How plastics cause high cholesterol

May 29, 10:13 AMSacramento Nutrition ExaminerAnne Hart

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"Plastics make your hormones act unpredictably," reports Sherry A. Rogers, M.D. on page 299 in her book, The Cholestrol Hoax in the section titled, "Plastics Cause High Cholesterol." Did you know that exposure to eating from plastic plates, utensils, and bottles damage your cholesterol metabolism?

The levels in humans in the USA of a flame retardant placed in bedding and clothing called PBDE, which is a cousin to PCBs, is doubling every two years. (See page 306 of The Cholesterol Hoax.) What can you do to lessen your exposure to the effects of platicizers?

Think about  certain types of plastics such as Teflon and PCBs. Plastics are in food, air, and water. Here are some ways that  plastics can damage your cholesterol metabolism. To solve the problem, use safer containers to store or wrap your food and other items you consume.

Each day the average person takes in 19 ug/kilogram body weight per day (Kavlock). If you're in the hospital and have an IV with plastic tubing, it increases your plastics level to over 160 mcg per day. If you're a newborn or a premature infant with an IV in you, the amount of plastics entering your bloodstream is enormous.

In the womb, plastics are passed via the placenta to the fetus. The more IVs you have with that plastic tubing, the more plastics get into your blood.

When plastics get in your body they disrupt your endocrine system. Plastics damage your hormones, especially your thyroid hormones.

And they may not show up on tests doctors use to diagnose thyroid problems. Plastics that may create low thyroid functions that in turn create high cholesterol levels.

Plastics and plasticizers lower testosterone. Plastics help to create more ateriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). This could lead to diabetes or metabolic syndrome (insulin resistance). Plasticizers help to make you gain weight. Plastics promote prostate and breast cancers, and turn on the tags and switches of bad genes.