The BIGGEST Step You Can Take To Reduce Microplastics, How To Get Rid of Back Pain, What You Need To Know About Heart Scans & More - Solosode #505

The BIGGEST Step You Can Take To Reduce Microplastics, How To Get Rid of Back Pain, What You Need To Know About Heart Scans & More - Solosode #505

August 29, 2026 · 37 min

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In this solosode, Ben Greenfield discusses strategies to reduce microplastics, shares insights on back pain management, and explains the significance of heart scans.

Full show notes: bengreenfieldlife.com/505 In this solosode, you'll get the latest on microplastics, spinal disc health, and what a heart scan sees that a cholesterol panel misses. A new seven-day trial pitted five plastic-avoidance strategies against each other, and the results tell you exactly where to spend your effort if you can't overhaul everything at once. You'll hear which plastic sources matter most and what I now take before bed with BrocElite® (use code BEN for 25% off your first month) to help clear microplastics from tissue. Then I get personal about my back. I'll walk you through my full-body MRI results, which show significant degeneration from L1 to S1, and explain why I still have almost zero back pain, from Dr. Stuart McGill's Big 3 to inversion hanging, the couch stretch, the founder stretch from Foundation Training , and my WALKOLUTION® treadmill desk ($100 off, enter your email for a unique code). You'll also learn why running was the only activity linked to healthier spinal discs in a study of more than 4,000 people , and why none of the sports people assume are hard on your back showed harm. Finally, you'll hear what a coronary CT angiography…

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