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🧬Craig Brockie Profile picture
@CraigBrockie
Mar 7, 2025 • 16 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X
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Microplastics are POISONING us—slowly, silently, and PERMANENTLY.

There are TRILLIONS of microplastics everywhere and they’re

the highest they’ve ever been in our bodies—brain, liver, lungs, everywhere.

But don't panic—there are solutions: 🧵 Image
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Experts have studied microplastics since the 1960s.

But just in the last 5 years, they’ve been found in the blood, brain, semen & placenta.

They’re in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the clothes we wear.

Just how small are these invaders? Image
Microplastics range in size from microscope nanoparticles to a few millmeters.

There are 2 types:

Primary: Manufactured particles used in cosmetics, clothing, etc.

Secondary: Particles broken down from larger plastics.

They penetrate us through food, air, water.
How do microplastics invade us?

• Ingestion: Up to 5g of plastic WEEKLY from food and water (exact amount still being studied).
• Inhalation: we breathe up to 22 million particles/year.
• Skin contact: Direct contact with microplastics leads to exposure.

And the bad news?
Also, microplastics can lead to huge health risks.

Studies show dementia patients have higher microplastics in their brains.

Microplastics can wreak havoc on our gut & metabolic health.

They disrupt the function of vital organs and hormones.

These are the damage they cause:
1. Brain: Neuroinflammation and cognitive decline as they breach of blood-brain barrier.

2. Heart: up to 4.5X increased risk of heart attacks & stroke.

3. Lungs: Chronic inflammation, impaired lung function, scarring from synthetic fibers. Image
4. Gut: Increase of harmful bacteria & disrupting digestion.

5. Metabolic health: Interference with cellular metabolism—linked to insulin resistance, obesity, and diabetes.

And the scariest part?

We can’t just REMOVE microplastics once they’re inside us.
If we can’t remove them, directly, how can we avoid microplastics?

1. Reduce plastic use—Avoid plastics in cosmetics, plastic cookware, bottles & single-use plastic.

2. Choose natural fibers—Cotton, linen, wool over synthetics like polyester.

PREVENTION is key. Here’s more👇
3. Drink purified water—High-quality filters trap microplastics from tap water.

4. No plastic in microwaves—Food can absorb tiny particles from heated plastic containers.

5. Get HEPA air purifiers—Captures small particles before you can inhale them.
5. Eat smaller fish—Fresh sardines, herring, oysters & clams consume less microplastics than larger predators.

6. Skip ultra-processed foods—They’re magnets for microplastics from machinery and packaging.

And the BEST thing you can do:
Make sure to load up on probiotics, fiber, and healthy food.

Probiotics from fermented foods like yogurt can reduce the toxicity of plastic chemicals,

While fresh, nutritious, and minimally processed food lessen health risks.

For more exceptional results:
I suggest homemade probiotic yogurt.

It’s WAY more potent than the storebought yogurt & more affordable than probiotic supplements.

I created this yogurt maker, so you can create TRILLIONS of live probiotics to support your gut health & digestion. amazon.com/dp/B0C5S6XVK7?…
Consider detoxification products such as:

• Zeolite and bentonite clay
• Activated charcoal
• NAC and glutathione
And be sure to exercise and hit the sauna to sweat out toxins.

Small changes can have a cumulative impact.
Now that we've covered plastics, are you struggling with

your weight, low energy, pain, or chronic symptoms?

• Follow me @craigbrockie to look and feel 10 years younger.
• Check out my FREE life-changing health guides at craigbrockie.com/free
A bit about me:

30 years ago, I was always in chronic pain, with crippling anxiety, and a broken immune system.

Since then, I’ve invested 7-figures researching the best health and performance-enhancing methods worldwide.

This account exists to help people live their best life. Image
What is ONE thing you learned from this thread?

Comment below...

And follow me @craigbrockie for more evidence-based health insights to improve your health and longevity.

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Jun 18
The US government just quietly admitted fermented foods HEAL your gut.

After 50 years of pushing low-fat yogurt,

They named kimchi, kefir, and miso in the official dietary guidelines.

Here's what 6 months of home fermentation taught me (FDA hasn't caught up to this yet): 🧵
The new 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans just made a historic shift.

For the FIRST TIME, they explicitly mention your gut bacteria.

And they say fermented foods are key.

But here's what they got wrong… Image
For decades, the official advice said nothing about those gut bacteria.

Count calories. Cut fat.

But now the guidelines admit something shocking in plain print:

Fermented foods "support a diverse microbiome".

Here's what I found out...
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May 19
This peer-reviewed study deserves more attention than it's getting:

Extra virgin olive oil makes your brain work better.

The mechanism? Through your gut.

656 adults tracked for 2 years.

The virgin oil group had sharper cognition. The refined oil group had a measurable decline🧵
The study was published in the journal Microbiome.

656 participants. Ages 55-75. Two years of follow-up.

A first-of-its-kind human study. Image
What researchers compared:

- People who regularly use EXTRA VIRGIN olive oil
- People who used REFINED olive oil

Same kitchen staple. Same Mediterranean reputation.

Massively different outcomes for the brain. Image
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May 14
No pain. No gain.

That mindset has stopped millions of people from ever building muscle.

A new study just buried it.

You can build measurable strength in just 5 minutes a day.

Without a gym, without soreness, and without exhausting yourself.

Here's exactly how 🧵
The research was published in the Journal of Sport and Health Science.

Conducted by Professor Ken Nosaka, Director of Exercise and Sports Science at Edith Cowan University in Australia.

A leading expert in muscle physiology has spent decades studying this.

The conclusion is clear.Image
Most people think about exercise in one direction only: lifting, pushing, climbing.

But every motion has a SECOND phase, the lowering.

Lowering a dumbbell. Walking downstairs. Sitting into a chair.

That phase is called eccentric exercise.

And it's where the real growth happens.Image
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May 6
A probiotic pill costs a dollar and contains dormant bacteria that stay asleep even after you swallow them.

If you take that pill and ferment it into yogurt, those billions of bacteria can turn into trillions.

This guy is putting up €1,800 to find out if this actually works: Image
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The probiotics industry is a $50 billion business built on selling dehydrated cultures in plastic bottles.

Most people just take them and hope they do something.

But Matt is trying a different way: using a single capsule as a starter to grow a large colony of live probiotic bacteria.Image
Think of a probiotic capsule as a tiny packet of seeds.

You can swallow the seeds, or you can plant them in milk, add prebiotics as fertilizer, and grow a much larger supply.

In theory, you get 100 times the potency for the same price. Image
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May 4
Most people are eating plenty of protein.

But almost none of it is making it into their muscles, joints, hair, skin, or hormones.

Why?

Because their gut can't break it down.

A 65-year-old has about 30% less stomach acid than a 30-year-old.

Less acid means undigested protein.

(Undigested protein means muscle wasting, brittle hair, sagging skin, and a body that can't repair itself)

Researchers at Cambridge and the University of Texas Medical Branch confirmed it:

The body needs 9 specific building blocks called essential amino acids.

It can't make them.

You have to eat them.

When even one is missing, protein synthesis stops -

Full stop.

Steak, chicken, fish, and eggs all contain them.

But by the time those proteins get broken down, absorbed, and reassembled into something usable,

You've lost 30 to 70% of the original yield.

For someone with healthy digestion, that's fine.

For someone with bloating, low stomach acid, leaky gut, or IBS -

It's a slow disaster.

That's where pre-digested amino acids come in.

They skip the breakdown step entirely.

Within 30 minutes of swallowing them,

They're in your bloodstream (already broken down to the size your cells can use)

These are the 9 amino acids you can't live without:

Lysine. Leucine. Isoleucine. Methionine. Valine. Threonine. Phenylalanine. Histidine. Tryptophan.

Miss any one of them and your body cannibalizes itself to make up the difference.

That's where wrinkles, weak nails, slow recovery, and shrinking muscle come from.

I've been saying for 30 years:

Most chronic problems aren't a lack of medication.

They're a lack of building blocks.

Comment AMINOS and I'll send you a free guide on the 9 essential amino acids and how to use them to rebuild your body.

P.S. MUST Follow for me first so I can DM you.Image
Amino acids and skeletal muscle health - narrative review (PMC 2025): ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
A bit about me:

30 years ago, I was in chronic pain, with crippling anxiety and a broken immune system.

Since then, I’ve invested 7-figures researching the best health and performance-enhancing methods worldwide.

This account exists to help people live their best life. Image
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May 2
After 50, you lose muscle every single year.

Not because you're aging.

Because you're starving your body of the right building blocks.

Two studies just dropped this month proving it.

Here's what they found and how to reverse it 🧵
Study #1 published March 2026.

38,073 adults across 27 European countries tracked over 2 years.

The finding:

Low protein intake = significantly higher rates of weak grip, slow walking speed, and physical decline.

The damage starts at 50. Most never recover. Image
Study #2 published this month in Frontiers in Nutrition.

The takeaway: the standard protein recommendation (0.8g/kg) is dangerously low for adults over 50.

Why?

Aging muscles develop "anabolic resistance".

They stop responding to protein the way younger muscles do. Image
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