Dr. Sanjay Gupta

What's the difference?

Okay, Jennifer, who's next?

Okay, Melissa, first of all, thank you for listening to the podcast.

I'm really glad that our show makes you at least think about these things and maybe reconsider the materials you use in your daily life and pay more attention to your health.

Your question is really important because we live in a plastic era.

It is in everything, including our food supply, the packaging it comes in, our homes, our furniture, our clothing.

It's even in personal care products and medical supplies.

There's no question plastic can make our lives easier in so many ways.

But microplastics and nanoplastics, everyone should pay attention to this.

They have made their way into our bodies.

into our brains, our reproductive organs, our cardiovascular system.

So yeah, considering alternatives to plastic is essential, maybe even urgent.

Let's talk about silicon for a second.

What's it made of?

Silica is the main ingredient of silicone.

It's a compound naturally found in rocks.

Silicone itself is not a natural product.

Let me repeat that.

Silicone itself is not a natural product.

What happens is the silica undergoes a pretty complicated chemical process to be turned into silicone.