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  • 7/2/2025
Experts warn that microplastics, found in breast milk, semen, arteries, and organs, pose risks to fertility, pregnancy, heart health and brain function, reports Surabhi Gupta.

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00:00They can be from primary source or secondary source. Primary source like cosmetics secondary
00:07source from degradation of larger plastic materials. They have very harmful effects
00:11on the body because they produce oxidative stress and inflammation. If in your body oxidative stress
00:17inflammation they are PQ prone for heart attack, brain stroke, skin cancer, lung problems,
00:24respiratory problems like asthma, hypersensitive pneumonitis, lung cancer, skin irritation,
00:30skin redness, skin cancers even they can affect pregnant ladies because they affect lot of
00:36endocrine changes. They can cause abortions, intrauterine growth retardation and they have
00:42my rates of endocrinical problems also. Yes there can be some early signs before having any serious
00:48effects. They can cause fatigue, myalgia, skin redness, irritation, gastric bloating, GI
00:55disturbance before they can have significant major health, heart problems or other cancer
01:01related problem. So how they can be we can detoxify our body. Yes first thing we need to reduce
01:06the usage of plastic in our diet. We should avoid use of microwave based cooking and avoid
01:12heating in all these containers plastics and even glass containers because plastics are
01:17everywhere even glass bottles can have plastics in them. So we need to maintain a healthy diet.
01:22So what are the things? First thing you need to avoid caned and processed food. So you need to
01:27have natural fibers in your diet. You need to take a lot of antioxidants in your diet. You need to make
01:32good hydration because liver health is one thing which helps in elimination of toxins from your body.
01:39So we need to maintain a good liver habit. We can take antioxidants and infrared sonas because what they
01:45found like sweating particularly through infrared sona can help in elimination of microplastic from the body.
01:51Yes other methods are also there but they are only research like blood filtration even your GI your gut
01:58picrobia they help in elimination of plastic from your body. So what are the crux of these things?
02:04Maintain good dietary habits avoid canned processed foods have lot of fibrous in your diet particularly
02:11particularly through CR, flax seeds, inulin, psyllium and you can take a natural antioxidant from your diet
02:19from fruits and vegetables so that you can maintain a good healthy body and avoid toxin effects of microplastics on your body.

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