Welcome to Wellness on Mass. I'm Dr. Nicole Sapphire, and this is your weekly rundown.

First, microplastics and brain health. A massive literature review examining more than 100 studies

is raising concerns about micro and nanoplastics and how they interact with the human body.

These tiny particles, we've talked about them before, found in our food,

our water, air, even the clothes we wear may trigger neuroinformation and certain proteins clumping

in the brain, these same protein clumps that are associated with Parkinson's disease. Now,

this research, like a lot of research, shows correlation,

not causation. So the conclusion of this huge review was, well, more research needs to be done.

But at this point, there's a lot of research. There's a lot of research that shows

microplastics and nanoplastics in our brain, in our gut. They're disrupting our

hormones, potentially causing levels of infertility and other things. We know they cause blanket

inflammation throughout the brain. So I guess my takeaway, it's not panic, but it's awareness.

Like following some simple steps, like don't heat up your food in plastic

containers, try to use glass containers or even stainless steels. You can stop wearing those

synthetic athletic clothes that so much of us are wearing, you know, try to use more natural clothes.

Water filters are always great to help give us clean water, but the reality is they are

not good enough to replace and filter out the nanoparticles. So try to make sure that you are getting

the healthiest and most pure water sources possible. Okay, moving on from microplastics because I don't

want to bore you because I've talked about them. We just keep getting more and more research.

The time is now to start lowering your exposure. Another big thing that came out this week,

childhood obesity and the GLP1 medications. Multiple pharmaceutical companies are now starting trials

in children as young as four. Now remember, GLP1 medications have already been approved for kids 12 years and older,

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