Resiliency Radio with Dr. Jill Carnahan, MD 300: Resiliency Radio with Dr. Jill - Microplastics: Invisible Exposure Changing Human Biology w/ Lyn Patrick
Welcome to Resiliency Radio with Dr. Jill Carnahan, where today's episode uncovers one of the most urgent and invisible threats to human health: microplastics. Dr. Jill is joined by internationally respected environmental medicine expert Dr. Lynn Patrick for a deep, science-based discussion on how microplastics are quietly changing human biology—from the gut to the brain to the cardiovascular system.
In this eye-opening conversation, Dr. Jill Carnahan and Dr. Patrick explore why microplastics may pose an even greater long-term risk than PFAS and other "forever chemicals." You'll learn how **nanoplastics—now responsible for up to 90% of exposure—**are small enough to cross the gut lining, lungs, blood-brain barrier, and even the placenta, accumulating in tissues with no effective exit pathway.
Key topics include:
① Why microplastics act as "Trojan horses" for pesticides, heavy metals, and endocrine-disrupting chemicals ② Research linking microplastics to heart disease, dementia, IBD, and colorectal cancer ③ The alarming rise of plastic particles found in human brain tissue ④ How everyday items—bottled water, food packaging, and tea bags—drive exposure ⑤ Why microplastics overwhelm detox pathways and resist normal elimination ⑥ Emerging strategies for exposure reduction, including water filtration, avoidance, and the evolving role of plasmapheresis
⇨ Dr. Patrick also shares decades of clinical insight into environmental toxicology and explains why awareness—not fear—is the first step toward protection in a plastic-saturated world.
❤️ If you care about long-term brain health, cardiovascular health, gut integrity, and environmental medicine, this episode offers critical knowledge and practical strategies to reduce risk and protect resilience.
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👨⚕️ Dr. Lynn Patrick Lyn Patrick, ND, is a naturopathic physician with nearly 40 years of clinical experience. She is a published author in peer-reviewed medical journals, a former Contributing Editor for Alternative Medicine Review, and a contributor to Clinical Environmental Medicine (Elsevier, 2019) and The Sensitive Patient's Healing Guide by Neil Nathan, MD. Dr. Patrick speaks internationally on environmental medicine and currently serves as faculty for the Metabolic Medicine Institute Fellowship in collaboration with The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She is a past President of the National Association of Environmental Medicine and serves on the boards of NAEM and the American Association of Environmental Medicine.