[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":100},["ShallowReactive",2],{"protocol-en-fresh-over-canned":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":76,"cost":77,"description":78,"effort":77,"evidenceGrade":14,"evidenceType":79,"extension":80,"icon":81,"impact":82,"meta":83,"navigation":84,"order":71,"path":85,"seo":86,"sources":87,"stem":96,"summary":97,"tldr":98,"__hash__":99},"protocols_en\u002Fen\u002Fprotocols\u002Ffresh-over-canned.md","Fresh Over Canned: Cut Your BPA and Phthalate Exposure",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":69},"minimark",[9,18,23,43,47,62,66],[10,11,12,13,17],"p",{},"This protocol is about ",[14,15,16],"strong",{},"chemicals"," that leach from can linings and packaging, not plastic particles. Two of the main culprits are BPA (bisphenol A) and DEHP, a phthalate. The evidence comes from controlled human trials, which is why we grade it strong.",[19,20,22],"h2",{"id":21},"what-to-do","What to do",[24,25,26,34,37,40],"ul",{},[27,28,29,30,33],"li",{},"Favor ",[14,31,32],{},"fresh, frozen, or glass-jarred"," versions of foods you normally buy in cans.",[27,35,36],{},"Pay extra attention to canned soups, broths, and other liquid canned foods. That is where exposure spikes most.",[27,38,39],{},"Use dried or jarred beans and tomatoes instead of canned ones where it's practical.",[27,41,42],{},"Keep it sustainable, not absolute. Canned food is still useful and safe to eat. The goal is to lower routine, everyday exposure, not to wipe out every can.",[19,44,46],{"id":45},"why-it-works","Why it works",[10,48,49,50,53,54,57,58,61],{},"In a controlled dietary intervention, just three days of fresh food cut participants' urinary BPA by about ",[14,51,52],{},"66%"," and DEHP metabolites by about ",[14,55,56],{},"53 to 56%"," (Rudel et al., 2011). It works in reverse too. In a randomized crossover trial, eating one can of soup a day for five days raised urinary BPA by about ",[14,59,60],{},"1,221%"," compared with eating fresh soup (Carwile et al., 2011). These are real, measured changes in people, and that's what makes the effect convincing.",[19,63,65],{"id":64},"the-honest-caveat","The honest caveat",[10,67,68],{},"How big the effect is depends on the packaging. Many cans are now BPA-free, but the common replacements, BPS and BPF, are also endocrine-active. So \"BPA-free\" does not automatically mean \"no concern.\" We also can't yet draw a clean line from these short-term exposure changes to specific long-term health outcomes. Here is what we can say plainly: shifting toward fresh, frozen, and glass-jarred food reliably lowers your exposure to these chemicals.",{"title":70,"searchDepth":71,"depth":71,"links":72},"",2,[73,74,75],{"id":21,"depth":71,"text":22},{"id":45,"depth":71,"text":46},{"id":64,"depth":71,"text":65},"Food","low","This protocol is about chemicals that leach from can linings and packaging, not plastic particles. Two of the main culprits are BPA (bisphenol A) and DEHP, a phthalate. The evidence comes from controlled human trials, which is why we grade it strong.","chemical","md","lucide:apple","high",{},true,"\u002Fen\u002Fprotocols\u002Ffresh-over-canned",{"title":5,"description":78},[88,93],{"title":89,"url":90,"year":91,"type":92},"Food Packaging and Bisphenol A and Bis(2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate Exposure: A Dietary Intervention (Rudel et al.), Environ. Health Perspect.","https:\u002F\u002Fpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Farticles\u002FPMC3222978\u002F","2011","human RCT",{"title":94,"url":95,"year":91,"type":92},"Canned Soup Consumption and Urinary Bisphenol A: a randomized crossover trial (Carwile et al.)","https:\u002F\u002Fpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Farticles\u002FPMC3367259\u002F","en\u002Fprotocols\u002Ffresh-over-canned","Choosing fresh, frozen, or glass-jarred food over canned and plastic-packaged food sharply lowers BPA and phthalate exposure, with strong human-trial evidence.","Swap canned and plastic-packaged staples for fresh, frozen, or glass-jarred ones to cut BPA and phthalate exposure fast.","r85RlPQzGaTex3s50pV5ZwuNITkjf8TCcCww0JxROR8",1780844468491]