How Your Environment Impacts Your Weight – OHR #433

Could your fatness be due to environmental toxins?

Environmental chemicals called “obesogens” have been identified that are likely culprits in causing obesity.

They include:

• Bisphenol A (BPA)
• Phthalates
• Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
• Polyfluoroalkyl chemicals (PFCs)
• Organochlorine (OC) pesticides
• Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

They disrupt energy metabolism, glucose and lipid metabolism, alter thyroid and sex steroid hormone regulation, leptin, ghrelin, and others.

What to do?

1. Use paraben and phthalate free body products. See ewg.org.
2. Avoid chemical cleaners. Use hydrogen peroxide or vinegar.
3. Store all food in glass.
4. No non stick pans.
5. Drink water from reverse osmosis and never plastic bottles.
6. Eat only organic
7. No farmed fish
8. Wild fish only
9. Drink nothing in aluminum cans.
10. Add fiber to your diet: 2 tablespoons of ground flax daily to smoothies, salads, or soups.
11. No refined carbs or sugar.
12. Eat crucifers daily at least one cup. Broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kale.
13. Start using a sauna and work up to 30 minutes 3x week
14. Take BH Multi, Perfect Amino, Greens or Reds, daily.

If you do this and eat 1200 calories per day organic Paleo, eat in an 8-hour window, walk 30 minutes per day, make sure your hormone levels are normal, you will lose weight.

Let me know how you do!

Have a great week!

Dr. David I Minkoff, MD

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