Best Ways to Remove Microplastics From Your System

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🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

There may be a plastic spoon’s worth of microplastics in your brain. And if you have dementia? Research suggests you might have even more.

So how are these tiny plastic particles ending up inside us—and what are they doing to our health?

Dr. Hana Kahleova joins Chuck Carroll to break down the latest science on microplastics: where they come from, how they’re infiltrating everything from food to arteries, and what you can do to protect yourself.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

- What microplastics are and why they’re everywhere

- How microplastics get into the human body

- The surprising link between microplastics and heart disease

- Why seafood is one of the biggest sources of exposure

- How to spot avoid foods containing microplastics

- Why plastic containers and coffee cups are riskier than you think

- The powerful role plants play in helping your body eliminate plastic

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0:00.0	It's hard to believe, but we have been raising our health IQs together for eight seasons now.
0:05.8	From Dr. Neil Barnard to Dr. Michael Greger and Dr. Will Bolsowitz,
0:10.3	we have brought you some of the giants in the health community.
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1:14.7	And oh, by the way, that groundbreaking research,
1:25.1	a lot of it is led by our guest today. Today on the exam room. A group of researchers at the University of New Mexico, they analyzed 24 human brains and
1:30.8	they found that the average brain contained about 7 grams of plastic.
1:37.7	That's about how much it takes to make up a disposable spoon. And it gets even scarier.
1:52.6	And welcome to the exam room podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. Hi, I'm the weight loss champion Chuck Carroll, raising health IQs coast to coast and around the world.
1:58.0	Hi to the exam roomies listening in Vallejo, California, New Bedford, Massachusetts,
2:03.8	and Nuremberg, Germany. Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier
2:09.4	place. This is episode 52 of season 8, number 651 overall. Here's a scary thought. There may be a plastic spoon's worth of microplastics in your brain.
2:25.7	Yeah, a plastic spoon. Think about that. That could be in your brain. And if you have dementia,
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