12/26/2025
Avoiding plastic is hard, but do the best you can, not only for your body but also for the Earth. Many are familiar with the need to buy BPA-free plastic. Bisphenol A (BPA) is an estrogen-like endocrine disruptor that leaches into food and can increase body weight, cause insulin resistance, and throw hormones off. There are now BPA-free products, yet in 2011, it was reported that almost all plastic products sampled released chemicals that acted like estrogen.
Plastic in the body acts like estrogen and is a true hormone disrupter, causing weight gain, PMS, infertility issues, and more because the body thinks it has too much estrogen. Avoid plastic water bottles by trying to buy water in glass bottles. Sometimes, it is not an option, so when you do have water from a plastic bottle, just don’t drink straight from the water bottle because more plastic will leach into the water with the heat of your mouth being 98.7 degrees. Also, avoid putting plastic in the microwave. Try to use less plastic forks, knives, spoons, straws, baggies and Tupperware. Get the glass Pyrex with the rubber tops for leftovers. If you like straws, they now have stainless steel straws, which are easy to carry when you are out.
