Endocrine Disruptors PART 1: Plastics

First up, what is the endocrine system🤔? The endocrine system is the master hormone regulating and releasing system that controls everything in our bodies (i.e. metabolism, mood, growth & development, sleep, fertility, blood pressure).🌟

Key players🗝:

+hypothalamus

+pituitary

+thyroid

+parathyroid

+adrenal

+pineal

+pancreas

+ovaries

+testes

Many things affect our endocrine system, specifically food🍎, stress😵‍💫, our environment🌏, other health conditions like diabetes and PCOS💥, and toxic chemicals☠️ (BPA, dioxin, atrazine phthalates, perchlorate, fire retardants, lead arsenic, mercury, PFCs, pesticides, and glycol ethers).

STEP 1️⃣ in reducing your toxin load: Minimize your plastic use and exposure! Plastic is really high in BPA ❌ & phthalates ❌ which negatively affect your endocrine system, and thus your hormones.

Which simple swap are you going to work on this month? ☺️