
1:02:29just continually break up into smaller
1:02:32and smaller and smaller and smaller
1:02:35fragments a 2024 study on microplastics
1:02:38in human livers kidneys and brains found
1:02:39that all of them contained microplastics
1:02:41but the brain contained 10 to 20 times
1:02:44more than any other
1:02:47organ the brains measured around 0.5%
1:02:51plastic by weight that's a guardian
1:02:53article so does that mean 0.5 5% of my
1:02:56brain is plastic yes and that's because
1:02:59plastic is fat soluble and the brain is
1:03:02mostly fat so microplastics travel there
1:03:06through the bloodstream we inhale them
1:03:08they go to the brain and they can't
1:03:09leave because the brain can the brain
1:03:11doesn't not have the ability to detoxify
1:03:14itself the way that other tissues
1:03:16do I guess it wasn't expecting the
1:03:19plastic right so it's like who's this I
1:03:21can't get rid of you so just stay but
1:03:24then what is it doing to you over time
1:03:25time what is it doing to our brains over
1:03:27time I'm going to throw this away by the
1:03:28way I'm not going to micro my food in
1:03:30plastic anymore um what is it doing to
1:03:32our brains over time do you think is
1:03:33there any
1:03:34associations I haven't seen any clear
1:03:37evidence but my hypothesis is that it's
1:03:41increasing the likelihood of cognitive
1:03:43decline and the brain is one of the most
1:03:46important obviously the most important
1:03:47organs in our bodies and brain problems
1:03:50don't usually show up until you're in
1:03:51your Elder years but i' would be
1:03:56interested to know if the rate of
1:03:57dementia if people are getting dementia
1:03:59and other brain Related Disorders
1:04:02earlier just like cancer I would not be
1:04:05surprised if I saw that we drink out of
1:04:07these um stainless steel cups here on
1:04:10the dire of a CO are these okay to be
1:04:12drinking out of yes okay does it say
1:04:17because they're not they're not leeching
1:04:18microplastics into your drink BPA free
1:04:21stainless steel okay they weren't
1:04:23expensive that's good news but um some
1:04:25times when I go to shops and you know
1:04:28supermarkets and stuff I grab these
1:04:29plastic bottles full of water there's
1:04:31been a lot of conversation around
1:04:32plastic bottles and water um are these
1:04:35safe to drink from in your opinion well
1:04:39if you have no other option then that's
1:04:41what you've got and so I don't want
1:04:42people to think I can never drink
1:04:44bottled water ever again or I'm going to
1:04:46die because that's not the case I myself
1:04:49traveled here I had to drink from
1:04:51bottled water because I didn't bring
1:04:52enough of my own water with me is that
1:04:54something that I'm going to panic about
1:04:57no it's not is it something that I want
1:05:00to do no but I need water so that's my
1:05:03only option but if you are able to avoid
1:05:06that then absolutely avoid bottle water
1:05:08have there been any studies done on
1:05:09bottle water yeah there have been so
1:05:12many studies showing that bottled water
1:05:14is a major source of microplastics
1:05:16Because if you think about it plastic
1:05:19is not meant to be permanent but it kind
1:05:22of is but at the same time there are
1:05:25certain conditions that promote leeching
1:05:28and one of them is if you put that
1:05:29plastic water bottle in the sun
1:05:32UV causes plastic to break down so
1:05:35that's releasing microplastics just
1:05:37squeezing it physical force is causing
1:05:41microplastic sharing and
1:05:43release but not just that just over time
1:05:46the plastic is just leeching on its own
1:05:48temperature is another Factor so if you
1:05:50leave that in a hot
1:05:52car microplastics if you've ever had a
1:05:55bottle of water sitting in a hot car and
1:05:57you drink it and it tasted like plastic
1:05:58that's because it is it's plastic it's
1:06:01becoming more plastic
1:06:03okay but the microplastics are releasing
1:06:06endocrine disruptors right the same
1:06:08phades that we talked about in
1:06:09fragrances are also in plastic water
1:06:11bottles what about these water bottles
1:06:14that a lot of people have now they're
1:06:15kind of like Stanley cut star water
1:06:17bottles that are made of this this metal
1:06:19are these better yeah definit it's the
1:06:21same as these stainless steel cups yeah
1:06:24okay so everyone should have one of
1:06:25these for their water but not only that
1:06:28it's also more sustainable right because
1:06:30plastic bottles make up the majority of
1:06:34plastic waste in the environment and all
1:06:37of those are breaking up again into
1:06:39smaller and smaller microplastics and
1:06:41nanoplastics that are basically
1:06:44polluting everything
1:06:45now okay so instead of that plastic
1:06:48container I had this glass container for
1:06:50the microwave and for my food is better
1:06:52perfect okay but what about the lid the
1:06:53lid has got these little plastic handles
1:06:55on it
1:06:56yeah so what I would do is take the lid
1:06:58off if you need to heat up your food
1:06:59okay and what I also do is keep a space
1:07:02between my food and the lid so it's not
1:07:04in direct contact with the plastic how'd
1:07:06you keep it space like just don't fill
1:07:09it all the way to the brim oh okay just
1:07:10keep it just keep a little space Okay
1:07:13cool so that's that's good it's it's the
1:07:15contact with the plastic I mean if you
1:07:17need the container and you need a lid to
1:07:19store your
1:07:20food okay this I mean I have those too
1:07:23so we'll keep the lid just a thing is
1:07:25just try to keep your food from touching
1:07:26it if you can okay um what
1:07:30about this coffee coffee cup I went to
1:07:33you know you go to a Starbucks I'm
1:07:35shouldn't say you go to a coffee shop
1:07:36they give you these takeaway coffee cups
1:07:38which are made of like this sort of
1:07:40papery feel good bad
1:07:43indifferent get rid of them they're
1:07:45terrible so they're basically lined with
1:07:49plastic and Studies have shown that
1:07:51within 15 minutes of contact with the
1:07:53hot liquid you're getting 25 5,000
1:07:56microplastic particles in that cup and
1:07:59most people some people don't drink
1:08:00their coffee in 15 minutes they'll let
1:08:02it sit longer and so the longer it sits
1:08:05the more leeching there is and not only
1:08:06that the lid is plastic so as the hot
1:08:09liquid is passing through the lid there
1:08:11could also be leeching of
1:08:13microplastics that plastic lining also
1:08:16leeches heavy metals so it's there are
1:08:19so many issues with that cup you seem
1:08:22really pissed off with the cup I'm
1:08:23actually really they're so pervasive and
1:08:26I remember being in Germany about 10 15
1:08:29years ago maybe something like that and
1:08:31coffee to go was new and at the time I
1:08:34come from the US they have been around
1:08:36forever I was like why is this new I
1:08:38don't understand coffee to go why is
1:08:40that a thing and my husband said it's
1:08:43because we sit down and drink our coffee
1:08:46out of a mug we don't take it to go so
1:08:48this is like appealing to tourists but
1:08:52what's wrong with coffee to go is it the
1:08:53container they it's the container so if
1:08:55you bring your own container Starbucks
1:08:57will fill it up or if you bring your own
1:08:59container some shops will fill it up for
1:09:01you and they you they might even knock
1:09:03off 10 cents because you brought your
1:09:05own container so I'd have to bring
1:09:06something like I guess like this which
1:09:08is a steel right with a little glass lid
1:09:13right okay so okay and it's a plastic
1:09:16lid so if you can take the lid off to
1:09:19drink but if you can't
1:09:21again don't stress out over it okay You'
1:09:25been through some of these things so far
1:09:27just on the consumables okay fine okay
1:09:30so um and last question on consumption
1:09:33stuff is about food and water should I
1:09:36be filtering my water absolutely
1:09:39absolutely if you live in an area where
1:09:41water has been floridated how do I know
1:09:44you've got to check the water report
1:09:46most municipalities have water reports
1:09:48and if not you can go to the ewg the
1:09:51environmental working group they have a
1:09:53water report database that you can check
1:09:55so just type in your ZIP code of where
1:09:58you live and it'll tell you what
1:09:59contaminants are found and which ones
1:10:01exceed safe limits and it's very helpful
1:10:04to know what if I get these kind of like
1:10:06you know these little plastic um water
1:10:09filter systems you can get where you put
1:10:11it in the fridge you pour the water in
1:10:12and then you put like a little filter
1:10:14thing in you replace it and then you
1:10:16pour it in are those good it depends on
1:10:18what type of filter you have okay some
1:10:20of the more mainstream lower cost lower
1:10:23end options do not remove floor chlide
1:10:25number one and they don't filter nearly
1:10:27enough
1:10:28chemicals tap water is a source of
1:10:32hormones
1:10:33so endocrine disruptors pesticides heavy
1:10:37metals flu fluoride if it's added to the
1:10:40water uh agricultural runoff there's a
1:10:44bunch of different contaminants in tap
1:10:46water depending on where you live some
1:10:48are worse than others and there have
1:10:50even been tragic instances of lead high
1:10:55levels of lead because of the lead
1:10:57piping that water is transported through
1:10:59so we've got to be careful with the
1:11:02water that we're using to drink and cook
1:11:04with and so what what's a a sort of
1:11:07lowcost solution to this for people that
1:11:09are concerned about the water that
1:11:11they're consuming and their families are
1:11:12consuming yeah actually there have been
1:11:14studies showing that you can boil your
1:11:17water so if you boil your water that can
1:11:19actually remove a significant portion of
1:11:21the microplastic pollutions in there
1:11:23because of if you've ever noticed at
1:11:25after you've boiled water there's sort
1:11:27of a white crust at the bottom of the
1:11:28pot that's actually calcium
1:11:30calcification and the microplastics get
1:11:33trapped in that calcified layer but that
1:11:35still doesn't take care of all the other
1:11:38chemicals that are found in tap water so
1:11:40the best option is to filter
1:11:42it some filters are more accessible and
1:11:45affordable than others reverse osmosis
1:11:48removes the most contaminants but it
1:11:50also requires the most it generates the
1:11:53most waste water so it isn't the most
1:11:54effici efficient and it also can remove
1:11:57beneficial minerals which you then have
1:11:58to add back in because it's not good to
1:12:00drink demineralized water over time so
1:12:03there are different options that you can
1:12:05you can use but the best option you have
1:12:08to filter it at some point at some level
1:12:10depending on where you are so check your
1:12:12water and look for a filter so carbon
1:12:14filters are effective for the most part
1:12:17but you want to check to make sure that
1:12:19the filter can remove fluoride as well
1:12:22okay well in the um show notes of
1:12:23today's episode what I'll ask you to do
1:12:25is to just help us put together a bit of
1:12:27a list of things that you approve of um
1:12:31relating to the subjects that we've
1:12:32discussed today just you know some of
1:12:33the deant stuff that we mentioned um and
1:12:36also water filter systems and stuff
1:12:39because I can imagine it can be quite
1:12:40confusing for people I I imagine most
1:12:41people listening they just want they
1:12:43want to know what the most important
1:12:45simple things that they can can do to
1:12:47have the biggest potential impact and
1:12:48also they're going to be quite costc
1:12:50conscious as we all are about not
1:12:53overspending on things and they don't
1:12:54have thousands thousands of pounds but
1:12:56they want to make significant steps
1:12:57forward um I guess to that point then if
1:13:01you were to say to someone what are like
1:13:03the simple free things we can all do or
1:13:06cheap things cost effective things we
1:13:08can do as it relates to the our cookware
1:13:10things we're
1:13:11consuming um to make sure that we're
1:13:13staying as healthy as we possibly can be
1:13:16first thing is to filter your water yeah
1:13:18second thing is to get rid of fragrance
1:13:21products so you're actually saving money
1:13:23by not buying that stuff right so if you
1:13:25can remove that then you're better off
1:13:28thirdly is to cook at home cooking at
1:13:30home is also significantly more cost
1:13:33effective than getting takeout all the
1:13:34time and you're also saving on a massive
1:13:37amount of toxic exposure that way what
1:13:39about um the types of foods we
1:13:42buy have I got to just be buying organic
1:13:45food if you're able to then it's helpful
1:13:49but if you can't eating an unprocessed
1:13:52diet as much as you possibly can hold
1:13:55Foods single ingredient Foods if you
1:13:58choose to eat meat fruits and vegetables
1:14:01things of that nature try to get the
1:14:04least processed option you possibly can
1:14:06and cook at home and if you can cook on
1:14:08stainless steel or cast iron but if
1:14:11nonstick is all you have that's all
1:14:13you've got right so just do what you can
1:14:15with what you've got but try to
1:14:17eliminate the processed food as much as
1:14:19you can what about beauty then so I've
1:14:21got some beauty products here
1:14:23moisturizers got some eyelin is um this
1:14:26is a roll on deant you're probably
1:14:27familiar with these yeah that looks like
1:14:30an anti-perspirant oh an antiperspirant
1:14:32oh yeah yeah you're right so that's
1:14:33different than deodorant so
1:14:34antiperspirants contain aluminum salts
1:14:36and those physically block sweat ducts
1:14:38and so what that does over time is it
1:14:40prevents you from sweating right that's
1:14:41why it's anti-perspirant but the problem
1:14:43with aluminum is that there have been
1:14:46links to increased risk of breast cancer
1:14:48in young girls who use
1:14:51deodorant because aluminum itself also
1:14:55acts like an estrogen in the body oh God
1:14:57it smells strong wow okay so these roll
1:15:00on Deens that are for anyone that
1:15:03doesn't isn't watching it's the one with
1:15:05the ball on it the little ball thing
1:15:08that you roll under your armpit the key
1:15:10is to avoid the anti- pur Sprint if you
1:15:12can and I know a lot of people have you
1:15:15know self conern concerned with with
1:15:18sweating and everything like that but uh
1:15:20some people online have done armpit
1:15:23detoxes so with Apple vinegar and
1:15:25bentonite clay you make a little paste
1:15:27out of it smear it under your arms and
1:15:29that can help to pull out some of these
1:15:32embedded particles in your sweat Ducks
1:15:35what is the most compelling study that
1:15:37you heard about as it relates to because
1:15:39I am always I'm doing this podcast and
1:15:41reading about this subject matter I am
1:15:43increasingly concerned about you know
1:15:45putting things under my armpit for a
1:15:47number of reasons it's really hot under
1:15:48there but then it just feels I don't
1:15:51know it does then I read this stats
1:15:53around breast cancer and I thought gosh
1:15:55I'm it's probably not a good idea to be
1:15:57like lathering chemicals under my under
1:15:59my armpit um what is the most compelling
1:16:02stud you read on this subject that made
1:16:04you think twice about antiperspirants
1:16:07yeah it was the increased risk of breast
1:16:09cancer in young girls that are using
1:16:11these underarm antiperspirants what
1:16:13about these other beauty products then
1:16:16throw that one away um everyday be
1:16:19beauty products I think I don't even
1:16:20know what these products are I mean that
1:16:22looks like a foundation makeup that you
1:16:24would put all over your face so you go
1:16:26like this yeah okay or a concealer or
1:16:29something like that to help even out
1:16:30your skin tone cover up spots right good
1:16:33so that goes all over your face right so
1:16:35products that sit on your skin those are
1:16:37known as leave on products those
1:16:39comprise a higher risk than something
1:16:40you would rinse off like a soap or a
1:16:42body wash because it's sitting on your
1:16:44skin so the contact time is longer the
1:16:47longer something sits on your skin the
1:16:49longer time it has to penetrate the skin
1:16:52and get absorbed into your bloodstream
1:16:55lipstick is also a high-risk product if
1:16:57you're using the wrong kind because it's
1:16:59going on your lips and you're having
1:17:01some
1:17:02ingestion so don't use Foundation no not
1:17:06necessarily find a safer foundation so
1:17:09avoid avoid the fragrance
1:17:12foundations smells good this one yeah so
1:17:15it's got fragrances in there I'm sure
1:17:17okay because foundations are usually
1:17:19made of chemicals right chemicals don't
1:17:23always smell good so a lot of
1:17:25manufacturers put fragrance in there to
1:17:26maskk the odor even like lip balm I had
1:17:28this conversation with my girlfriend the
1:17:30other day and she was lathering on her
1:17:31lip balm and I was like I don't know if
1:17:32that's good for you and she was like it
1:17:33just smells so good I was like I just I
1:17:36don't know just do you know I have this
1:17:38conspiracy theory about lip balm that
1:17:39I've never shared with anybody which is
1:17:41my girlfriend applies lip balm all the
1:17:42time and her lips get dry often whereas
1:17:46I don't apply lip balm ever any special
1:17:49occasions no I'm joking I never apply it
1:17:51and my lips don't seem to get dry unless
1:17:52I go on a plane or something but I just
1:17:54wonder sometimes if these cosmetic
1:17:56products are fixing a problem that
1:17:59they're
1:18:00creating yeah I would think so because
1:18:03if you never touched your face what
1:18:05would your skin be like right some
1:18:07people only use water on their face and
1:18:09I have found personally the more I mess
1:18:11with my face the more products I use the
1:18:13more I end up feeling like I need them
1:18:15because my skin is reacting differently
1:18:18so it's I think it's creating an issue
1:18:20that wasn't there and then comes in and
1:18:22like oh this is the solution to that
1:18:23it's brilliant if you think about it
1:18:25from a money-making perspective but also
1:18:27if I'm disrupting your hormones with all
1:18:28of these chemicals then I'm more likely
1:18:30to be causing you to have skin flare ups
1:18:32and skin issues and and probably even
1:18:34aging and wrinkles which you're then
1:18:36going to need to use some of these
1:18:37cosmetic products to s for right and
1:18:40then they're going to try and sell you
1:18:41some other more invasive procedures down
1:18:45the line I've seen some people who don't
1:18:47use skin products at all and have never
1:18:49used them because of the society they
1:18:51live in and they have unbelievable
1:18:53remarkable skin um and they don't have
1:18:55the flareups and all these kinds of
1:18:57things that we have over here so it's
1:18:59I've always been pretty dubious I think
1:19:01I'm a bit of like an evolutionist I
1:19:02don't know if that even is a thing but
1:19:04just someone who has much more faith in
1:19:06my my body's natural systems for dealing
1:19:09with things than the modern world would
1:19:11lead us to believe like I don't I know
1:19:14that we live in an unnatural world right
1:19:16so there are some things that we need I
1:19:17live in you know we're indoors all day
1:19:19so I probably should be taking some
1:19:21vitamin D for example but outside of
1:19:23that I just don't buy that we need all
1:19:25of these products like you know shampoos
1:19:27and conditioners and what do you think
1:19:29of shampoos I've got shampoo brand here
1:19:32um which I just got off the shelf in the
1:19:33local shop a shampoo's okay yeah again
1:19:37it's it depends on what the ingredients
1:19:39are right most shampoos are heavily
1:19:41fragran and heavily
1:19:42scented but if you look you'll find some
1:19:45that aren't smells
1:19:48delicious yeah okay and it's very highly
1:19:51likely that you can become addicted to
1:19:53lip balm and addicted to scent I was
1:19:57you're addicted to lip balm yeah like
1:19:58you said The more you apply the more you
1:20:00need it and then you just keep applying
1:20:02it so it's every 10 or 15 minutes it
1:20:04felt like at some point and I was using
1:20:06a very heavily scented fragrance lip
1:20:08balm when I was a teenager it just was
1:20:11trendy at school what scent do you have
1:20:13what flavor do you have and everyone was
1:20:16doing it so it just became a thing what
1:20:19about this this is a um this is a tampon
1:20:23what about tampons I had a conversation
1:20:25on this podcast with a a lady who had a
1:20:28toxic reaction to a tampon and lost both
1:20:31of her
1:20:31legs um because of that what's your
1:20:35thoughts on menstrual products generally
1:20:38tampons period
1:20:40pads menstrual products contain some of
1:20:43the worst chemicals that should never be
1:20:46in direct contact with your reproductive
1:20:49tissues with your vaginal Canal they
1:20:52should just should not be there things
1:20:54like
1:20:55Benzene there's heavy metals in tampons
1:20:58actually there was a study showing that
1:21:00women who use tampons had higher levels
1:21:01of heavy metals in their body we don't
1:21:04need those down there and fragrances
1:21:07again with the phades they're also found
1:21:10in tampons a lot of menstrual products
1:21:14contain scent maybe that one doesn't but
1:21:15there's a lot that do what's the
1:21:18alternative it's entirely
1:21:20unnecessary the alternative would be to
1:21:22use you can you can find organic cotton
1:21:24tampons tampons are made of cotton right
1:21:27cotton is one of the most heavily
1:21:29sprayed crops in the world with
1:21:32glyphosate we don't need glyphosate down
1:21:34there the problem is that the vaginal
1:21:36Canal is uded right so it's it's blocked
1:21:40off it's warm its body temperature and
1:21:43there's also friction so all of these
1:21:46factors increase and drive chemical
1:21:49absorption into the body and you don't
1:21:51want to be delivering some of these
1:21:52chemicals directly to your reproductive
1:21:55organs you think it's going to have a
1:21:57big impact on
1:21:58fertility I think it could in fact there
1:22:01are a lot of anecdotal reports anyway of
1:22:04people saying that when they switched
1:22:06out their period products and went with
1:22:07more organic and more sustainable
1:22:10options that their periods became
1:22:13easier some people close to me have PCOS
1:22:16I've also got some friends that have
1:22:18endometriosis is there a link between
1:22:21Fates and sort of you know menstrual
1:22:24products
1:22:25and PCOS and endometriosis in your
1:22:28opinion yes there is and there is a link
1:22:30with past chemicals
1:22:32too so these
1:22:34xenoestrogens are exacerbating these
1:22:37conditions because if you think about it
1:22:39the uterus is an endocrine it's an
1:22:41endocrine responsive tissue it's an
1:22:44hormonally active it responds to
1:22:47estrogen you're delivering let's say
1:22:49phalates through tampons directly down
1:22:52there it's going into the circulation
1:22:54and it bypasses what's known as the
1:22:57portal circulation Phase 2
1:22:58detoxification by the liver so it
1:23:01bypasses detoxification so you're
1:23:03basically delivering hormonally active
1:23:06chemicals directly where you don't want
1:23:08them to go they cannot be
1:23:12detoxified what about my
1:23:14clothes you mentioned cotton a second
1:23:16ago it made me think about the clothes
1:23:17that I'm wearing um how do I know if the
1:23:20clothes that I'm wearing are toxin free
1:23:23are there certain clothes that are an
1:23:24aunt that's a really good question
1:23:27organic cotton is one way of knowing if
1:23:30your clothes contain pesticides and
1:23:33certain chemicals that are used in the
1:23:35farming of cotton but not only that if
1:23:38your clothes are made out of synthetic
1:23:40Fiers like polyester nylon and acrylic
1:23:43those release microplastics and they've
1:23:45also been found to contain BPA which is
1:23:48an endocrine
1:23:50disruptor yeah you got you got to check
1:23:52the tag around the side some sometimes
1:23:5595%
1:23:58polyester that's a source of
1:23:59microplastics every time you wash it
1:24:02every time you move there are
1:24:04microplastics breaking off 5%
1:24:07spandex that's also
1:24:11synthetic so you're basically wearing an
1:24:13entirely synthetic
1:24:15shirt what about the chemicals that I
1:24:17wash it in I've got some um this is
1:24:19where I expose that I've never cleaned a
1:24:22t-shirt properly in my life sugar
1:24:24I've got
1:24:27some fabric
1:24:30cleaner thing
1:24:32here I guess this is probably a source
1:24:35of toxins I'm getting the hang of this
1:24:37now toxins in pretty much right you
1:24:39you've called it out you called it out
1:24:40exactly right so if I fragrances if I
1:24:42wash my clothes in this and then I put
1:24:45the clothes on I'm exposing myself to
1:24:47toxins let me see right because it's
1:24:50it's covering your entire body right
1:24:51wherever you have the clothing touching
1:24:53your skin there's some friction there's
1:24:55movement there's body heat there's
1:24:58moisture that's increasing chemical
1:25:00penetration and absorption into your
1:25:05bloodstream so the solution there is if
1:25:07you like scented laundry care products
1:25:10is again to use essential
1:25:13oils so instead of the drier sheets that
1:25:15you get at the store those actually just
1:25:17coat your clothing with some type of
1:25:19oily waxy substance that's what makes
1:25:20them feel soft they're not actually
1:25:22softening your clothes they coat your
1:25:24clothing and so all of that is touching
1:25:27your skin it's rubbing how much of that
1:25:29is getting absorbed right so if you can
1:25:32instead look for wool dryer balls made
1:25:36out of wool uh people put essential oils
1:25:39in there and let it run through their
1:25:41clothing I am something quite startling
1:25:44that I read when I was going through all
1:25:46of your work is that beauty and hair
1:25:47products marketed to black women often
1:25:49contain the most toxic ingredients
1:25:54yes that is known as environmental
1:25:56Injustice so that's one of the I would
1:26:00say the most
1:26:02tragic circumstances that we're facing
1:26:05as a society is
1:26:06that the people who are exposed to the
1:26:10most amount of
1:26:11toxins are lowincome people and people
1:26:15in ethnic
1:26:17groups and so some of these products
1:26:19that are marketed specifically to black
1:26:22girls contain some of the worst
1:26:25ingredients I have ever seen and I think
1:26:28it should be
1:26:31outlawed like you said the fragrances
1:26:33the endocrine disruptors these harsh
1:26:35detergents some for Malahide releasers
1:26:38for Malahide is a human carcinogen what
1:26:41place does it have in a beauty and
1:26:43personal care
1:26:44product it doesn't it needs to be
1:26:47removed there needs to be better
1:26:49regulations and better protection for
1:26:52vulnerable populations
1:26:55I was um doing some research and I
1:26:57looked at Harvard health and it said 50%
1:26:58of products advertised to black women
1:27:00contain endocrine disruptors which are
1:27:03those disruptors that are going to
1:27:04impact their hormones increase their
1:27:06chance of things like cancer infertility
1:27:09etc etc compared to roughly 7% that are
1:27:13advertised to white women and these
1:27:16endocrine disruptors can impact
1:27:17fertility and increase their chance of
1:27:19getting cancer why why is that why is
1:27:21that the case
1:27:24I think it has to do a lot with the
1:27:27types of products that certain
1:27:30demographics would gravitate towards so
1:27:33depending on your hair type what kind of
1:27:36products you might
1:27:37need there really is no explanation to
1:27:40why these toxic chemicals are in in
1:27:43those products in particular in such
1:27:45high numbers that's really the problem
1:27:47is why is it more prevalent for those
1:27:51populations than others and I think this
1:27:53is an
1:27:56ongoing societal issue of environmental
1:28:00Injustice and to a certain extent
1:28:03environmental
1:28:06racism it really is um it really is yeah
1:28:10you said you said it's a form of racism
1:28:12and it's a form of sort of environmental
1:28:16Injustice do people are people aware of
1:28:18this I don't think so I think the vast
1:28:21majority of people are entirely unaware
1:28:24of this and studies show it because
1:28:26there are studies showing that the
1:28:28earlier you start using cosmetic
1:28:31products the higher your chance of
1:28:35coming down with breast cancer and the
1:28:37people who had the highest
1:28:39prevalence were
1:28:41africanamerican
1:28:44females so it I think it's a combination
1:28:47of the fact that there is some level of
1:28:50racism environmental Injustice but also
1:28:54a cultural and
1:28:56societal preference for certain products
1:28:59so black women are at the highest risk
1:29:01of getting breast cancer under the age
1:29:02of 40
1:29:06yes what can be done about that do you
1:29:08think is is this uh something that the
1:29:10government have to do something about or
1:29:12is that is it both something that we
1:29:14have to sort of increase our own public
1:29:15consciousness of and make better
1:29:17choices
1:29:19um is there an easy solution to fix this
1:29:23I I think if we wait for the government
1:29:25to take action we'll be waiting for a
1:29:27long time the Cosmetic regulations in
1:29:30the United
1:29:31States were not updated until recently
1:29:36and before that the last update was when
1:29:38they were actually created nearly a
1:29:39hundred years prior a hundred years had
1:29:42gone by no change to the Cosmetic
1:29:44regulations none yet more and more
1:29:47products are being churned out without
1:29:49being tested without knowing what the
1:29:51health effects are and then later on we
1:29:54see increases in all of these diseases
1:29:56that we've been talking about so I think
1:30:00instead of waiting for the
1:30:02government my goal and my purpose and my
1:30:04passion is to empower people with
1:30:06knowledge and solutions so they can take
1:30:09steps to protect themselves is there a
1:30:11funding issue with blackowned businesses
1:30:14and sort of these black um beauty
1:30:17products that is causal in all of this
1:30:19in your opinion I think it really comes
1:30:21down to whether or not the creators of
1:30:23the product s are aware of these risks
1:30:26and whether or not they are able to
1:30:29formulate in such a way that they don't
1:30:31use these types of ingredients and I
1:30:34think that there has been a push for
1:30:36clean
1:30:38Beauty blackowned clean Beauty I've seen
1:30:41it could it get cleaner yes I think so
1:30:44so I think it's only a matter of time
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1:32:45these podcasts what we always do is we
1:32:47light some candles and this is one of
1:32:48the candles that we
1:32:50light um what's you mentioned I think
1:32:53you mentioned candles earlier on at the
1:32:54start of the conversation but what's
1:32:56your opinion on candles are they safe
1:32:58smells depend on what type of candle you
1:33:00have there's basically a safer
1:33:02alternative for pretty much any product
1:33:04that you can think of so I'm not one
1:33:07that says across the board candles are
1:33:10toxic it's very specific conventional
1:33:13candles paraffin wax scented candles
1:33:17which is what you'll see in stores the
1:33:19majority of candles out there are the
1:33:21ones that we shouldn't be burning
1:33:24so this is a scented
1:33:25candle it doesn't say what type of wax
1:33:28it
1:33:29is so we can be pretty certain that this
1:33:33is a
1:33:34paraffin wax candle at least using the
1:33:39precautionary principle we should assume
1:33:42that something is guilty before it's
1:33:43proven innocent so unless we know for
1:33:46sure that this is not a paraffin wax
1:33:47candle I wouldn't light
1:33:51it so because if I light it then I'm
1:33:56pushing toxic chemicals into the air
1:33:58exactly so conventional
1:34:00Candles there are five main reasons why
1:34:03I would not burn a conventional candle
1:34:05number one is that when you light those
1:34:07candles they liberate carcinogens like
1:34:11Benzene toine and formaldahyde but not
1:34:14only that ultrafine particles ultrafine
1:34:18particles are some of the most hazardous
1:34:21substances that you can create in your
1:34:23home
1:34:24so ultra fine particles are tiny
1:34:27particles less than 100 microns in
1:34:29diameter excuse me less than 0.1 microns
1:34:32in diameter 100 nanometers invisible to
1:34:36the human
1:34:37eye tiny and these particles have the
1:34:40ability to as soon as you inhale them
1:34:43they'll go into your brain they have the
1:34:45ability to do that they also have the
1:34:46ability to go as far down into the lung
1:34:50as one can go all the way down to the
1:34:53Alvi and down in those microscopic
1:34:56structures of the lung that's where gas
1:34:58exchange happens there's only one cell
1:35:00layer separating the outside from the
1:35:02inside your bloodstream one cell that's
1:35:04not pretty much nothing that's pretty
1:35:06much no separation no protection so if
1:35:09AN ultrafine particle can get that down
1:35:11far down into your lungs it's guaranteed
1:35:13into your bloodstream it's getting all
1:35:15over your body it's causing inflammation
1:35:18and oxidative stress which are the basis
1:35:21of many chronic diseases so ultra fine
1:35:24particles we need to avoid them as much
1:35:26as possible and so one way is to not
1:35:28light a conventional candle number two
1:35:32is that they're also releasing volatile
1:35:34organic compounds right as I mentioned
1:35:36number
1:35:37three they contain undisclosed
1:35:41fragrance and within fragrance there can
1:35:44be endocrine disruptors carcinogens and
1:35:46allergens so when you like these candles
1:35:48you're getting all of these toxins into
1:35:50your Air number four some of the dyes
1:35:53that are used used to color candles are
1:35:55carcinogenic and nobody has any idea is
1:35:57if you burn them what are the health
1:36:00effects of burning these carcinogenic
1:36:02dieses and number five candles are
1:36:04largely unregulated which means that if
1:36:07you were to look at that candle and it
1:36:09says soy
1:36:11blend there can be
1:36:14paraffin wax in there even though it
1:36:16says soy blend a lot of people think soy
1:36:19blend oh it comes from soy it must be
1:36:21healthier for me so they'll go for that
1:36:23but if it says soy blend one should
1:36:25assume that it's a majority of petroleum
1:36:27derived paraffin wax with a little bit
1:36:30of soy wax in
1:36:31there because the consumer product
1:36:34safety commission which regulates
1:36:37candles doesn't look at the ingredients
1:36:39in the candle they're concerned with the
1:36:41vessel the container of the candle
1:36:43whether or not it's fireproof and
1:36:45whether or not the lead contains Wick or
1:36:47the wick contains
1:36:49lead they're not looking at what's in
1:36:51the wax but Studies have shown that when
1:36:54you light these candles you are
1:36:57liberating a significant number of
1:37:00hazardous
1:37:02chemicals so
1:37:05uh we shall use incense instead incense
1:37:09is even
1:37:10worse and I'm sorry to burst your bubble
1:37:13but incense is used by has been used for
1:37:16thousands of years but incense as we
1:37:18know it now is not the same as incense
1:37:20that was used a thousand years ago they
1:37:23now contain conin again phades the
1:37:25endocrine disruptors but also the ultra
1:37:27fine particles and Studies have shown
1:37:29that incense creates more ultrafine
1:37:32particles in pollutants than cigarette
1:37:34smoke there's an increased risk of
1:37:36cancer because these ultrafine particles
1:37:39are damaging DNA damaged DNA leads to
1:37:42mutations mutations can lead to cancer
1:37:45there's an increased incidence of cancer
1:37:48in Temple workers so people who are
1:37:50around incense for hours upon hours at a
1:37:53time there's an increased risk of cancer
1:37:55not only that there's an increased risk
1:37:57of cancer almost
1:37:59threefold in children whose parents
1:38:01burned incense in the
1:38:04home okay W okay so no incense my house
1:38:07is going to stink well you can use
1:38:10there's different candles that you can
1:38:11use so based on my research I looked I
1:38:14was really hellbent on finding what is
1:38:17the type of candle that has the lowest
1:38:19emissions the least emissions because
1:38:21let's let's make it I want to make it
1:38:23really clear anytime you burn something
1:38:25that's not necessarily
1:38:26healthy but does it mean that you can't
1:38:28do whatever no if you find a candle that
1:38:31is low emission like beeswax essential
1:38:34oils wooden or cotton wicks then that's
1:38:39a much better alternative than your
1:38:41conventional paraffin wax scented candle
1:38:44brightly
1:38:45colored one of the things that I guess
1:38:48is kind of adjacent to this inhaling
1:38:50chemicals is vaping it's really
1:38:52interesting cuz over the last couple of
1:38:54years um vaping has become more and more
1:38:56popular around the world I think
1:38:57cigarettes have declined and especially
1:38:59amongst young people more and more
1:39:00people in my friendship group anyway are
1:39:02vaping now more than ever what are your
1:39:04thoughts on vaping is that is that
1:39:07harmful
1:39:08yes
1:39:10vaping vaping fluid liquid is a chemical
1:39:14mixture that you are inhaling and these
1:39:17chemicals have not been tested for
1:39:19inhalation
1:39:20safety namely the flavors and the
1:39:24fragrances that are used
1:39:26specifically the flavors have not been
1:39:29tested for inhalation because they're
1:39:30intended for oral ingestion to be eaten
1:39:33so they're not tested for inhalation
1:39:35safety I used to work in a flavor and
1:39:38fragrance company and that was one of
1:39:40the biggest issues was that people were
1:39:42putting these chemicals that were not
1:39:45tested into these Vapes and the health
1:39:48effects are unknown but now that's been
1:39:5010 15 years we know that vaping is not
1:39:55healthy shisha you like a hookah I guess
1:39:59you call it a hookah in America I mean
1:40:01that's even worse isn't it there is also
1:40:05a lot of risk associated with with hook
1:40:07I did it earlier and it was like it said
1:40:09it was the equivalent of 100 cigarettes
1:40:11having a shisha which is um annoying
1:40:14because from time to time when I'm in
1:40:16the Middle East I'll go to one of these
1:40:17Shisha bars whatever with some of my
1:40:18friends but when I read that it's
1:40:20equivalent to like 100 cigarettes I
1:40:21thought I'm never doing that again it's
1:40:23just really not worth it um and speaking
1:40:26of being in the Middle East and these
1:40:28sort of big builtup cities one of the
1:40:29things I've thought a lot about more
1:40:31recently is air quality air quality both
1:40:34indoors and Outdoors what do I need to
1:40:36know about air quality indoors and
1:40:37Outdoors air quality indoors can be up
1:40:41to five times worse than air quality
1:40:43outside which shocks a lot of people
1:40:46that stat comes from the Environmental
1:40:48Protection Agency the EPA the reason
1:40:51being is that people people are not
1:40:54adequately ventilating their homes and
1:40:57we're doing things like cooking cooking
1:40:59generates particulate matter too but do
1:41:01we need to stop cooking no but we need
1:41:04to prioritize what's important and
1:41:06what's not important burning candles how
1:41:08important is that to you make sure
1:41:11you're choosing a better candle make
1:41:13sure you're opening the windows indoor
1:41:15air is absolutely imperative if you want
1:41:19to improve your health you have to clean
1:41:20up your indoor air keep my shoes at the
1:41:22door
1:41:23I heard you say that
1:41:25before this shocks a lot of people but
1:41:27there are simple ways to improve your
1:41:31indoor air quality and one of them is
1:41:33taking off your shoes not wearing your
1:41:35outside shoes in your home that doesn't
1:41:37mean you have to go barefoot you can
1:41:39wear slippers you can wear other shoes
1:41:41that are specifically meant to stay
1:41:42indoors and that's because shoe souls
1:41:45are vectors for feal material poop
1:41:49pathogenic bacteria and viruses heavy
1:41:51metals industrial chemicals
1:41:53pesticides things that are outside
1:41:56should stay outside but didn't we used
1:41:58to live outside as a species right but
1:42:00when we lived outside there weren't all
1:42:02these cars and factories that were
1:42:05spewing all of this exhaust all over the
1:42:08place dust our house on a regular basis
1:42:10you said as well Hoover sweep more
1:42:13regularly and you said keep plants in
1:42:15the house plants yeah yeah indoor plants
1:42:18make sure that if you have indoor plants
1:42:20they can be really beneficial for
1:42:22well-being they can help to purify the
1:42:24air to some extent but they can also
1:42:26Harbor mold in the soil so just make
1:42:28sure check your house plants for mold
1:42:31what do does humidity of my house matter
1:42:33because a lot of people are getting
1:42:34these dehumidifiers in their house now
1:42:36yeah humidity can increase the growth of
1:42:39mold and mold is extremely toxic so you
1:42:42want low humidity yes you want to keep
1:42:44your humidity in you know a steady range
1:42:47so have one of those little humidity
1:42:49monitors they're just a couple dollars
1:42:51you can find them at almost any store
1:42:53and try to keep your humidity um you
1:42:56know on the lower end we don't want it
1:42:58necessarily too high because then that
1:43:01will promote mold growth so what about
1:43:03seasons is are there particular seasons
1:43:05where our houses become more and more
1:43:07toxic definitely during the colder
1:43:09months people don't open their Windows
1:43:11enough some of us are lighting more
1:43:14candles some people like to light wood
1:43:17and burn wood fireplaces and stoves
1:43:20what's wrong with that those create the
1:43:22most ultrafine particles that you can
1:43:24imagine in your home these uh ultrafine
1:43:27particles nitrogen dioxide polycylic
1:43:29aromatic hydrocarbons these are all
1:43:31carcinogens they are created when you
1:43:33burn things and burning wood in your
1:43:36home is one of the worst things that you
1:43:38can do if you can avoid it if you don't
1:43:40need it to survive consider something
1:43:42else but I've got a chimney right it
1:43:44doesn't always stay in there it doesn't
1:43:46only go up it can come
1:43:48out so how do I so a better way to keep
1:43:51my home is just by doing like the you
1:43:53know the central heating the hot water
1:43:55central heating yeah underfloor heating
1:43:57right but make sure you open the windows
1:44:00on a regular basis too because you want
1:44:02to exhaust the old stale air and you
1:44:05want to replace it with fresh air so
1:44:07aside from people who live near a busy
1:44:11highway most people should be able to
1:44:14open their Windows even in cold months
1:44:17in Germany there's a a practice called
1:44:20Luft lufton where you open the windows
1:44:23even in the dead of winter and it lets
1:44:26in fresh air it refreshes the stale air
1:44:28and it makes such a huge difference on
1:44:31our health I was reading about indoor
1:44:33air pollution and there's some some
1:44:35research done by the World Health
1:44:36Organization that says household air
1:44:38pollution was responsible for 3.2
1:44:41million Global deaths per year this is
1:44:44because household pollution can cause
1:44:45deadly health problems such as pneumonia
1:44:48pulmonary disease lung cancer strokes
1:44:49and cardiovascular disease the combined
1:44:52effects of outdoor air pollution and
1:44:54household air pollution are associated
1:44:56with 6.7 million Global premature deaths
1:44:59annually according to the World Health
1:45:02Organization I mean it's difficult isn't
1:45:04it living in cities with so much um
1:45:07outdoor pollution as well and there's
1:45:09not really a solution to that I mean we
1:45:10could go around wearing like masks or
1:45:11something all day but it's just not
1:45:12going to it's not going to be a good way
1:45:15to live right I mean if you're able to
1:45:18get an air purifier that can help with
1:45:20your indoor environment but the key is
1:45:23to remove the sources of pollution as
1:45:25much as you can just try not to create
1:45:28it and then you don't have to spend as
1:45:30much time trying to clean it up you
1:45:33mentioned earlier the body has a
1:45:35antioxidant called
1:45:37glutathione is it possible to increase
1:45:40my levels of this compound if it's good
1:45:42for me is there something I can do
1:45:45there's so much you can do okay there's
1:45:46so much you can do number one you can
1:45:48exercise exercise increases glutathione
1:45:52it's very simple just exercise move your
1:45:53body and where is glutathione produced
1:45:56it's mainly produced in the liver and
1:45:57kidneys and the third highest amount of
1:46:00glutathione in the body is in the testes
1:46:02and the ovaries because it plays a vital
1:46:05role in protecting our reproductive
1:46:08organs from toxicity and ensuring
1:46:11fertility it's a chemical it is
1:46:13technically a chemical it's made out of
1:46:15three amino acids glutamate cysteine and
1:46:17Glycine and we all have it everyone has
1:46:20glutathione some people have more some
1:46:21people have less it really just depends
1:46:23on your genetics some people just
1:46:25genetically make more of it than others
1:46:27and if I make more of it then my body's
1:46:29going to be less toxic is that a simple
1:46:31way of thinking about it yes very
1:46:33simplistically right but that that's not
1:46:35counting your lifestyle okay and what
1:46:37about my lifestyle could make it worse
1:46:39and lower what can what can impact my
1:46:42gluton levels What can make it low the
1:46:44nonstick cookware the heavily fragranced
1:46:46products eating ultr processed foods not
1:46:49exercising so being stagnant not moving
1:46:52enough that all of that reduces your
1:46:55glutathione not sleeping well what about
1:46:58alcohol alcohol absolutely depletes
1:47:00glutathione we know that alcohol targets
1:47:02the liver glutathione detoxifies alcohol
1:47:06if you don't have enough glutathione you
1:47:07can't detoxify alcohol alcohol can cause
1:47:10cancer so if I'm drinking heavily and
1:47:14I'm also consuming a lot of these other
1:47:16toxic chemicals because of just my
1:47:17everyday life then my glutathion is
1:47:20going to be depleted because it's so
1:47:22focused on that alcohol detoxifying the
1:47:24alcohol that it won't there won't be
1:47:25enough left to detoxify the rest of my
1:47:27body is that a simple way to think about
1:47:28it right and all the other chemicals
1:47:30that you're being expose you okay so you
1:47:32want to keep your gluton levels high
1:47:33right I read that the healthy gluton
1:47:36levels in an adult is
1:47:39553 which is 90 milles per liter of
1:47:41total GL glutathion in their blood
1:47:47um so I want to I want to increase my
1:47:49glutathion levels to make sure that I
1:47:51have a better natural defense to all of
1:47:53these toxic chemicals in my life I'm
1:47:55going to start exercising I'm going to
1:47:57avoid un ultr processed foods I'm going
1:48:00to eat Whole Foods yes Whole Foods but
1:48:05specifically sulfur rich foods because
1:48:07glutathione contains cysteine which
1:48:11contains sulfur and sulfur is the part
1:48:13of the glutathion molecule that's doing
1:48:15the work that's protecting us so the
1:48:18more sulfur you can give your body the
1:48:20more building blocks it has to make GL
1:48:23thione so we we eat things like leafy
1:48:27greens broccoli cruciferous
1:48:29vegetables meat eggs dairy can also help
1:48:34to increase it there's even some studies
1:48:36showing that if you consume wheight
1:48:37protein it can help to increase
1:48:39glutathione by supplying the amino acids
1:48:41needed to to produce it and matcha green
1:48:45tea is also a really good source of
1:48:48glutathione building blocks but I think
1:48:51what we need to do is also remove the
1:48:55chemicals that are depleting our
1:48:56glutathione and that's through choosing
1:48:59better products not stressing as much
1:49:02and then adding on how can we build and
1:49:04add more glutathione with the lifestyle
1:49:06changes making sure you get adequate
1:49:08sleep if you don't sleep well enough
1:49:10that's going to impact the amount of
1:49:11glutathion you have as well
1:49:14interesting cigarettes cigarettes
1:49:17absolutely get rid of cigarettes
1:49:18cigarettes deplete glutathion you
1:49:21mentioned matcha there I am I'm one of
1:49:23the um owners I'm an investor in a a
1:49:26matcha company a matcha green tea
1:49:29company what's your opinion of I mean
1:49:31I'm exposing my bias here obviously but
1:49:33what's your opinion of matcha I think Ma
1:49:35matcha is amazing if you get the right
1:49:37type of matcha you want to look for
1:49:39organically grown matcha look for ones
1:49:41that are tested for heavy metals because
1:49:43heavy metals can accumulate in tea
1:49:45plants that's just naturally occurring
1:49:48so you want to look for matcha that's
1:49:50been tested and because you're consuming
1:49:52the entire Leaf it's important to look
1:49:54for the cleanest matcha you can get but
1:49:56there are so many benefits to matcha
1:49:58like the fact that it helps you increase
1:49:59glutathione is I'm sold I'm sold on it
1:50:01do you drink matcha I do but we also
1:50:04want to avoid not adding Dairy to a
1:50:06matcha I know that a lot of people like
1:50:08to drink matcha lattes but there's
1:50:10actually studies showing that the casine
1:50:12protein can decrease the absorption of
1:50:15some of the beneficial compounds in
1:50:16matcha so if you can drink it the
1:50:18traditional way in Japan is just water
1:50:21no sugar nothing just Macha and water
1:50:24the company I'm referring to are um
1:50:27obviously I've got to disclose my
1:50:29there's probably probably got to say
1:50:30hashtag ad hashtag sponsored whatever um
1:50:33I'm an investor in a company it's called
1:50:34perfect Ted and it's absolutely exploded
1:50:36in the UK I spoke to them this morning
1:50:38actually and they told me that their
1:50:40sales have increased 5x since last year
1:50:44because I think people are looking to
1:50:45shift away from some of the canned
1:50:48Energy Products and there's a lot of
1:50:50sort of energy benefits with mat
1:50:53and now if you go to like a Joe in the
1:50:54juice or any of these like blank Street
1:50:56coffee or or Tesco or whatever you can
1:50:58find um their products in there and it
1:51:00seems to be like there's a bit of a
1:51:01revolution going on with energy and
1:51:03matcha which is very very exciting
1:51:05because I've for many years I was
1:51:06drinking some I don't want to name any
1:51:08names but I was drinking some of these
1:51:09Energy Products that you'll find and um
1:51:13it I just felt bad and there's something
1:51:14about the like energy curve of matcha
1:51:16which I I think is better I I feel like
1:51:18I'm less susceptible to crashes with
1:51:21matcha I don't know if there support
1:51:22that but it's good to hear that it's
1:51:23also um it increases my glutathione
1:51:28levels which will help me have less of a
1:51:30toxic body yes absolutely because it is
1:51:32in and of itself a strong antioxidant
1:51:35with anti-cancer properties and it can
1:51:38help to increase the production of
1:51:41energy in ourselves and so one of the
1:51:42things that is required to create
1:51:45glutathione is ATP and a lot of these
1:51:48environmental chemicals are targeting
1:51:50the mitochondria which are the
1:51:51powerhouses of the cell that make ATP so
1:51:54if you're knocking down the energy
1:51:56center of the cell and it's not able to
1:51:58make ATP you're not able to detoxify you
1:52:01you will feel sluggish and over time
1:52:04diminish the quality of your life what
1:52:06is the most important thing we we
1:52:07haven't spoke about today that you're
1:52:09most passionate about is there anything
1:52:11that we missed
1:52:12that you think is particularly important
1:52:14to the many people that are listening
1:52:17right now I think the one thing that I
1:52:19want to emphasize more than anything is
1:52:21to not feel fear chemicals I want there
1:52:23to be empowerment and not fear because
1:52:27chemicals are all around us all the time
1:52:29whether or not you're aware of it but
1:52:31not everything is going to kill us so
1:52:33being in a state of confidence and
1:52:37knowing that hey I've done taken some
1:52:40very simple steps that I know will have
1:52:42a big impact on my life in the long term
1:52:44that's what I want everyone to walk away
1:52:48with I'm just thinking about the simple
1:52:50changes that I can make immediately I
1:52:52think the the big things that I have as
1:52:54takeaways are get rid of the
1:52:55antiperspirants that I've been using get
1:52:57rid of the doents that I've been using
1:52:59transition away from the non-stick pans
1:53:02stop consuming
1:53:04anything
1:53:06plastic if it's especially if it's been
1:53:08heated so like plastic cups from coffee
1:53:11shops and plastic trays that you
1:53:12microwave things in um my water you said
1:53:16that was really critical yeah um air
1:53:19quality air quality it's quite difficult
1:53:21to do something about air quality but I
1:53:22guess the simple thing is to open the
1:53:23windows and doors more often clean the
1:53:26house keep the shoes at the
1:53:28door get rid of the scented and
1:53:30fragrance products the scented plugins
1:53:32the air fresheners I just thinking about
1:53:34my dog I was like you know I do love my
1:53:36dog but I don't want to be to what what
1:53:39what's your thoughts on pets well pets
1:53:42can actually increase the amount of
1:53:44pollutants in your air but again if
1:53:45you're cleaning your home on a regular
1:53:47basis it's not a problem there's so many
1:53:49benefits to having pets and cleaning the
1:53:50pets as well yeah yeah so maybe consider
1:53:53wiping off their paws when they come
1:53:55back in from a walk is there anything
1:53:57else that you're you're working on at
1:53:58the moment or any research that you're
1:54:00particularly curious about any
1:54:01hypotheses you have that are bubbling
1:54:04away in your mind
1:54:06about toxins in our environment that
1:54:09you're yet to maybe share with the
1:54:12world I'm waiting to find out more about
1:54:16microplastics and the diseases that are
1:54:18associated with microplastics I think
1:54:20that is the next
1:54:22emerging toxin of the year and I think
1:54:25more awareness needs to be brought
1:54:26around microplastics and just more
1:54:28research is urgently needed it's I think
1:54:31yeah you make a really good point that
1:54:32none of us are ever going to reach
1:54:33Perfection and that shouldn't
1:54:34necessarily be the goal but the a worthy
1:54:36goal and a goal that we can all aim for
1:54:38is just to be better in some way as it
1:54:40relates to um our environment to improve
1:54:42our environment in even small ways and
1:54:44even the small improvements as you've
1:54:46said when you talked about the dose um
1:54:50and you talked about uh how these things
1:54:53compound in our bodies over time even
1:54:55small improvements made today can have
1:54:57big impacts over the long term and so
1:55:00small improvements small things that we
1:55:01can change and not getting bogged down
1:55:03because our life and our environment is
1:55:05so full of toxins and it's always going
1:55:06to be really there's not a scenario
1:55:08we're going to live in where it's not
1:55:09the case but small things we can do can
1:55:12have big imp impacts and as you said you
1:55:14youve made changes to your life and it
1:55:16it's been the cause or fact of you
1:55:17having a family which is which is which
1:55:19is a beautiful thing um we have a
1:55:21closing traditional on this podcast
1:55:22where the last guest leaves a question
1:55:23for the next guest not knowing who
1:55:25they're leaving it for the question
1:55:26that's been left for you is if you could
1:55:29solve any problem in the world but only
1:55:31one problem what would it be the problem
1:55:34of toxins that's too easy isn't it
1:55:37predictable that's too easy of course it
1:55:39would be toxins hands down immediately
1:55:41if I could just remove all of these
1:55:44toxic chemicals from our environment and
1:55:46just eliminate them not send them into
1:55:48outer space but just remove them from
1:55:50the face of the Earth and just have them
1:55:52cease to exist that would be the most
1:55:54amazing achievement I could ever imagine
1:55:57and What would life be like in such a
1:56:00world I imagine it to be like a Utopia
1:56:03people aren't sick people aren't ill
1:56:05people are well and happy and thriving
1:56:09and just radiating radiant that's how I
1:56:11see it Dr yon burkart where can people
1:56:14find you if they want to learn more
1:56:15about your work what's the best place
1:56:17for them to to go to get um yeah more
1:56:20information I have a website Dr bart.com
1:56:23I also have a newsletter that I send out
1:56:27called Low talkx talks and you can also
1:56:29find me on Instagram at Dr Ivon burkart
1:56:32and I also have a YouTube channel where
1:56:34I love to do deep Dives and get really
1:56:37really geeky and nerd out on one Topic
1:56:40at a time okay I'll link all of that
1:56:42below so everyone can find you um thank
1:56:44you so much for the work that you do so
1:56:46incredibly important and it's so
1:56:47incredibly Illuminating because it's God
1:56:50it's so mad that we um that it's only
1:56:53recently in the last couple of years
1:56:54that these conversations have emerged
1:56:56the things about microplastics and um
1:56:58endocrine disruptors and the link this
1:57:01has to fertility our health obesogen all
1:57:04of these kinds of things it's so crazy
1:57:05that this conversation's only emerged in
1:57:07the last couple of years because growing
1:57:08up there was no mention of this in my
1:57:10household there was absolutely no
1:57:12mention and I just wonder how life could
1:57:14have been different for myself but also
1:57:15for so many millions of people all
1:57:17around the world if we were aware of
1:57:18this information it's not to say again
1:57:20that we can we can live perect lives and
1:57:22that's never the goal it's never my goal
1:57:24my goal is just to have more access to
1:57:26information so I can um make small steps
1:57:29and often low cost steps in the right
1:57:31direction and if that increases my
1:57:32probability of having kids which is the
1:57:33season of life that I'm in now and it
1:57:35increases the probability that my kids
1:57:36are healthy um when they grow up then
1:57:39that is an amazing thing and that is the
1:57:42work you're doing you're doing an
1:57:42amazing thing so thank you so much Dr
1:57:44ion Bart um I highly recommend everyone
1:57:46goes and checks out your YouTube channel
1:57:48it will send you down a really important
1:57:50Rabbit Hole um because you make really
1:57:52really accessible great videos on that
1:57:54channel um so thank you so much for your
1:57:56time today and thank you for the work
1:57:57that you're doing thank
1:58:02you I'm going to let you into a little
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