Going Out of Your Way to Avoid THIS When it Comes to Plastics

BPA’s are very toxic.

Exposure to them disregulates hormones, affects brain function, depletes glutathione levels, they bind to healthy tissue causing cross reactivity & they’ve been linked to triggering autoimmunity alongside preventing remission from those already experiencing it. 

How do we get exposed to BPA’s?

Easily. It’s in plastic. ALL plastic.

Because Bisphenol (A) or BPAs are a chemical component of the resin used to make plastic, you’re exposed to them as long as you come into contact with a plastic no matter the type- unless it’s specifically marked BPA free in which case it may still contain BPE’s or other derivatives which are just as harmful. 

It’s a BIG problem for our health bc BPA’s are everywhere. To add to this, BPA’s are just ONE of thousands of chemicals we are exposed to daily & it isn’t just our chemical load but our inability to clear these toxins through biotransformation is a huge problem.

If you absolutely can’t get around using plastics or being exposed to them simply because the reality is that everything we purchase comes in plastic, in the least, the ONE thing you must protect yourself from is your plastics coming into contact with HEAT.

Heat is the perfect way to get plastic to release its BPA’s & other harmful chemicals like dioxin. Acid will do it too, which makes coffee lids THE thing to leave off of your to-go cups to protect yourself from extra easily avoidable BPA exposure. 

The heat of the coffee plus its acidity will pass through your coffee lid & straight through your lips. Please refer to my previous post on this.

I recently swapped my plastic electric kettle for a BPA free stainless steal one made by Breville. I have been meaning to make the switch for some time but just haven’t been in my office often enough to need to, yet when I did open up my plastic kettle and found MOLD, that was that. Mold is normal and it’s everywhere, but what if I hadn’t opened it up? How many of us don’t check the hoses on our coffee machines or look into the crevices for dark discolorations? We should, regularly. It’s so toxic.. and just another addition to the toxic stress load our bodies go through every day.

Think about all of the mini exposures we experience every day, for months and years over and over again, and the impact that this compound affect has on us, on top of not sleeping enough, not eating enough, not hydrating enough, life stress, financial stress, relationship stress.. it’s no wonder we are so sick and overwhelmed as a society. This all does something in our body, it all goes somewhere, it all has an impact and we need to control as much of that impact as we can for a fair shot at a healthy life.

Avoiding heating your plastics is just one small thing that doesn’t add to that load.

What about tea? 

If you use an electric kettle, it’s very worth it to pick a stainless steel one. They may be a little more expensive but worth every penny bc no plastic means no BPA’s. I chose the Breville kettle for about $80 since the volume indicator on the side is made with BPA free plastic. This kettle is chemically clean & very functional.

Re: autoimmunity

“Despite proper hepatic biotransformation of BPA, the accumulation of BPA in body reservoirs may set the stage for immune reactivity and the onset of autoimmunity. Also, impaired hepatic clearance of circulating immune complexes in response to environmental compounds may induce autoimmunity.”

Source: PMCID: PMC3997912 

For further reading, see this article on how BPA’s turn on autoimmunity.

Or this article by Dr Kharrazian on The Potential Roles of BPA’s on Autoimmunity, which is the abstract of the citation above.

Moral of the story:

AVOID PLASTICS AT ALL COST

And if you can’t avoid them, in the least avoid heating them.

Heat from your fingertips on register receipts, heating meals in plastic containers in the microwave, heat from your plastic coffee lids, leaving plastic water bottles in the car, leaving lotions in the car, tea bags made of silken plastics, and so forth. Pay attention to your exposures.

Choose the better option, always. 

Health is a long game.