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This popular fermented food may help flush microplastics from the body (sciencedaily.com)

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Scientists in South Korea have discovered that a probiotic bacterium found in kimchi may help the body flush out tiny plastic particles before they can build up in organs. In lab tests, the kimchi-derived microbe clung tightly to nanoplastics even under conditions designed to mimic the human intestine, where other bacteria quickly lost their grip.

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[–] f1error@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

I'm going to need a few more labs, preferably outside of South Korea, to replicate these findings before I believe them. Nevertheless, I'll keep making and eating kimchi here in Minnesota. It's tasty stuff.

[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

The World Institute of Kimchi

There really is a group for everything!

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Mmm kimchi. Kinda surprised it is a probiotic doing the work and not more the cabbage, fiber is so important for, well, elimination.