Because of your insights, I did a little homework on microplastics. Glad I did! Hope this video will make us all a little more aware! All the best!

I am trying to buy glass containers to store food. I will even save glass jars from anything I have purchased. Sadly, every product is changing to plastic.

Much better information. I hesitate to inform about the microplastics issue. I call it industrial pollution. This is why I grow my own greens and vegetables, avoid dairy and most animal meats, and cook everything from scratch. I'm in my 60's and have no health issues. I think that avoiding plastics and manufactured faux-foods has contributed to my good health and energy. Thank you for updating this information.

Hello. I hope all is well in this new year to all who read this post. Being from NYC, Manhattan specifically, I can recall walking over by the East River with my dad when I was a kid. The Dept. of sanitation held much of the land there at the time and my father would say, "look at those big pipes they go straight into the river." This was the mid 70's, and much of it was condemned by this point in time, and the pipes were not operational, but I always remember asking my father what they were letting into the river and he said "everything". Also, we'd walk along the FDR Drive and you could at points, during low tide climb down a small ledge and stand where the river met the sea wall. I remember wanting to climb down but my dad wouldn't allow it, not only was it dangerous but the water as he called it was "polluted". "But Dad, you used to swim in the East River" and he'd say it was late 1930's and early 40's. This was different, now there were abandoned cars, batteries, bottles, tires, rusted washing machines, plastics of every form, visible sludge, oil slicks as far as you could see, and so much more. He would stand there and always say, "take care of what you have, because when you don't, it will be gone forever." I remember walking around the same area in the late 90's before he passed away, and there was much more optimism but my dad wasn't convinced, and I can't say I was either. The point of my post is this, I don't believe all the pollution that was pumped into the rivers and atmosphere over the last two centuries can be over come as quickly as we would like, and we're reaping the negative effects throughout our lives. I'm not into blaming past generations, because pointing fingers only leads to excuses and more finger pointing. There are no easy solutions, and this problem is being addressed in certain areas, in others not so much and still others not at all. I try to do my part as a mindful person, because I've seen change, the city was filthy at one point in time but receptacles on almost every street corner and concerned citizens have helped and that is good. My fear is that time, and time alone, is going to be the great healer. Unfortunately we as beings with limited time will not see this change, but if we teach, enact, become the change we want, others who follow us will continue what we've started and continued, and that will be a great legacy to leave to our future generations. Peace.

Before this so called recycling thing started plastic waste was put in the garbage,along with glass,steel cans, paper and cardboards. It would get buried in the landfill and you never heard about it anymore. It got expensive and space for it was hard to find nobody wanted a garbage dump in their backyard, so they wanted to separate the recyclables problem is plastic glass and steel cans can’t be recycled so the plastic gets shipped to third world countries and they take what they can use and throw the rest in the ocean. Before you put it in your recycling bin think twice it’s better to put it in the garbage where it will get a proper burial.

Very informative, and a great follow up from your video on salts.

I found you from your salt video which was the best ever! Thank you for doing all the homework and allowing me to peek over your shoulder for the best answer! My fav is pink salt but my next order will be gray just to try. But this video, wow who knew!! I don’t know why you don’t have a million followers yet but you will! Thanks for sharing! So I hear you can cook too 😊

You deserve many more subs. I hope your channel grows. I enjoyed learning what I have, from your videos. Keep up the good work.

Most recycled stuff gets put in the landfill anyway, because they are not cleaned before going into the bin. Best to grow your own food, buy from local growers & don't accept plastic to get it to your table. Life ain't perfect, but do what you can.

sugar cane based food containers - if so good, is a great pivot for the growers since we should be EATING less sugar. Kinda like when the tobacco farmers said, hell no!

Just some fyi (and thanks for your work of enlightenment on these things) 1. in the beginning shots you had lobster in a sink with a sponge with the green side to scrub? Those are bad for getting plastic into the water. We gotta try something else...old fashioned bristles? Still looking. 2. More plastic comes from out clothing, especially fuzzy fleeces - oh there he said...but there's filters for the washing machine now. Gotta find them. We can filter most of it out. 3. I forget. Might have something to do with making companies who profit off of plastic items more corporately accountable. To do something about it before counting up their profits. No. That wasn't it. But it's still a good idea.

Great video. You noted gut microbe studies for some sea creatures. That reminded me of the many KZfaq videos I've been watching of late regarding the human gut biome, the intestinal-brain interface, nutritional metabolism and how much our gut microbes are responsible for it, and what physical and mental disorders biota imbalances seem to cause or instigate. It's been fascinating to listen to experts back off from knowing exactly how to advise us, to demur and have to resort to hypothesizing again because neuroscience and microbiological sciences turn out to be but a fraction as advanced as they thought a mere decade ago. We not only understand our own immune system and nutritional needs far more poorly than we had believed, but we have so poor an understanding as yet that we really have next to zero research on contaminants such as plastic. The animal research will likely be hugely valuable as an analog. Science is especially difficult when (a) manufacturers hide knowledge they have, and (b) there are too many unknowns to easily control for. (a) and (b) combined are why it took half a century to discover that the very presence of transfats in our diet contaminated all but the extremely few studies conducted that controlled for transfats. Surprise! Turns out fats we've been avoiding are actually quite necessary for us and especially the bugs in our gut! My own philosophy is to eat as cleanly as I can manage, one habit change at a time. I'm presently trying to identify and wean off ALL nonorganically produced grains produced or processed in the US because they're all sprayed with glyphosate as a drying agent and preservative. It's an "agent" so need not be declared an ingredient, even though clearly spraying Round-Up directly on the grain is worse than on the growing plants exposed to the elements (unless you're a beneficial insect, of course). We add other poisons and use terms like agents, conditioners, enrichment, and so on. Bromine in wheat flour? Grow other varieties that don't require it for the uses intended. That's what they do in Europe and Celiac and gluten sensitivities are nearly unheard of there. Check out recent university lectures and interviews by professor vlogs, both of which are easy to find here on KZfaq. I'll hunt through my history if you're interested in any of it. Keep up the great channel. I'm glad I found you. You're as nerdy and inquisitive about your work as I am. :)

Clothe, glass, and paper instead of plastic and I grow a lot of my own food. Glass is infinitely recyclable.

Great video!! I never knew about microplastics, but I always try to do my part when it comes to recycling. Thank you for bringing awareness to this topic - it definitely opened my eyes!

Thank you for the information. Excellent.

I’m a new subscriber and I’m so glad I found your channel. I knew it was bad but didn’t know how bad it really was… so very sad what going on today…. The best thing we can do is live on a farm and grow our own food or buy from your local farmers market… Everyone needs to make sure to educate themselves on all these important matters…

I've went thru this whole ordeal of choosing the right salt and funny enough settled on celtic, redmond and some himalayan, seeing both of your videos confirmed that I made the right choice. Good content, keep up the good work.👍👍

Redmond's is great on things like popcorn where you can taste it, but it's lost in most recipes (and is also sold in plastic).

Wow, you are really good.

They will never go away unless we foster some sort of special bacteria that thrives off of them

Dr Berg did a microplastic video on salt also and he was good w the Celtic. Still wondering how Celtic avoids the microplastic.

Thank you. Really enjoying your videos. Very informative and thought provoking. You put a lot of effort into them. Don’t buy prepackaged produce. You also don’t need the plastic produce bags for it. This plastic monster will take at least decades or centuries to overcome. It’s hard to avoid. Look around your kitchen. Look around a room. What was once metal is now metal colored plastic. The textile industry is filled with plastics. Plastic is everywhere. It will be a long road to recovery, if it can even happen. Do what you can to help make a difference. It won’t be easy.

What about shampoo and soap... I just switched to all natural stuff to try in the shower... next will be laundry and dish soap

Hi, I just found your channel, thanks to the salt video. I would love to see if you can do a detox video. Maybe, we can get some of this crap out of our bodies. I have just started to learn more about food, and your channel is great. I am trying to learn what superfoods are. I am so disappointed in learning about carrots and broccoli. My daugher is 18 and those are two of the things that she just discovered that she lives. Are organic products better? I am starting to wonder about this, too.

Watch videos on recycling centers. That lettuce packaging , even tho it says recyable ,is not recycled.

Discovered redmonds through the keto and carnivore online communities and love it!

Terima kasih infonya... Semakin waspada terhadap mikroplastik dan termotivasi untuk berperilaku hidup sehat ne... Mantul ( mantap betul) mas bro..

I switched to Redmond's Real Salt several years ago. Tastes good and local to me in Colorado. I try to buy made in America.

It's nice to see when person like you listen to others people theories and make is own research only to finds out the truth about plastic present in sea salt. But even more so, to change is mind in the process and making a video about it. Now that is the essence of intelligence. You did a excellent job 👌 Maybe you would be interrested in a mushroom called mycelium. They make all kind of eco-frendly natural things with it, including packaging. Wish you the best from Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Good to know, thank you very much!🙏❤🙏

This topic illustrates why going on periodic fasts and cleanses should be something everyone does. Much can be removed from our systems that can hurt us. Be that as it may, Fluorine in the water supplies, vaccines, poisons in our food supplies like good ol` margarine, which, in itself is a petrochemical, only one molecule away from being a plastic, pharmaceuticals, can all be addressed through a thorough bowel, liver and kidney cleanse regimen; in that order.

There haven't always been plastics in our environment.

Ha! Ha! I'm a little late on seeing this video, but glad I found your channel. I just bought a bag of Redmond's sea salt today, so I tracked this video down through another video of yours. Was glad you gave it a thumbs up. It seems to be so difficult to eat healthy. Appreciate you doing the leg work to help us out. Thanks!

I bought the 25-pound bag of Redmond Real Salt course and grind it freshly, along with my peppercorns, dehydrated minced garlic, dehydrated minced onion, and dehydrated minced hatch green chiles, plus other less pristinely-cared-for herbs.

So Redmond Salt is mined from an ancient seabed. In the video, it was packaged in plastic. The salt crystals that you showed in your previous video on salt were square and maybe? (I don't know) sharp. Won't the salt crystals scratch some of the plastic off the walls of the bag and add that to the salt (micro or nano plastic)? I would love to buy salt in paper bags, but even those have plastic in the paper for more strength. Glass bottles maybe. So, I say... Take your chances and live your life." Informative video though.

Excellent channel, subscribed 😊

The hypocrisy of it all, you go to the supermarket everything is packaged in plastic and you get to the counter and they want to charge you for a recyclable bag because by law they are not allowed to give out plastic bags. I've always used my own containers, and when I lived conveniently to a bulk health food store, I would always fill up with the ingredients I used for my diet.

Thank you for this followup

Nobody is getting out of this alive.

Thank you for doing so much research!

How did plastic get in apples and pears - something does not add up.

Great video, very informative, thank you!

One problem with Redmond salt is that it is packaged in PLASTIC.

exactly , wonderfull video

Thanks, you opinion was important to me!

I have been concerned that produce placed in plastic bags deteriorate quickly in the refrigerator and try to remember to replace it with waxed paper when I get the food home. I believe the conact of food iwth plastic may contribute to cancer. No proof but my own instincts when seeing how it makes food rot prematurely. They can replace most all plastic products with products made from hemp. It is cheap and biodegradable. Why are they waiting to do this? We have to ask our grocer. They will not provide waxed or paper bags for produce.

Awesome video! Thank you. Subscribed. 🙌

oh man,this video contains TRIGGERS!!!!!!!!!!

Learned so much in this video. 🤯 Thanks for directing me to it. Looking forward to trying out the Celtic French sea salt.

Another great video. It is so worrisome 😔

WOW BRILLIANT INFO FROM AN AMERICAN! 😃🌎

I'd rather eat steak than lettuce and tomatoes! Wonder if it has microplastics too:) I have been using only Redmond and Himalayan for the last couple of years. I will add your Celtic to my list:)

Great. I'm glad you found this very tasty salt, I found it looking in to keto and carnivore diet.

This has incredible quality! All your videos do but you even got an expert interview like in those vox pieces Why don’t you’re have more views???

How bout none.....

Regarding all the unrecycled plastic, I recommend the following video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hrCefZuesJm1Y5s.html

YEAH, WE KNEW. DR BERG TOLD US ABOUT MICROPLASTICS IN SEA SALT. WAAAAAAAAAH, WE LOVE THE PURE, FREE SEA.

You don’t need to worry about micro plastics, it’s all another great beat up. Just think, micro plastics are just the same molecules that made up the big plastic part; imagine the Lego blocks that made up that man sized Darth Vader at Legoland. These micro plastic molecules cannot even be destroyed by common chemicals or even by ultraviolet rays. If it can survive all that, then it will survive your gut and won’t do you any harm.

And here I am, designing a food product that is made from plastic. It will keep you filling full, while you lose weight. Keep watching this space.

eating some plastic hasn't killed anyone.. lol

Salt is mined by flooding the mined salt with water that creates a slurry which is then reconstituted by a Evaporite process en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporite