Gary Brecka warns that most workout clothes are made from petroleum-based synthetics like polyester and spandex that leach micro-plastics and BPA into your bloodstream through sweat. He points to urine tests showing these chemicals in people's bodies and recommends switching to 100% organic cotton or wool instead.
So, I'll show you what's in my closet for working out. You know, I actually really prefer the 100% organic cotton fabrics. Believe it or not, the organic cotton, it's gotten a lot better lately, so you can actually have it more form-fitting. This shirt that I'm wearing is 100% cotton. This is your typical performance wear. This is 95% recycled polyester and 6% spandex. So, these are petroleum-based products. They're plastic. They actually leach into your skin. So, it's okay if it's just laying next to your skin. As soon as you create that moisture barrier, Now you have communication with your skin and the bloodstream. A lot of people think of the skin as a barrier. It's also a gateway. So if you're sweating in performance gear, a lot of that performance gear is just leaching these, these toxic chemicals right into the bloodstream. And you can see these on toxic zoomer tests where you do a urine test and you look at the microplastics in your, in your urine, or you look at the byproducts of plastic breakdown, what's called BPA, bisphenol. This phenol A, you can actually see that in your bloodstream. So start leaning towards more organic cottons, or even wool is a great option.
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