(Daily Mail) A biohacker has lifted the lid on the four things that people should eliminate from their diet to keep their bodies healthy.
Gary Brecka, 53, from Naples, Florida, is a human biologist and former mortality expert with more than 480,000 followers on TikTok, where he shares videos about nutrition, health, and wellness.
The 10X Health System co-founder was recently credited with helping Dana White lose 39 pounds and transform his body after telling the UFC president he only had 10 years to live if he didn’t change his lifestyle.
Footage of Brecka listing foods that he claims should be avoided at all costs has gone viral after being posted on the @bio_hacks page under the title ‘three things that ruin your body’ – although he later added a fourth.
Gary Brecka, 53, from Naples, Florida, is a human biologist and former mortality expert with more than 480,000 followers on TikTok
Brecka was recently credited with helping Dana White lose 39 pounds and transform his body after telling the UFC president he only had 10 years to live if he didn’t change his lifestyle
Footage of Brecka listing foods that he claims should be avoided at all costs has gone viral after being posted on the @bio_hacks page
‘Let’s talk about three things that have to go,’ he began. ‘The first thing that has to go is the consumption of tap water.’
The health guru spoke against drinking tap water at the Build23 conference, saying you should use an inexpensive filter to remove chlorine and fluoride from your water at the very least if you can’t afford a filtration system.
Both chlorine and fluoride have proven benefits as water additives, but there is an ongoing debate about their potential to negatively impact health.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) allows chlorine and chloramine to be used as disinfectants in public water systems to kill disease-causing germs.
Chlorine can form compounds in the water called disinfection byproducts (DBPs), which ‘can cause negative health effects after regular, long-term exposure,’ according to the Minnesota Department of Health.
However, the EPA requires all public water systems to test and regulate water to ensure that DBPs are within its set limits.
Meanwhile, fluoride is added to public water supplies to help prevent tooth decay.
Overexposure to fluoride can lead to skeletal fluorosis, a bone disease, and dental fluorosis, discoloration of the teeth due to overexposure to fluoride as a child.
‘The first thing that has to go is the consumption of tap water,’ Brecka said
Brecka said if you can’t afford a water filtration system, you should use an inexpensive filter to remove chlorine and fluoride from your water at the very least
Brecka’s second tip was to ditch seed oils, a category of vegetable oils that are derived from seeds, including sunflower, canola, corn, grapeseed, and sesame oils
Some research also suggests a potential link between high fluoride levels to learning, memory, and cognition deficits, according to Harvard Public Health.
Despite the controversy, most public health experts agree that the benefits of chlorine and fluoride in water outweigh the risks.
Brecka’s second tip was to ditch seed oils, a category of vegetable oils that are derived from seeds, including sunflower, canola, corn, grapeseed, and sesame oils.
He advises using coconut oil, olive oil, avocado oil, grass-fed butter, and ghee instead.
‘I’m not saying seed oils are bad for you,’ he noted. ‘I’m saying industrial processed seed oils are bad for you.’
Seed oils are particularly rich in omega-6 fatty acids, which some scientists have hypothesized may contribute to inflammation in the body, according to Healthline.
Chronic inflammation is an underlying factor in common diseases such as heart disease and cancer.
However, the evidence that omega-6 is harmful to the body has been mixed, and many health professionals consider seed oils to be healthy.
Brecka’s third recommendation was to stop eating non-organic fruit.
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