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Naturally Nourished

Episode 405: Top 10 Microplastic Sources Hiding In Your Home & Our Favorite Swap Outs

Naturally Nourished

Ali Miller RD

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Health & Fitness:nutrition

4.8655 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

What do dishwasher pods, yoga pants, tampons, and tea bags all have in common? These are some of the worst offenders when it comes to microplastic exposure in the home! Tune in to hear us discuss where microplastics hide, why this is concerning, and how you can make shifts to avoid exposure.    If you listened to our episode on microplastics, you already know how ubiquitous and difficult to avoid they are. In this episode, we discuss the top 10 places microplastics might be hiding in your home along with our favorite plastic-free swap outs!    Also in this episode:  Next Live Keto Program starts 8/21 Episode 391: Microplastics 10 Day Detox  What are Microplastics? Sources of Microplastics ClothingMate the Label Pact Organic Groceries Apparel Reprise Activewear Hanna Anderson (Kids PJs) Tea BagsHealth risks posed by microplastics in tea bags: microplastic pollution – a truly global problem Naturally Nourished Tea Breville Tea Pot Tea Infuser Personal Care ProductsGrace Holistic Skin Toups & Co use code ALIMILLERRD Ilia Primally Pure Toothbrushes and Oral CareMicroplastics in oral healthcare products (OHPs) and their environmental health risks and mitigation measures Boka The Humble Co SpongesBranch Basics Dish Brush  Real Loofah Dishwasher PodsBranch Basics Dishwasher Tablets  TamponsNatracare Organyc Cora Coffee Cups, K Cups, Coffee MakersChemex Stainless steel coffee mug Food packaging and storage containersLunchbots Luchbox Stasher Bags Pyrex Glass Containers CookwareCast-iron pans YouTube Video Stainless Steel baking sheets Stainless steel muffin tin Water and water bottlesEpisode 292: All About Water Swell Stainless Steel Water Bottle   Sponsors for this episode:  According to extensive research by the Environmental Working Group, virtually every home in America has harmful contaminants in its tap water. That’s why you’ve got to check out AquaTru. AquaTru purifiers use a 4-stage reverse osmosis purification process, and their countertop purifiers work with NO installation or plumbing. It removes 15x more contaminants than ordinary pitcher filters and are specifically designed to combat chemicals like PFAS in your water supply. Naturally Nourished Podcast listeners can use code ALIMILLERRD at AquaTru.com to save 20% off.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Naturally Nourished Podcast that delivers cutting-edge food is medicine solutions for optimal health.

0:12.7

Ali Miller is a nutrition expert sought up by the media in America's top medical institutes for her revolutionary functional medicine interventions.

0:22.6

From disease treatment to prevention, every episode will empower you with ways to put yourself

0:28.3

back in control of your health. Please know, the topics discussed are for educational purposes

0:35.1

only. Now welcome, Integrative Dietitians, Ali Miller, and her co-host, Becky

0:41.1

You. Welcome to episode 405 of the Naturally Nourished Podcast. You are joining us for top 10

0:48.4

microplastic sources hiding in your home and our favorite microplastic free swapouts that is a long title we'll see if

0:56.8

that makes it in the cutting room a lot of characters yes right probably just microplastic free swapouts

1:02.7

is great so just a few episodes back or you know some episodes back in 391. Now we talked about microplastics.

1:13.1

They're dangers, how ubiquitous they are,

1:16.0

and hinted towards some of the places that we might start kind of pulling them out of our households.

1:21.6

And we also talked a lot about how we can support the body in detoxing from exposure.

1:26.8

So I would for sure go listen to that episode if this is all new information.

1:31.9

And today we're just going to go deeper into the actual sources,

1:35.5

especially the ones that we found surprising or that we're still maybe in our homes to

1:40.2

some capacity.

1:41.3

And what we've started to do, because I think this is a continuum. I think it's a

1:45.4

process. I'm not there yet. I gave myself an 80%. I'm in my yoga shorts from beyond yoga, which I

1:50.8

know are, you know, the bad kind. But cotton t-shirt and bra, so halfway there. Yes. But we'll talk

1:57.8

about that. And then our favorite swapouts that we've found so far.

2:02.1

Yes. And as we are talking to you timely early August, this is a call to action. If you missed the

2:10.1

spring season of doing a 10-day detox, this would be a really good time to schedule in a 10-day

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