Can Plastics Make You Fat? The Truth About Plastics & Metabolism - With Dr. Vivian Chen

Today, we’re exposed to more chemicals and toxins than ever before in human history. Specifically, plastics are everywhere, and they’re becoming increasingly harder to avoid. Food at the grocery store is packaged in plastic, water is stored in plastic bottles, and microscopic plastic pieces are even in the air we breathe. Today, you’re going to learn about how our growing exposure to plastics is changing our health for the worse, and what you can do about it.

Our guest, Dr. Vivian Chen, is a board-certified medical doctor and the founder of the red light therapy device, Lumebox. She is passionate about lifestyle medicine, including nutrition, tapping into your body’s natural detoxification pathways, and light medicine. Today, she’s back on The Model Health Show to share the latest science on how plastics can impact your metabolism and overall health.

In this conversation, you’re going to hear the latest science on microplastics and nanoplastics, including their connection to brain health, metabolic health, and much more. Dr. Viv is also sharing how to make the most impactful and realistic ways to reduce your plastic exposure. This is an important conversation that everyone should hear, so click play and enjoy the show!

In this episode you’ll discover: 

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