You would be surprised how many areas of your life you interact with plastic. We all know what it does to your hormones. For those who don't know to simply put it:
Microplastic filled life = Poor Mens Hormone Levels/Health
To save you all endless scrolling for research heres 3 areas to can address today to ensure your lifestyle can become microplastic free!
Clothing
Polyester is a popular material in clothing and textiles due to its wrinkle resistance, stretchability, and quick-drying properties. You'll find it in garments ranging from activewear and sportswear to everyday apparel like shirts, pants, and jackets. The easiest way to fix this is to start slowly swapping the clothes you currently wear with ones that have little to no polyester within them such as 100% Wool or Cotton (Start with underwear first).
Bedsheets
Most people spend 1 third of their life asleep. When you put this into perspective it's actually a very long time. With that said our sheets we sleep in for 6-12 hours of every day can have strong traces of polyester. An easy way to get 100% cotton sheets and pillow cases. Some sheets this is hard to achieve like a fitted sheet so try and do the best you can within your options and budget.
Plastic Food Storage/Water Storage
Food containers, Glad Wrap, Cups, Bottles you name it. All these named and more have some or lots of polyester within it's makeup. Now to most this doesn't sound too bad however microplastics can break down and then in some cases reach our food we store in them or even the water within our cups and bottles. The easiest ways to solve these problems are as follows:
Glad Wrap & Plastic Containers
-Only cook what you need.
-Invest in eco friendly containers such as glass.
Bottles/Cups
-Invest in stainless steel water bottles that you can easily refil.
-Start drinking from glass cups more avoiding those plastic cups.
These are some of the most basic areas to cover when focusing on microplastic minimising. Let us know other areas you have been focusing on in your health so we can keep these blogs coming!