TRIGGERnometry How Microplastics Are Ruining Your Health And What You Can Do About It - Dr. Rhonda Patrick
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Feb 18, 2026 
Dr. Rhonda Patrick, biochemist and founder of FoundMyFitness, explains how plastic chemicals and microplastics harm hormones, fertility, and brain development. She discusses sources and exposure routes, links to ADHD and autism, and practical measures like water filtration, avoiding heated plastics, sulforaphane, fiber, HEPA filters, and omega‑3s.
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Stop Heating Plastics And To‑Go Cups
- Avoid heating plastics and using to‑go cups because heat increases leaching of bisphenols up to ~55-fold.
- Bring your own mug and stop using disposable lined cups for hot drinks.
Use Fiber To Flush Microplastics
- Increase soluble, fermentable fiber to form viscous gels that bind microplastics and aid fecal excretion.
- Dietary fiber reduces intestinal absorption of microplastics and helps eliminate them.
Microplastics Reach The Brain And Reproductive Organs
- Nanoplastics can bypass barriers and accumulate in organs, with studies finding high brain levels.
- Microplastics appear in semen, testicles, placenta and may reach the brain via olfactory routes.