In light of recent research that shows overweight women with PCOS have higher levels of BPA in their blood than overweight women without PCOS, I thought I should bring to fore one of the hidden sources of BPA commonly found in our kitchens. Im talking about electric plastic kettles. Could they be contributing to the BPA burden in women with PCOS?
Its common knowledge that some plastics leech into food particularly when heated or when they come in contact with acidic or oily foods. So, imagine drinking several cups of tea a day using water thats heated in a plastic kettle. Perhaps youve decided to up your green tea intake because you read it contains beneficial phenols, or even spearmint tea because it helps lowers testosterone levels. But then you stopped because it wasnt working or your symptoms actually worsened.
Sometimes when women with PCOS say a particular lifestyle change or dietary modification doesnt work, its important to examine why and investigate possible saboteurs rather than throwing it away entirely. In this case the saboteur would be boiling the water used to drink said teas in plastic kettles that leach BPA.
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