A high-fiber diet may clear away plastic in the gut
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A fibre-rich diet could reduce the accumulation of nanoplastic particles in the intestine, according to a new Chinese study.
Here's a new reason to eat your green beans and vegetables. A high-fibre diet could help remove plastic particles from the intestine, report researchers on October 15 in Natural Communications. In mice that ingested plastic, eating a lot of fiber daily prevented particles from accumulating [...]
Plastic in the digestive tract: A fiber-rich food could help to get rid of swallowed nanoplastics again. In male mice, a particularly cellulose-rich diet significantly accelerated the excretion of marked plastic particles. Also damage to the intestinal tissue was less. Whether this effect can be transmitted to humans, however, is still open. Guangzhou (China). Tiny plastic particles enter the [...] The article Fiber-rich diet could promote nanop…
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