Dr. Mark Hyman

Not a Tupperware that's plastic.

Saran wrap.

No microwave food in plastic.

Just forget about it.

Choose BPA-free cans or glass jars.

A lot of them have other replacements, so better glass than not.

And don't get the receipt or don't touch it if you can help it.

That's a hard one, but do your best because those often have a lot of BPA in them.

The next big category where you can do something about toxic load is personal care or household products.

These are products people use every day, sometimes many times a day.

They often contain hidden chemicals like parabens, phthalates, synthetic fragrances, formaldehyde-releasing preservatives.

And because these products are applied on your skin, they can be absorbed in the body and contribute to hormone disruption, to headaches, migraine, skin issues, immune activation, lots of things.

A simple rule of thumb I like to share is it goes in your skin, it goes in your body.

I mean, basically the rule is if you wouldn't eat it,

don't put it on your skin.

In other words, coconut oil you can put on your skin because you'd eat it.

But some weird chemical and some cosmetic product, you probably wouldn't.

And the reason I say this is as doctors, we know this.

When someone comes into the emergency room and they have a heart attack, the first thing we do before we can even get an IV or anything else is we take a looks like toothpaste full of nitroglycerin, we squirt it on their skin and we put a patch over it.

And we know that works because it gets absorbed, right?